The School Library Manager: Leading through Change (Library and Information Science Text Series) - Softcover

April M. Dawkins; Blanche Woolls; Joyce Kasman Valenza

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144087929X ISBN 13: 9781440879296

Publisher: Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited, 2023

Synopsis

The seventh edition of this comprehensive school library management text expands upon the role of the school librarian, especially in the ever-growing digital realm, and highlights the importance of school librarian leadership and outreach.

In an era of budget cuts, reduced staffing, and a global pandemic, it's more important than ever for new LIS professionals and established school librarians and administrators to demonstrate the value of school libraries to decision makers.

This revised and updated edition of a classic text adds two well-known authors to help lead readers through the many essential management tasks and skills required to administer the successful school library program. It emphasizes the importance of the school librarian in providing digital access to information for teachers and students, describes how facilities are being modified to accommodate new resources and programming, and offers new ways to use AASL standards to evaluate programs.

All chapters are updated, and the text addresses such timely subjects as providing information resources when students, teachers, and librarians are interacting online. A new chapter highlights the importance of the school librarian's leadership in schools, districts, and communities. This invaluable textbook teaches practical skills for school library management and offers inspiration and guidance for growing LIS careers.

About this title

About the Authors

Blanche Woolls is Director and Professor Emerita, School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University, past president of the AASL and IASL.

Joyce Kasman Valenza is associate teaching professor of library and information science at Rutgers University, USA. She has been a school, public, reference, and special librarian. For 10 years, Valenza was the techlife@school columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She writes the NeverEndingSearch blog for School Library Journal, contributes to a variety of edtech journals, and speaks internationally about issues relating to libraries and thoughtful use of technology. Valenza is active in ISTE, ALISE, AASL, ALA, YALSA, and online communities of practice.

April M. Dawkins is Assistant Professor in Library and Information Studies at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144087929X
• ISBN 13: 9781440879296
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408