Insider's Guide to School Libraries: Tips and Resources (Professional Growth Series) - Softcover

Smallwood, Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0938865617 ISBN 13: 9780938865612

Publisher: Linworth Pub Co, 1997

Synopsis

Offers advice on handling everyday challenges of managing a school library, focusing on management of facilities, resources, time, and stress. Chapters on management tasks, creating atmosphere, supporting the school curriculum, using vertical files, Internet resources, daily time savers and tips, and dealing with stress provide examples and practical hints for novice and experienced school media specialists. Includes contacts for curriculum and information resources. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Reviews

This manual is a useful, well-organized tool for school librarians. In a clear, conversational tone, the author suggests practical ways to improve library management, enhance the media center atmosphere, and provide curriculum support. An extensive chapter on Internet resources includes job-hunting sites, listservs, online tutorials, and sites for classroom use. Elsewhere, Smallwood offers suggestions on how to handle the stresses of the rapidly changing world of school librarianship. Much of her information is simply common sense, and many of her tips won't pertain to every situation. But the main value of this publication lies in its extensive resource lists--organizations that provide free or inexpensive materials. This functional, well-researched handbook will benefit school librarians on the lookout for new resources. --Debbie Johnson, Richardson (TX) Independence School District

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Edition details

• Publisher: Linworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0938865617
• ISBN 13: 9780938865612
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106