This comprehensive, practical, and up-to-date guide will help
the preservice and in-service library media specialist to develop
an information services program to meet the changing curricular
needs of high schools and to integrate information access and usage
skills into the total school curriculum. Dana McDougald, head
library media specialist of the Cedar Shoals High School Learning
Resources Center, which received the 1993/94 Margaret Alexander
Edwards Award from the ALA for its outstanding information services
program, and Melvin Bowie, a specialist in training preservice
media specialists, share their expertise and years of practical
experience in this guide. It brings together information sources
that are commonly used in secondary schools, including electronic
resources, and proposes an effective model for services that should
be provided by the media specialist. In addition, the authors offer
guidelines for the development of a basic reference collection that
is stable enough, and eclectic enough, to support the high school
curriculum.
Chapter one provides practical suggestions for planning with
teachers to ensure that students are given many opportunities to
learn how to access and use information as an integral part of
their coursework and in their personal and career development.
Chapter two presents guidelines for selection of an effective print
reference collection, recommends essential reference sources for a
comprehensive high school, and discusses selection policies for
instructional materials. Chapter three discusses selection of a
library automation system to meet staff and student needs and the
systems available from specific vendors. Chapter four discusses the
use of CD-ROM technology, online services, and the Internet, and
offers guidelines for selecting valuable electronic resources and
services for the media center. Chapter five offers models and
project ideas for integrating information skills into the
curriculum and short lessons on the Internet. The final chapter
offers models for developing an effective information services
program and for evaluating the information service provided.
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