The Virtual School Library (Paperback)

Original articles and excerpts from School Library Media Annual, 1994 (Libraries Unlimited), redefine the role of the school library media specialist in order to meet the challenges of the future.Such notables as Virgil Blake, Roxanne Baxter Mendrinos, Michael Eisenberg, and Daniel Barron discuss topics ranging from CD-ROM, LM_NET, and thinking skills to information curriculum and distance education.

Carol Collier Kuhlthau is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University, USA, where she served as department chair and director of the Library and Information Science Master's Degree Program. Kuhlthau is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking research on the information search process. She has received numerous awards including the American Society of Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Merit Award and the ASIST Research in Information Science Award; the Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Information Science and Library Education; the American Library Association (ALA) Shera Award for the Outstanding Research; and the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Distinguished Service Award. Her publications include Seeking Meaning: A Process Approach to Library and Information Services and Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century.