CONTENTS
Preface = xv
1 The School Library Media Center In Today's World = 1
Education in the United States = 1
The Education Environment Today = 3
The Media Center In the Educational Environment = 10
History of School Libraries and Library Media Centers = 11
School Library Media Centers and the Reading Program = 16
Notes = 19
2 School Library Media Centers Today = 23
Information Literacy: Library Lessons Integrated into the Curriculum = 26
The Role of Library Media Specialists and Critical Thinking Skills = 27
Library Media Specialists and New Technologies = 28
Online and CD-ROM Database Searching = 29
Online Public Access Catalogs (OPACs) and Circulation Systems = 29
Telefacsimile Transmission (Fax) = 30
Local Area Networks = 31
Interactive Videodisks = 31
Teleconferencing and Distance Education = 32
A Day in the Life of a High School Media Specialist = 32
Exercises = 35
Notes = 36
3 Becoming a School Library Media Specialist = 37
Preparing School Library Media Specialists = 38
Choosing a Library Media Specialist Education Program = 41
Obtaining Certification = 44
Continuing Professional Education = 45
How to Find a Job = 46
Recruiting for the Profession = 49
Exercises = 49
Notes = 50
4 Choosing and Beginning the Job = 51
Determining District Administrative Practice = 52
Beginning the Job = 58
Facility Factors = 58
Human Factors = 61
Finding Out About Staff = 61
Finding Out About Building Administrators = 62
Finding Out About Teachers = 63
Finding Out About Students = 64
Finding Out About Parents = 66
Collection Factors = 66
Locating Bibliographies = 66
Rules for Circulation = 67
When the Students Arrive = 68
Exercises = 70
Notes = 70
5 On the Job: Managing the Media Center Program = 71
The Library Media Advisory Committee = 72
Managing the Program: A Business Model = 72
Planning = 73
Organizing = 76
Directing = 77
Controlling = 78
Flowcharts = 79
Extended Projects = 79
Scheduling the Library Media Center = 82
Daily Plan Books = 86
Leadership and the Library Media Specialist = 86
Leading the Planning Process = 89
Exercises = 91
Notes = 91
6 On the Job: Managing the Facility = 93
Rearranging Facilities = 97
Steps to Follow to Rearrange a Library = 97
Remodeling the Facility = 100
Planning New Facilities = 105
Moving a Media Center = 108
Exercises = 109
Notes = 110
7 On the Job: Managing Personnel = 111
Managing Media Center Staff = 112
Job Titles = 112
Personnel Management Competencies = 113
The Role of the Media Specialist In Staffing = 114
The Media Specialist as Part of the Teaching Staff = 115
Securing Qualified Personnel = 116
Assigning Job Responsibilities and Motivating Staff = 116
In-Service Training = 117
Standards of Performance = 117
Evaluating Staff = 118
Managing with Administrators = 120
Managing with Teachers = 122
Managing Students = 124
Managing Parents and Volunteers = 125
Friends of the Library = 126
Exercises = 127
Notes = 128
8 On the Job: Managing the Collection = 129
Right to Privacy = 129
To Automate or Not to Automate? = 132
Circulation System Decisions = 133
Format Decisions = 134
Selecting Materials = 135
Defending the Collection = 139
Selecting Equipment = 139
Acquiring Materials and Equipment = 140
Deselection of Materials (Weeding) = 142
Options for Cataloging = 146
Housing the Collection = 148
Exercises = 148
Notes = 149
9 On the Job: Managing the Budget = 151
The Fiscal Year = 155
Writing Specifications = 156
Cost Accountability and the Media Specialist = 158
Writing Proposals to Expand Programs = 160
Developing the Statement of Needs = 161
Preparing Goals and Objectives = 161
Establishing the Plan of Action = 162
Planning for Evaluation = 163
Deciding on Dissemination = 164
Describing Local Resources = 164
Building the Budget = 166
Additional Considerations = 166
Exercises = 169
Notes = 170
10 On the Job: Managing Services = 171
Understanding Curriculum = 172
Learning Teaching Methods = 175
Assistance with Classroom Assignments = 176
Teaching Information Literacy = 177
Resource-based Teaching = 178
The Media Specialist in the Classroom = 179
The Media Center as Classroom = 180
Media Center Activities = 181
Conducting In-Service Training Sessions = 184
Exercises = 187
Notes = 187
11 Marketing the Media Center = 189
What to Market = 192
How to Market = 193
Promotion = 198
Preparing Presentations = 200
Exercises = 201
Notes = 202
12 On the Job: Managing Program Evaluation = 203
Quantitative Measures = 207
Qualitative Measures = 208
Appraising the Facility = 209
