Toward a 21st-Century School Library Media Program - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810860317 ISBN 13: 9780810860315

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 2007

Synopsis

This collection of enlightening and stimulating articles, written by some of the most important figures in school librarianship, demonstrates how teacher-librarians, classroom teachers, and administrators can work together to create a 21st century school library media program. With topics that emphasize student success, leadership, partnerships, curriculum design, collaborative planning and teaching, literacy, 21st century skills, emerging technologies, and so much more, this compendium brings together the best of the best discussions.

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About the Author

Michael Cart) of Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens (2015). Michael Cart is a columnist and reviewer for ALA's Booklist magazine, and has also written countless articles that have appeared in The New York Times, Parents Magazine, American Libraries, School Library Journal, and elsewhere. The former president of both YALSA and ALAN, Cart is the recipient of the 2000 Grolier Award and the first recipient in 2008 of the YALSA/Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Award. He appointed and chaired the Task Force that created the Michael L. Printz Award and subsequently chaired the 2006 Printz Committee. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism, Third Edition (2016). Jenkins and Cart are co-authors of The Heart Has Its Reasons: Young Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2004 (Scarecrow Press, 2006).

Edition details

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810860317
• ISBN 13: 9780810860315
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 442
• Editor: Rosenfeld Esther