The 21st-Century Elementary School Library Program
Managing for Results, 2nd Edition
by Carl A. Harvey II
December 2016, 149pp, 8 1/2 x 11
1 volume, Libraries Unlimited

Paperback: 978-1-4408-4244-3
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Learn the best practices for successful management of an elementary school library from award-winning school librarian Carl A. Harvey.

Compact yet remarkably comprehensive, this book covers all the major aspects of school library services, from administration to instruction focused from the elementary school librarian perspective—now updated and expanded to include the latest developments in makerspaces, the Common Core, social networking, and eBooks.

How do you accomplish a technology transformation at a time when budgets are extremely limited? What is the proper location for web-based social networking in the school library? What are the best practices for working together with students, parents, and educators? The 21st-Century Elementary School Library Program: Managing for Results is an invaluable resource for answers to these and many more questions, as it brings together in one volume the advice and insights you need to bring your library into the new century.

This invaluable guide provides tips and techniques, forms and templates, and advice on everything from staffing and budgeting to collaborating with teachers and other libraries, to Web 2.0 and other new computer tools for building collections and devising special programs. Whether you are just getting started or are a library veteran seeking effective program renewal, this book belongs on your shelf.

Features

  • Provides information written by a former practicing school librarian and guidance that is applicable immediately in school libraries
  • Updated to include collection development in the digital age to address eBooks and other digital acquisitions
  • Covers the instructional stance of school libraries
Carl A. Harvey II is an instructor of school librarianship at Longwood University in Farmville, VA. Previously, he was an elementary school librarian for 17 years in Indiana. He is a past-president of the American Association of School Librarians, Indiana Library Federation, and Association for Indiana Media Educators. His published works include Leading the Common Core Initiative: A Guide for K–5 School Librarians (coauthored with Linda Mills); The Library Media Specialist in the Writing Process (coauthored with Marge Cox and Susan Page); No School Library Left Behind: School Improvement and the Media Specialist; The 21st Century Elementary School Library Media Program; and Adult Learners: Professional Development and the School Librarian, all published by ABC-CLIO.

Reviews

"This book can serve almost as a how-to for elementary school libraries. . . . This title would be an excellent addition to professional collections. Recommended."—School Library Connection, August 1, 2017
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