Staff or Performance Appraisal = 209
Collection Measurement = 211
After the First Year = 214
Exercises = 215
Notes = 215
13 On the Job: Cooperation and Networking = 217
Cost of Network Membership = 223
Joining a Network = 225
Joining a Telecommunications Network = 227
Riding on the Information Superhighway = 228
Exercises = 231
Notes = 232
14 Leadership and Professional Associations = 235
Education Associations = 237
Library and Media Associations = 238
School Library Media Specialists and the Political Process = 243
School Library Media Specialists in the Global Community = 246
Exercises = 247
Notes = 247
Appendix A―Omnibus Children and Youth Literacy Through Libraries Act = 249
1. School Library Services Title = 249
2. Public Library Children's Services Title = 250
3. Public Library Young Adult Services Title = 250
4. A Partnership with Libraries for Youth Title = 250
Appendix B―Pennsylvania Department of Education Competencies = 253
Appendix C―University of Pittsburgh = 259
Overview = 259
SLTC Program Admission Requirements = 260
SLTC Program Required Course Work = 260
Appendix D―Excerpts from Title 22. Education = 265
General Provisions = 265
Goals and Planning = 266
Curriculum and Instruction = 268
Scheduling and Learning Options = 270
Appendix E―Sample Letter of Application = 271
Appendix F―Questionnaire = 273
Appendix G―International Association of School Librarianship = 277
Introduction = 277
A Policy Statement of School Libraries = 278
Materials = 278
Facilities = 279
Functions = 279
Personnel = 280
Lifelong Education, Skills, Literacy Development = 281
Government and Public Support = 281
Notes = 282
Appendix H―Presentation of a Five-Year Long-Range Plan (1994-1999) = 283
For Library Media Center Development to Meet Information Power Guidelines = 283
Personnel = 284
Estimated Cost for Library Renovation―$250,000 = 287
Collection = 289
Budget = 290
1994-1995 = 292
1995-1996 = 293
1996-1997 = 294
1997-1998 = 295
1998-1999 = 296
Compilation by Year = 297
Notes = 298
Appendix I―Volunteers = 301
Parent Volunteer Form = 303
Appendix J―ALA Intellectual Freedom = 305
Appendix K―Publications List = 309
Appendix L―NEH Application Form = 319
Appendix M―Sample Letter to Legislator = 325
Index = 329
Preface = xv
1 The School Library Media Center In Today's World = 1
Education in the United States = 1
The Education Environment Today = 3
The Media Center In the Educational Environment = 10
History of School Libraries and Library Media Centers = 11
School Library Media Centers and the Reading Program = 16
Notes = 19
2 School Library Media Centers Today = 23
Information Literacy: Library Lessons Integrated into the Curriculum = 26
The Role of Library Media Specialists and Critical Thinking Skills = 27
Library Media Specialists and New Technologies = 28
Online and CD-ROM Database Searching = 29
Online Public Access Catalogs (OPACs) and Circulation Systems = 29
Telefacsimile Transmission (Fax) = 30
Local Area Networks = 31
Interactive Videodisks = 31
Teleconferencing and Distance Education = 32
A Day in the Life of a High School Media Specialist = 32
Exercises = 35
Notes = 36
3 Becoming a School Library Media Specialist = 37
Preparing School Library Media Specialists = 38
Choosing a Library Media Specialist Education Program = 41
Obtaining Certification = 44
Continuing Professional Education = 45
How to Find a Job = 46
Recruiting for the Profession = 49
Exercises = 49
Notes = 50
4 Choosing and Beginning the Job = 51
Determining District Administrative Practice = 52
Beginning the Job = 58
Facility Factors = 58
Human Factors = 61
Finding Out About Staff = 61
Finding Out About Building Administrators = 62
Finding Out About Teachers = 63
Finding Out About Students = 64
Finding Out About Parents = 66
Collection Factors = 66
Locating Bibliographies = 66
Rules for Circulation = 67
When the Students Arrive = 68
Exercises = 70
Notes = 70
5 On the Job: Managing the Media Center Program = 71
The Library Media Advisory Committee = 72
Managing the Program: A Business Model = 72
Planning = 73
Organizing = 76
Directing = 77
Controlling = 78
Flowcharts = 79
Extended Projects = 79
Scheduling the Library Media Center = 82
Daily Plan Books = 86
Leadership and the Library Media Specialist = 86
Leading the Planning Process = 89
Exercises = 91
Notes = 91
6 On the Job: Managing the Facility = 93
Rearranging Facilities = 97
Steps to Follow to Rearrange a Library = 97
Remodeling the Facility = 100
Planning New Facilities = 105
