school libraries

Presents case studies of libraries implementing makerspace activities.

"[Examining the] role of school librarians in student success, this instructional guide offers ... [librarians guidance] to develop, align, and evaluate curriculum with your library collection in mind. Includes charts, tables, models, and discussion questions ... Features specific process examples for effective collection development [and] explains both horizontal and vertical curriculum mapping"--Provided by publisher.

"Introduces the concept of school library programs and provides an overview of school library program management; examines professional and legislated standards for school libraries, and discusses the part a manager plays in meeting them; links management with leadership, differentiating the two, and showing how the school librarian can carry out both roles; ... offers guidance for developing and working with budgets, obtaining additional funding, and using collaboration to support the school library program; provides concrete advice on hiring, training, supervising, assessment, and recognizing library workers and other library team members; and [more]"--Amazon.com.

This book focuses on planning contemporary school library spaces with user-based design strategies.

A guide for teachers describing how to host an author/illustrator visit at your school.

Contains information for school librarians and media specialists on core reference skills, electronic resources, and leadership skills.

Offers a brief history of school library programs; discusses preparation programs and job-seeking behavior for the potential librarian, managing the school library, personnel, the budget, and programs, and includes professional networking, leadership, advocacy, and professional associations.

A guide for school librarians on meeting and surpassing national standards.

"To keep school libraries relevant, their physical spaces need to be reinvented to mirror 21st-century learning models. This book will enable everyone from school librarians and principals to district-level administrators, architects, and interior planners of school library spaces to reconceptualize school libraries"--Provided by publisher.

Explains the types of censorship challenges occurring in libraries around the nation and how to be ready to deal with such challenges when they occur.