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Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education focuses on assessing institutional quality and effectiveness, and responds to the increasing demand for greater accountability at all levels of institutional...

This fascinating tale of the rise and fall of mini-computer-based integrated library systems (ILS) offers both an explanation of the technical workings--still being used daily--and a historical...

Turn your students into lifelong learners! Pathways to Knowledge(r) is an information process model that teachers and school librarians use with students to help them learn to gather, evaluate, and...

Fifteen chess-enhanced lesson plans address National Council for the Social Studies standards for grades 4-8 and help prepare students to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess...

Most school librarians are solo librarians working with little direct contact with their counterparts in schools or in other types of libraries. This makes it very difficult to keep up with trends...

This guidebook provides teachers and librarians with methods for collaboratively teaching elementary students to select books they will enjoy and which will further their personal growth and...

From the invitations to the suggested books, games, activities, and themed party snacks, this book makes it easy to plan a fun literacy event from start to finish. Picture books, storytime readings,...

Sharron L. McElmeel offers another winner--a new way to fire up interest in science, history, and other areas of the curriculum with students in grades 4-12. Make connections to Gregor Mendel's work...

In districts across the country, character education is rapidly earning a place in the required core curriculum. Quality literature provides an excellent starting point for addressing the issue of...

This compilation of 97 biographical essays celebrates public and school library service to children and young adults through the professional lives and contributions of its pioneers and leaders...

Playing to Learn: Video Games in the Classroom is one of first practical resources that helps teachers integrate the study of video games into the classroom. The book is comprised of over 100 video...

Web 2.0, the read/write web creates new opportunities for students to share their learning with a larger, real world community via the Internet. One Web 2.0 tool that is gaining in popularity among...

Some students are more "challenging" than most. This book helps school librarians prevent, deal with, and overcome discipline problems they may face when communicating with K-12 students.Author: Kay...

Based on the methods of the New York City Library Power Program, this is a practical handbook for revitalizing or rebuilding the school library. Putting the many facets of the media specialist's...

This timely book helps educators unleash the interactive potential of PowerPoint to build their own multimedia material that perfectly matches the needs of their students. While PowerPoint affords...

Evaluation is essential to library management: it provides the data that underlies informed and effective decision-making. This book is a one-volume, how-to guide to library evaluation techniques,...

Using portfolios is a great way to build skills, reinforce learning, communicate achievements, and prepare students for future challenges. Packed with reproducibles, mini-lessons, and ideas, this...

These hands-on lessons for teaching the research process will help you effectively teach information skills, while implementing current national information literacy standards. Stanley offers...

Stanley applies the same user-friendly format that made her popular guide to teaching the six steps of the research process to high school students such a success. In this new volume geared toward...

Looking for tips on how to work towards your overall vision while remaining productive on the frontlines? The book gives you fresh ideas for balancing your managerial duties with day-to-day...

This valuable reference work and readers' advisory tool lists, describes, and organizes, according to reading interests, contemporary picture books and easy readers that satisfy the interests of...

Through hands-on activities, middle school students learn about the scale and structure of the Milky Way galaxy -- a cosmic haystack. They study SETI science by using simple astronomical tools to...

This text integrates CD-ROMs, online databases, telecommunications, and information networks (e.g., CompuServe, America Online, 20th Century Video Encyclopedia) into resource-based...

Written by a well-known intellectual freedom advocate, this book is a one-stop source for school librarians on intellectual freedom and privacy issues that blends principles with best practices. In...

This book is a timely and detailed exploration of the impact and issues of the Internet in public libraries and their implications for society, policy, and professional practice. Public Libraries and...

This book helps readers explore how public librarians have reinvented the ways they bring people and information together to meet 21st-century challenges. Public Libraries in the 21st Century...

This book provides an approachable yet thorough introduction to the often complex field of public library administration. Most careers require the wisdom that only comes from experience to avoid...

Join Piggy Rae and her silly friends Bernie Bear, Tommy Turtle, Alistair McMoose and others in these engaging and interactive puppet skits that encourage both laughter and learning. This guide gives...

Jump start students' verbal powers with a series of lively activities designed to hone writing, speaking, and listening skills. Each unit contains: teacher tips (making sure teachers understand the...

The popularity of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has increased as its cost has decreased and the growth shows no signs of abating. Academic and public librarians wishing to convert...