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A Survey Of The Availability Of School Library Media Center Catalogs On The Web, Matthew James Dibella Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

An important tool of a school library media center is the automation system. The media specialist uses this tool to manage the media center's collection and ensure that students have access to the best and most up to date accurate information. The purpose of having an automation system was to improve student access to the media center collection. The advancement in technology in the past three decades has expanded the role of school media specialists.

This survey of the number of school media centers that have their catalog available on the Web was analytical. It was conducted with the use …

Does Working Together Work? A Study Of Collaboration Between Classroom Teachers And School Library Media Specialists, Carol Elizabeth Miller

Theses and Dissertations

The current research examined the practices of collaboration between teachers and school library media specialists. It also examined what levels of collaboration occurred between the two groups and what factors influenced their decisions regarding use of collaborative activities. Two electronic surveys were designed to give the researcher an idea of teachers' and library media specialists' use or non-use of collaboration and to determine what factors influenced the use or non-use of collaboration. Invitations to participate in the library media specialists' survey were posted using two online forums whose members are media specialists. The participating media specialists were invited to recruit …

Strategies For Improving Instruction & Services To English Language Learners In The High School Library Media Center, Eileen Ray

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One of the biggest challenges facing librarians in schools today is working with students who are just learning the English language. An extensive body of literature and research related to school library media centers and English Language Learners was reviewed to address this challenge. On the basis of this research, a handbook was created to help fill the gap between the instruction librarians receive in library methodology courses and the reality in which librarians work every day. The handbook includes eight strategies addressing four areas of need: information literacy instruction, the promotion ofliteracy, the development of technological skills and the …

Using Pop Culture And Media Together With Effective Literacy Instruction: A Teacher's Tool Kit For Selah H.S. Read Write Class, Stephanie Marie Sevigny

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A toolkit has been created to assist secondary teachers in using popular culture and the media in conjunction with explicit comprehension strategy instruction in the classroom in an effort to improve struggling students' comprehension. The toolkit consists of an introduction, examples and suggestions for using popular culture and media in the classroom, examples and guidelines for strategic comprehension instruction. CutTent literature and research regarding the use of popular culture and media in the classroom and effective comprehension strategy instruction were reviewed.

Third Grade Library Power!, Kristen Joan Scott

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The process of curriculum design for a third grade information literacy skills unit was studied. Studies supporting the connection between a quality school library program and increased student achievement were examined for positive characteristics to be implemented into a third grade library program. State standards in reading, technology, and information skills were analyzed for integration into the design. The result is a third grade information literacy skills curriculum design for implementation into a library program. Implications for future third grade library curriculum improvements are discussed.

Manual Descriptivo Para El Conocimiento De Riesgos En Áreas De Depósito De Archivos, Alexander Monsalve Guerrero

Sistemas de Información, Bibliotecología y Archivística

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Plan Estratégico Para Bibliotecas De Centros Penitenciarios En Bogotá. Un Acercamiento Desde La Biblioteca Pública, Karen Tatiana Chávez Merchán

Sistemas de Información, Bibliotecología y Archivística

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Recopilación Y Comparación De Normas Legales En Programas De Gestión Documental En Los Países De Argentina, Chile, Perú, Uruguay Y Venezuela, Orlando Rueda Díaz

Sistemas de Información, Bibliotecología y Archivística

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Recopilación Y Comparación De Normas Legales En Programas De Gestión Documental En Los Países De Colombia, México, España, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana Y Honduras, Dora Cecilia Rincón Bonilla

Sistemas de Información, Bibliotecología y Archivística

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Recopilación Y Comparación De Normas Legales En Programas De Gestión Documental En Los Países De Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay Y Brasil, Nelson Saúl López Perilla

Sistemas de Información, Bibliotecología y Archivística

No abstract provided.