Running a School Library Media Center: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians

Finally - a completely new edition of the classic handbook and text for school librarians! Running a School Library Media Center has been expanded and updated to include each and every aspect of school library media operations. Here you will learn how to forge better relationships with teachers, students, and administrators. You will understand how to manage better through appropriate policy-setting, procedure development, budgeting, public relations, and staff training. Cataloging, collection development, weeding, furniture selection, space planning, circulation and more are discussed in detail. Checklists, sample forms, and templates are included to make every task and procedure simpler. Among the special sections are directories of book, periodical, and nonprint vendors; learning skills inventories; important professional statements; and a listing of key listservs and electronic resources. This major work - a goldmine of practical information - is a must have for all school libraries.