Moving a Media Center = 108
Exercises = 109
Notes = 110
7 On the Job: Managing Personnel = 111
Managing Media Center Staff = 112
Job Titles = 112
Personnel Management Competencies = 113
The Role of the Media Specialist In Staffing = 114
The Media Specialist as Part of the Teaching Staff = 115
Securing Qualified Personnel = 116
Assigning Job Responsibilities and Motivating Staff = 116
In-Service Training = 117
Standards of Performance = 117
Evaluating Staff = 118
Managing with Administrators = 120
Managing with Teachers = 122
Managing Students = 124
Managing Parents and Volunteers = 125
Friends of the Library = 126
Exercises = 127
Notes = 128
8 On the Job: Managing the Collection = 129
Right to Privacy = 129
To Automate or Not to Automate? = 132
Circulation System Decisions = 133
Format Decisions = 134
Selecting Materials = 135
Defending the Collection = 139
Selecting Equipment = 139
Acquiring Materials and Equipment = 140
Deselection of Materials (Weeding) = 142
Options for Cataloging = 146
Housing the Collection = 148
Exercises = 148
Notes = 149
9 On the Job: Managing the Budget = 151
The Fiscal Year = 155
Writing Specifications = 156
Cost Accountability and the Media Specialist = 158
Writing Proposals to Expand Programs = 160
Developing the Statement of Needs = 161
Preparing Goals and Objectives = 161
Establishing the Plan of Action = 162
Planning for Evaluation = 163
Deciding on Dissemination = 164
Describing Local Resources = 164
Building the Budget = 166
Additional Considerations = 166
Exercises = 169
Notes = 170
10 On the Job: Managing Services = 171
Understanding Curriculum = 172
Learning Teaching Methods = 175
Assistance with Classroom Assignments = 176
Teaching Information Literacy = 177
Resource-based Teaching = 178
The Media Specialist in the Classroom = 179
The Media Center as Classroom = 180
Media Center Activities = 181
Conducting In-Service Training Sessions = 184
Exercises = 187
Notes = 187
11 Marketing the Media Center = 189
What to Market = 192
How to Market = 193
Promotion = 198
Preparing Presentations = 200
Exercises = 201
Notes = 202
12 On the Job: Managing Program Evaluation = 203
Quantitative Measures = 207
Qualitative Measures = 208
Appraising the Facility = 209
Staff or Performance Appraisal = 209
Collection Measurement = 211
After the First Year = 214
Exercises = 215
Notes = 215
13 On the Job: Cooperation and Networking = 217
Cost of Network Membership = 223
Joining a Network = 225
Joining a Telecommunications Network = 227
Riding on the Information Superhighway = 228
Exercises = 231
Notes = 232
14 Leadership and Professional Associations = 235
Education Associations = 237
Library and Media Associations = 238
School Library Media Specialists and the Political Process = 243
School Library Media Specialists in the Global Community = 246
Exercises = 247
Notes = 247
Appendix A―Omnibus Children and Youth Literacy Through Libraries Act = 249
1. School Library Services Title = 249
2. Public Library Children's Services Title = 250
3. Public Library Young Adult Services Title = 250
4. A Partnership with Libraries for Youth Title = 250
Appendix B―Pennsylvania Department of Education Competencies = 253
Appendix C―University of Pittsburgh = 259
Overview = 259
SLTC Program Admission Requirements = 260
SLTC Program Required Course Work = 260
Appendix D―Excerpts from Title 22. Education = 265
General Provisions = 265
Goals and Planning = 266
Curriculum and Instruction = 268
Scheduling and Learning Options = 270
Appendix E―Sample Letter of Application = 271
Appendix F―Questionnaire = 273
Appendix G―International Association of School Librarianship = 277
Introduction = 277
A Policy Statement of School Libraries = 278
Materials = 278
Facilities = 279
Functions = 279
Personnel = 280
Lifelong Education, Skills, Literacy Development = 281
Government and Public Support = 281
Notes = 282
Appendix H―Presentation of a Five-Year Long-Range Plan (1994-1999) = 283
For Library Media Center Development to Meet Information Power Guidelines = 283
Personnel = 284
Estimated Cost for Library Renovation―$250,000 = 287
Collection = 289
Budget = 290
1994-1995 = 292
1995-1996 = 293
1996-1997 = 294
1997-1998 = 295
1998-1999 = 296
Compilation by Year = 297
Notes = 298
Appendix I―Volunteers = 301
Parent Volunteer Form = 303
Appendix J―ALA Intellectual Freedom = 305
Appendix K―Publications List = 309
Appendix L―NEH Application Form = 319
Appendix M―Sample Letter to Legislator = 325
Index = 329