The 21st Century Elementary Library Media Program

✍ Scribed by Carl A. Harvey II

• Publisher: Linworth
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 172
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

How do you accomplish a technology transformation at a time with limited budgets? What's the proper place for Web-placed social networking in the school library? What are the best practices for working together with students, parents, and educators? The 21st Century Elementary Library Media Program is an invaluable resource for answers to these and many more questions, as it brings together in one volume the advice and insights you need to bring your library into the new century.Compact yet remarkably comprehensive, The 21st Century Elementary Library Media Program covers all the major aspects of school library services, from administration to instruction. Award-winning library media specialist Carl Harvey provides tips and techniques, forms and templates, and advice on everything from staffing and budgeting to collaborating with teachers and other libraries to Web 2.0 and other new computer tools to building collections and devising special programs. Whether you are just getting started, or a library veteran looking for program renewal, this book belongs on your shelf.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Figures......Page 12
About the Author......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
The Past......Page 18
The Present......Page 20
The Future......Page 21
Wiki Wrap-Up......Page 22
CHAPTER 2: People......Page 24
Principals......Page 25
Teachers......Page 28
School Boards......Page 30
Parents......Page 31
Library Media Specialists......Page 32
Volunteers......Page 35
Student Assistants......Page 36
Public Libraries......Page 37
Library Media Advisory Committee......Page 38
Setting up an Advisory Committee......Page 39
Wiki Wrap-Up......Page 40
CHAPTER 3: Communication......Page 42
Face-to-Face......Page 43
E-Mails......Page 45
Library Media Center Web Page......Page 47
Web 20......Page 51
Wiki Wrap-Up......Page 54
Collaborative Teaching......Page 56
Getting Started with Collaboration......Page 59
Sustaining Collaboration......Page 62
Documenting Collaboration......Page 64
Curriculum Development......Page 66
Standards......Page 67
Standardized Tests......Page 70
Related Arts......Page 72
Special Education......Page 73
Instruction Organization......Page 81
Wiki Wrap-Up......Page 83
Promoting Reading......Page 84
Book Clubs......Page 86
Student Assistant Club......Page 87
Author Visits......Page 90
Gaming......Page 91
Wiki Wrap-Up......Page 92
CHAPTER 6: Information and Technology......Page 94
Teachers Embracing Technology......Page 95
Libraries Leading with Technology......Page 96
Databases......Page 97
Web 20 Applications......Page 101
Best Web Sites......Page 105
Filters......Page 108
Wiki Wrap-Up......Page 109
Policies and Procedures......Page 112
Student Procedures......Page 113
Library Media Specialist Procedures......Page 115
The Learning Space......Page 119
Appealing Environment......Page 120
Schedules......Page 121
Instruction......Page 126
Technology......Page 127
Surveys......Page 128
Rationale for Data Collection......Page 133
Library Media Specialist Evaluation......Page 134
Wiki Wrap-Up......Page 135
Library Funding in the 21st Century......Page 136
Budget Resources......Page 137
Budget Justification......Page 138
PTA/PTOs......Page 139
Wiki Wrap-Up......Page 141
Graphic Novel/Graphic Nonfiction......Page 142
Videos......Page 143
Professional Collections......Page 144
Weeding......Page 145
Wiki Wrap-Up......Page 146
Defining Advocacy, Public Relations, and Marketing......Page 148
Building Advocates......Page 149
Designing Promotions......Page 150
Wiki Wrap-Up......Page 151
CHAPTER 11: Leadership......Page 154
Professional Organizations......Page 155
Professional Development......Page 156
Writing and Presenting......Page 157
Professional Development......Page 158
Wiki Wrap-Up......Page 159
Appendix A: Vendors......Page 160
Appendix B: Library Media/Technology Personal Learning Network......Page 164
Appendix C: Web 20 Examples......Page 168
H......Page 170
S......Page 171
Z......Page 172