School Library Reference Services in the 90s
Here is a succinct update on school library reference services for the busy practitioner or student. Exploring the state and state-of-the-art of school library reference services in the 1990s, this book provides an overview of current information skills teaching models, the impact of new technologies on the teaching of reference and the student search process, and assessment and evaluation models for gauging the success of school reference services. School Library Reference Services in the...
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Here is a succinct update on school library reference services for the busy practitioner or student. Exploring the state and state-of-the-art of school library reference services in the 1990s, this book provides an overview of current information skills teaching models, the impact of new technologies on the teaching of reference and the student search process, and assessment and evaluation models for gauging the success of school reference services. School Library Reference Services in the 90s is an informative guide for school media coordinators and specialists, library science graduate students, and professors and researchers in the field to help them understand what students must learn and what teachers must teach to keep everyone up to date in the fast-changing world of reference.School Library Reference Services in the 90s is divided into three sections that cover reference/research teaching models, technology, and evaluation. Topics in the first section include an examination of the current state of affairs in reference teaching, a look at various models for integrating library research and reference skills into the curricula, and discussions of the effects of these new models on the school librarian's role. Section two addresses the profound effect new technologies, such as CD-ROM, multimedia, CD-I and CD-TV, are having on both the teaching of reference and information skills and on the entire research process from initiation to production of the final student report. The last section presents three models for assessing the effectiveness of school reference services and skills instruction.School library reference services, and particularly library instruction, are changing dramatically in the 1990s as a result of the information age. School Library Reference Services in the 90s helps professionals in the field stay abreast of current developments and be more effective in their jobs. Booknews Succinctly overviews the current state of school library reference services, considering such aspects as information skills, teaching models, the impact of new technologies, and assessing and evaluating the services. For students entering the field or professionals keeping abreast of the latest developments. Also published at The Reference Librarian vol. 20, no. 44 (1994). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction and Overview: The Times, They Are a Changin'1Secondary School Library and Information Skills: Are They Transferred from High School to College?9Resource-Based Teaching: Media Specialists and Teachers as Partners in Curriculum Development and the Teaching of Library and Information Skills19What Are the Reference Needs of Whole Language Teachers? And/Or What Is a Whole Language Librarian?29A Model for Teaching Critical Thinking Through Online Searching41Information Search Process in Science Education53The Changed Role of the Elementary Library Media Teacher61Multimedia Research Reports71CD-ROM: The Concept and the Reality83Multimedia Technology and the Changing Nature of Research in the School Library95CD-I and CDTV in the Schools: New Directions in Reference Tools107Distance Learning: The Impact of Telecommunications on Cross-Cultural and Cross-Generational Educational Settings115New Technologies in Reference Services for School Libraries: How Their Use Has Changed the Teaching of Library and Research Skills in North Carolina123Measuring Reference Transactions in School Library Media Programs145Addressing School Library Media Reference Services: Guidelines for Success161Assessing Information Skills and Instruction173Index191
\ BooknewsSuccinctly overviews the current state of school library reference services, considering such aspects as information skills, teaching models, the impact of new technologies, and assessing and evaluating the services. For students entering the field or professionals keeping abreast of the latest developments. Also published at The Reference Librarian vol. 20, no. 44 (1994). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
