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Direct linkGriffiths, Jose-Marie; King, Donald W. – ALA Editions, 2011
The latest and most comprehensive assessment of public librarians' education and career paths to date, this important volume reports on a large-scale research project performed by authors Jose-Marie Griffiths and Donald W. King. Presented in collaboration with the Office for Research and Statistics (ORS), the book includes an examination of trends…
Descriptors: Employment, Public Libraries, Library Role, Trend Analysis
Yesner, Bernice L.; Jay, Hilda L. – 1998
This comprehensive handbook offers detailed instructions for accessing the current performance of--and setting objectives for--school library media programs. Useful for both practicing school library media teachers and those in training, this manual shows how to identify problems and potentials, set goals and objectives, structure evaluation…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Information Technology, Library Administration
Sutton, Dave – 1995
This book is designed to help novices get started in providing services to patrons of their library. By separating professional tasks from others, an indication is made when expertise is needed above and beyond the use of common sense and natural organizational skills. The book covers the realm of a librarian's responsibilities, offering advice on…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development, Library Personnel
American Library Association Video/Library Video Network, Towson, MD. – 1997
This video provides guidelines for establishing a successful volunteer program in any library. Topics include: the benefits of volunteers to libraries; getting a volunteer program started and functioning; recruiting volunteers; interviewing volunteers; effectively training volunteers; acknowledgment of volunteers; and handling uncooperative or…
Descriptors: Labor Needs, Library Administration, Library Development, Library Personnel
Download full textMathews, Virginia H.; And Others – 1993
The Library/Head Start Partnership Project is administered through a joint agreement between the Library of Congress Center for the Book and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Head Start Bureau. Its purpose is to demonstrate how libraries that serve young children can plan and work with Head Start programs to enhance learning and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Childrens Libraries, Library Services
McLeod, Stephen G. – 1990
The practicum sought to identify areas of relative strength and weakness in support for the Saint Leo College (Florida) Library Acquisitions Project, a project to improve library support to the Military Education Program administered by Saint Leo College on military installations throughout the Southeast. Using the Interactive Forces Theory of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Higher Education, Interaction
Bayley, Linda; And Others – 1981
Designed to provide basic information on joint planning of library services for jail populations by correctional and library personnel and inmates, this curriculum guide covers 10 topics: (1) a rationale for library services in jails; (2) the characteristics and role of the jail librarian; (3) the first steps in planning library services; (4)…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Correctional Institutions, Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials
British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. Learning Resources Branch. – 1991
This book is designed to help teachers, teacher-librarians, administrators, and district staff create a literature program that integrates literature within the context of resource-based learning. The book is organized into three sections. Part 1: "Critical Components of Learning through Literature" discusses in detail how each of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
St. Clair, Guy – 1994
As funds for supporting library and information services dwindle, librarians are beginning to recognize the value of evaluating and justifying their library in terms that the decision makers--those who control the budgets--understand. This book offers proven techniques for implementing a program that both promotes information services and dispels…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Information Services, Interprofessional Relationship
Jackson, Betty Anne; Hughes, Sandra – 1992
This document is a tool that is intended to assist school-based educator partners in understanding their own roles and the dimensions for growth that enable implementation of the program "Partners in Action: the Library Resource Center in the School Curriculum." The program involves the integration of information skills, literature,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cooperative Planning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1983
This report describes 1983 Office of Management Studies (OMS) programs and services, including: (1) the Academic Library Program (ALP), which covered the Public Services Project, the Collection Analysis Project (CAP), the Small College Collection Assessment Project, the Preservation Planning Program, the Organizational Screening Program, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Consultants, Information Dissemination
Hopkins, Dianne McAfee – 1987
Prepared by a task force of Wisconsin educators, these guidelines are intended to be used by school board members, administrators, and curriculum leaders, including teachers, library media specialists, and other educators, to ensure that the school library media program is an integral part of their school's instructional program. Designed to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Learning Resources Centers
1989
A task force was charged with developing a revised set of guidelines for public library service to children in Vermont. Together with the results of a survey of Vermont public libraries, the help of recommendations from other states, and the expertise of individual libraries, the task force drew up a number of guidelines. In the first section the…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Guidelines, Library Personnel, Library Role
Lee, Stuart D. – 2002
Chapter 1, "Preliminary Issues," explores the historical importance of the electronic publishing revolution, some of the terminology to be used in the book, and the differences and similarities between traditional and electronic collection development. Chapter 2, "What Is an Offer? The Electronic Resources Landscape," covers…
Descriptors: Electronic Journals, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Library Collection Development
Reiff, Tana, Ed. – 1996
This guide, which is intended for administrators of programs providing adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) services in Pennsylvania, contains 59 individually authored papers devoted to planning, managing, and improving ABLE programs. The following are among the topics discussed in the guide's five sections: understanding the role of the ABLE…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Coordination
