Open AccessLibrary Power: A Potent Agent for Change in Media Programs
Author(s) -
Julie Tallman,
Shirley Tastad
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
school libraries worldwide
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2816-3788
pISSN - 1023-9391
DOI - 10.29173/slw7034
Subject(s) - school library , curriculum , information literacy , library science , resource (disambiguation) , reading (process) , sociology , literacy , public relations , political science , pedagogy , computer science , computer network , law
The national Library Power program funded by the Dewitt-Wallace Reader's Digest Foundation has contributed over $40 million for the improvement of library information and reading resources in selected school districts across the United States of America. Not since the Knapp School libraries project in the 1960s has a project of such potential impact on the school library media programs taken place. This article reports and the changes made as a result of the library power initiative in two schools in a large urban District. Attitudes of school stuff changed positively towards expanding the role and leadership of the library media specialist in planning collaboratively curriculum units with appropriate resources, information literacy skills, and effective students learning activities. Planning teams were able to create much richer, in-depth multiple-content units using a broader range of resources for resource-based learning and teaching.