This book is directed toward graduate students who are preparing to become, or already serving as, school library media specialists. It reflects the rapidly changing questions being asked in school library media research, as well as the methods of addressing those questions. These changes are due to both the changing role of the school library media specialist, and the explosion of research methods available. The authors hope that this book will encourage its readers to pursue an active research agenda in their school library media center.

Regardless of what educators maintain, the general public believes test scores accurately reflect student performance and school success. This situation places enormous pressure on schools to improve, but it also offers opportunities for library media specialists to help students learn valuable information literacy skills that in turn will improve test scores. By joining forces with educators, media specialists can demonstrate how information literacy skills strengthen student performance as well as instruct teachers on teaching and testing information skills within the context of classroom content. Teaching and Testing Information Literacy Skills will help library media specialists educate teachers on information literacy skills and increase collaboration for effective test-taking preparation.

This book is directed toward graduate students who are preparing to become, or already serving as, school library media specialists. It reflects the rapidly changing questions being asked in school library media research, as well as the methods of addressing those questions. These changes are due to both the changing role of the school library media specialist, and the explosion of research methods available. The authors hope that this book will encourage its readers to pursue an active research agenda in their school library media center.

Many lessons can be learned from managers in business and industry that are useful to people who administer schools or media programs. Despite organizational differences, the needed management skills are similar. This volume is the work of 12 authors who have drawn on personal experiences and extensive reviews of business literature to capture highly workable strategies for effective management in such areas as personnel, time, finances, technology, change, and communication. A good read that uses charts, vignettes, cartoons, and memorable quotations to emphasize key points.