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School Library Management - Softcover

 
9781440877452: School Library Management

Synopsis

Highlighting activities and discussion questions that will pique student interest and facilitate instruction, the 8th edition of this well-known school library text gathers management articles into a ready-to-use volume that showcases current best practices.

This 8th edition of School Library Management offers a fully updated collection of articles designed to guide both new and practicing school librarians. It gathers information about the issues and trends in the field, programming ideas, and advice from school library leaders. Contemporary articles from the past five years of School Library Connection bring this edition up to the present.

Carefully curated chapters address today's best practices to improve school library programs, integrating technology considerations throughout each of the sections. Authors cover timely topics such as equity, diversity, and inclusion; budgets; copyright; librarian professional development; evaluation; and advocacy. Each chapter begins with an introduction to put issues into context and ends with activities that will help librarians further explore.

All readers will appreciate this volume as "one-stop shopping" for readings that address best practices in light of major new guiding documents and standards in the school library field.

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About the Authors

Carl A. Harvey II is an instructor of school librarianship at Longwood University in Farmville, VA.

Audrey P. Church is professor of school librarianship and chair of the Department of Education and Counseling at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, USA. She earned her PhD in Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. Church has served as president of the American Association of School Librarians. A former primary and high school librarian, she is the author of several books and book chapters and numerous journal articles. Her research interests include administrators' perceptions of school librarians, school library standards implementation, and the history of school libraries.

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