This handbook helps "students and teachers connect content with real life through new resources and learning relationships that are available through technology"(Amazon.com). The book also has lesson ideas and fifty websites to support teaching and learning.
Less Is More: A Practical Guide to Weeding School Library Collections
by Donna J. Baumback, Linda Miller
Weeding is a daunting task and can sometimes feel overwhelming. This book provides criteria for 71 subjects to help make the weeding process easier. The subjects are arranged in order of corresponding primary Dewey numbers.
New on the Job: A School Library Media Specialist's Guide to Success
by Ruth Toor, Hilda K. Weisburg
Chapters in this book cover from how to secure a job, connecting with students and teachers to dealing with advances in technology. One helpful to is the personal insight questions where readers can write their answers in the blank (suh as "What is the procedure for opening blocked websites? Who has the authority to do so?" with a blank underneath so one can learn the answer and write it down for quick reference later).
Collaborating to Meet Standards
by Toni Buzzeo
This author has several books for collaboration that focus on different grade levels. It provides practical suggestions to implement planning collaboratively through a variety of units as well helpful hints to creating a collaborative relationship. There is also a template for unit planning.
by Audrey Church
"This book is broken down into chapters for each individual participant in the education community to assist each person in moving to action and to help him/her better understand how to collaborative with others to facilitate positive change." This book promotes the school library media program and should help the library media specialist learn how to toot their own horn.
Evaluating the School Library Media Center
by Nancy Everhart
Evaluation is always a necessary process in building a great school library media program and Everhart has provided a great tool to help with that process. Tools include rubrics, checklists, worksheets, and comparative figures. Chapters also demonstrate how to evaluate personnel, physical facilities, technology, and collections.
The Collection Program in Schools: Concepts, Practices, and Information Sources
by Phyllis J. Van Orden, Kay Bishop
"All aspects of collection development -- from environment to selection procedures to collection evaluation-- are clealy set out and easy to locate" (Booklist). The book is divided into three sections: setting, selection of materials, and administrtaive concerns.
