Forecasting the Future School Media Programs in an Age of Change

by Wright, Kieth; Davie, Judith F.

• ISBN13: 9780810836976
• ISBN10: 0810836971
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Examines the unique role of the library media specialist in a time of rapid change. The authors draw on the day-to-day experiences of media specialists and supervisors to highlight the best practices in library media services and show how these practices will fit into the context of the future of education.

Author Biography

Kieth C. Wright (D.L.S., computer analysis, Columbia University) is the chair of the Library and Information Studies Department at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He has served as American Library Association Councilor for the North Carolina Library Association and on the Committee on Standards, ALA. Judith F. Davie (Ph.D., Florida State University) serves as the media specialist at the Hampton Year-Round School, Greensboro, North Carolina. She is the recipient of the North Carolina Association of School Librarians' Mary Peacock Douglas Award for outstanding contributions to school libraries and the National School Library Media Program of the Year Award from the American Association of School Librarians, ALA.

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword	iv
Preface	v
Acknowledgments	viii
Current School Library Media Programs	1	(29)
A Vision of Library Media Programs	30	(24)
Obstacles to Future Library Media Program Development	54	(16)
A New Vision for Library Media Programs	70	(14)
People Principles	84	(17)
Instruction and Collection Development Principles	101	(23)
Scheduling Principles	124	(18)
Planning and Evaluation Principles	142	(19)
Budgeting Principles	161	(11)
Facilities Principles	172	(24)
Technology Principles	196	(25)
High Reliability Principles	221	(35)
Appendix	256	(3)
Index	259	(5)
About the Authors	264