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The Leadership Role Of The Principal In The Development Of The Elementary School Library Or Library Media Center, Dorothy J. Sutton
The Leadership Role Of The Principal In The Development Of The Elementary School Library Or Library Media Center, Dorothy J. Sutton
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The purpose of this study was to discover the extent and nature of the leadership role of the elementary school principal in the development of school library programs. A review of the literature revealed general agreement that the principal should assume a leadership role in the development of the school library, and is in a strategic position to do so. Questionnaires were sent to ninety-one elementary principals in the following countries of Southeast Kansas: Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Mongomery, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson; seventy-three were returned. According to answers received on the questionnaire, elementary principals in Southeast Kansas do …
The Organization Of A Functional Library For The Mound City, Kansas, High School, John L. Carmichael
The Organization Of A Functional Library For The Mound City, Kansas, High School, John L. Carmichael
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The nature of the educative process widespread throughout the United States, with its emphasis upon textbooks and uniform learning, has tended to make the school library appear as an extra rather than an essential. Consequently, money has been spent on the library only with left over from other departments. Many teachers encouraged the pupil to use the library solely for leisure reading or for some other information if, or sometimes after, lessons were done. Administration in many schools have not been educational leaders. They have stood by and have been unaffected by controversies over teaching methods and materials to be …
Libraries In Negro High Schools Of Missouri, Adolphus R. Houston
Libraries In Negro High Schools Of Missouri, Adolphus R. Houston
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This study proposes to do the following things: (1) to find out the type of libraries that Negro high schools of Missouri have; (2) to discover something about their organization and administration; (3) to ascertain what equipment and furniture they have; (4) to learn the library policy and uses made of libraries; (5) to find out what services libraries offer students; (6) to procure information about their distribution of volumes; (7) to ascertain the number and kind of periodicals received; (8) to suggest that Negro high schools without libraries provide the best possible type that the school can afford.