Presents a variety of output measures for documenting and analyzing both resources--such as books, equipment, and software--and the library media program, its curriculum support fill rate, and media center use rate.
"The idea of the learning commons ... [is] to transform the central idea of a school library stocked with resources repository into a vibrant and central component of teaching and learning in the school community ... [Introduces] the idea of the learning commons as the extension of each classroom, the cross-classroom connection, and the center of active learning that extends beyond the school ... [Includes] resources to use and strategies to build and create a ... learning community"--Pages ix-x.
