This is a collaborative column by K-12 library media specialists and academic librarians who write about the motivational strategies that have worked for them in teaching IL skills. Students who do not raise their hand to answer a question and are reluctant to learn something new often suffer from something called "fear of failure." They…

The activities of Resource Educators for Directed Development of Instruction (REDDI), a full-time institute designed to provide district leadership personnel with the skills and experience of designing and developing a curriculum package based on the principles of instructional technology, are described in this report. The program is presented in…

The objectives, program, participants, and evaluation of The Administration of Instructional Change (TAIC) Institute are described in this report. The training program was designed to help teams of local leadership personnel to design strategies using media to cope with problems that blocked change, as well as to facilitate change by integrating…

Describes the Nassau School Library System and the role it plays in enabling librarians at 328 member libraries in Nassau County, New York, to become instructional leaders and key members of technology and curriculum planning teams. Highlights include how the change process was started, examples of practical accomplishments, promotion of library…