Guide for Developing and Evaluating School Library Media Programs - Softcover

9781563086403: Guide for Developing and Evaluating School Library Media Programs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1563086409 ISBN 13: 9781563086403

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2000

With simple, straight-forward directions and hundreds of reproducibles, this book provides you with a step-by-step guide for evaluating your school library media program. Individual chapters cover standards, programs, preparation of media personnel, certification, continuing education, personnel and evaluation, leadership, planning, and management, resources, and facilities. Many of the concepts and guidelines of Information Power have been incorporated into the text.

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The NEBRASKA EDUCATION MEDIA ASSOCIATION (NEMA), an affiliate of the American Association of School Librarians and the Association of Education Communications Technology, has more than 300 members, most of whom are school library media specialists.

Reviews

Written as a guide for Nebraska school library media programs, this information-packed book is an excellent resource for evaluating any school library media program. Updated and heavily based on the standards outlined in Information Power (ALA, 1998), it leads school library media specialists through the process of developing or evaluating a program. The first chapter, showing a comparison of North Central, Nebraska, and Information Power standards, outlines program standards and serves as a model for developing similar charts for each state and regional accreditation authority. Following chapters address: "Preparation of Media Personnel, Certification, and Continued Education" (with contact information for all states); "Learning & Teaching"; "Program Administration"; "Personnel and Evaluation"; "Resources and Equipment"; and "Facilities." Numerous checklists and forms help ease the evaluation process. AASL position statements, taxonomies, a directory of associations, the Library Bill of Rights, and online resources are appended.-Jessica Foster, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA

This attractively formatted text addresses the need set forth in Information Power to reform school library media programs and make them more collaborative with faculty on campuses, among schools within districts, and among networks of facilities throughout the nation. Using Nebraska's work in this arena as their general template, the editors offer just enough text to move professional readers directly into taking action. To support that effort, this text is packed with reproducible checklists and enough appraisal models to meet the needs of every level of school library media center in any community. Chapters begin with a brief rationale to explain the content, a proactive hands-on approach to implementing ideas, then myriad contact lists (including all state organizations), and a works-consulted list that shows just how extensively ideas were researched. For library media centers struggling to redirect their program focus on their own or scrambling for help from districts who've done much work already, this is a diverse and thorough resource. Roger Leslie
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