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Shelton, Kay – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2010
Community colleges offer many advantages over other types of institutions, financially and educationally. This article will explore some of those advantages, including comparisons to other types of institutions. A brief introduction to accreditation will contextualize how community colleges have advantages of certain institutions. Lastly,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Evaluation, Accreditation (Institutions)
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Richey, Jennifer – School Library Research, 2012
Adolescents who receive current, accurate, reliable, and balanced sexual-health information are more likely to express healthier sexual attitudes and engage in healthier sexual behaviors than adolescents receiving limited or no sexual-health information. High school librarians have the potential to help meet sexual-health information needs of…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Information Needs, High Schools, Adolescents
Jones, Jami L. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2005
As students file into the library media center for orientation during the hectic first weeks of school, Mrs. Greene, a veteran media specialist with fifteen years experience, wonders how she can make a difference in an environment governed by No Child Left Behind and state-mandated tests. Some students are disadvantaged because they are struggling…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Media Specialists, Library Services, Personality Traits
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Land, Mary – Canadian Library Journal, 1988
This review of the literature discusses the image of librarians in popular culture, the importance of projecting a clear and positive image of reference librarians and their work to encourage users to seek reference help, and ways to improve users' understanding and image of librarians. (25 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Labeling (of Persons), Library Instruction, Library Role, Mass Media
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Becker, Linda K. W. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2006
This is the final article in a series examining globalisation and the role of Australian librarians in internationalising library, university, and international practice in higher education. It describes case studies of Australian academic libraries in which a successful pattern for internationalisation emerged. The conclusions of the research are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Librarians, Library Development
Paul, Meg; Evans, Jennifer – 1988
Questions presented in workbook format are interspersed with quotations from the literature about the library profession's stereotypes and self-image. The document opens with a synopsis of how librarians are portrayed by the mass media. Exercises about role perceptions are presented (e.g., define the terms "librarian" and…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Institutional Advancement
Hambleton, Alixe E.; Wilkinson, John P. – 1994
Curriculum reform across Canada resulted in a new commitment to resource-based learning. Not only is the provision of resources important but also the development and implementation of resource-based programs, which are initiated by teacher-librarians and planned cooperatively with classroom teachers. This study addresses the relationship between…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Resources Centers
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Curriculum Framework and Textbook Development Unit. – 1986
The California Legislature recognized the significant place of instructional materials in the formation of a child's attitudes and beliefs when it adopted "Educational Code" sections 60040 through 60044. The "Education Code" sections referred to in this document are intended to help dispel negative stereotypes by emphasizing…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Attitudes, Change Strategies, Cultural Images