Learning Libraries In An Information Age: Principles and Practice [Paperback]

Blending the latest research and educational theory with sound and effective practices, this book shows you how to create a learning-centered library for the new millennium. Some of the most respected authorities in the field have contributed their ideas and expertise to this important work. For example, Carol Kuhlthau discusses student learning in the information age; Jackie Mancall writes about collection development; Sheila Salmon describes what the library media specialist brings to the equation of standards-based learning; and Joy McGregor provides an informative article about learning theories and models. The result is a valuable combination of principles and implementation strategies for learning, information literacy, instructional design, library media program design, collaboration, teaching, collection development, assessment, and building communities of learning. Now is the time to step forward as an instructional leader and this is the book that will help you do it. A must read for libraBARBARA K. STRIPLING is Director of Instructional Services, Fayetteville Public Schools, Arkansas, and former president of AASL.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Contributors
Part I: Overview
Chapter 1: Literacy and Learning for the Information Age
Part II: Context for Learning
Chapter 2: How Do We Learn?
Chapter 3: Information Literacy Skills Models: Defining the Choices
Chapter 4: Learning in a Technology Context
Part III: Context of Collaborative Planning and Teaching
Chapter 5: Collaboration in Teaching and Learning
Chapter 6: Standards-Based Teaching in the Library Media Center
Chapter 7: Creating Meaningful Assignments for Students Learning
Chapter 8: Making Sense of a Changing World: Digitized Primary Source Documents in Schools
Chapter 9: Assessment: A Tool for Developing Lifelong Learners
Part IV: Context of Library Media Programs
Chapter 10: Developing a Collaborative Access Envirnoment: Meeting the Resource Needs ofl3$