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Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning

Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning

This volume aims to help readers respond proactively and help to lead the way to collaborative learning in schools. The American Library Association has been instrumental in shaping and publishing guidelines for school libraries for 75 years. This book incorporates the standards that should help students become skillful producers and consumers of information along with guidelines and principles to help create a... (more)

From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children's Books

From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children's Books

by Kathleen T. Horning

From Cover To Cover is a fresh, up-to-date look at some of the best examples of children's literature today, and also includes practical advice on how to write clearly articulated, reasoned opinions so that others can learn about books they have not yet read. It includes: a short explanation of the process of making a children's book from manuscript to final bound book a description of the importance of... (more)

Collection Mapping in the Lmc: Building Library Media Center Collections in the Age of Technology (Excellence in School Library Media Programs)David V. Loertscher

Collection Mapping in the Lmc: Building Library Media Center Collections in the Age of Technology (Excellence in School Library Media Programs)

by David V. Loertscher

The Collection Program in Schools: Concepts, Practices, and Information Sources

The Collection Program in Schools: Concepts, Practices, and Information Sources

by Phyllis Van Orden

Updated to cover the latest opportunities and complexities posed by new technologies, this guide gives readers a comprehensive overview of the processes and procedures of developing, maintaining, and evaluating a collection at the building level. In this edition, Van Orden and Bishop cover copyright (fair use) issues and Internet (acceptable use) policies in greater detail. They also address developing... (more)

School Censorship in the 21st Century: A Guide for Teachers and School Library Media Specialists

School Censorship in the 21st Century: A Guide for Teachers and School Library Media Specialists

by John S. Simmons

As we enter the 21st century, the access to information and freedom of speech provided by the Internet and other digital technologies has revolutionized the nature of censorship challenges, and opened an entirely new realm of legal and social ramifications for censorship in U.S. schools. In the midst of this digital revolution, traditional forms of censorship continue to take their toll on students' learning... (more)

Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Practice (Information Literacy Sourcebooks)

Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Practice (Information Literacy Sourcebooks)

by Esther S. Grassian

This cutting-edge work is destined to become a seminal text. Written by two academic library leaders, it is a thorough, in-depth discussion of both the theory and practice of library instruction. Chapters cover the history and background of user education in libraries; the psychology of learning as applied to library teaching; conceptual models for teaching critical thinking; assessment and evaluation;... (more)

Teens & Libraries: Getting It Right

by Virginia A. Walter

Young adult librarians are perhaps more unsure of what their role was, is, and what it will be than any other group of library professionals. They are often in the same boat as the patrons they serve; they are caught in a kind of twilight zone, lost between children's and adult services. Walter and Meyers have created a seminal book on librarianship to this audience. Beginning with a historical account and moving... (more)

The Whole School Library Handbook

Modeled on the best-selling format of ALA's best selling The Whole Library Handbook (ALA Editions, 1998), this book is the one-stop resource for everything related to the school library media center. Inside this handy reference, readers will find essential facts, thought-provoking articles, checklists, organization contact information, trivia, advice from the field's experts - everything the school librarian wants... (more)

Literature for Today's Young Adults (6th Edition)

Literature for Today's Young Adults (6th Edition)

by Alleen Pace Nilsen, Kenneth L. Donelson

This engaging text helps teachers learn how to motivate teenagers to become life-long readers. It offers a comprehensive, reader-friendly introduction to young adult literature framed within a rich literary, historical, and social context. It also provides teachers with criteria for evaluating books of all genres, from poetry and nonfiction to mysteries, science fiction, and horror. Coverage of timely issues, such... (more)

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