"This third entry in the Principles and Practice series focuses on the role of the library media specialist as a change agent in the school. The purpose of this book is twofold: to provide insight into the role of the school librarian as change agent and to demonstrate strategies for being an effective change agent using a subset of current reform initiatives. The authors are educators, library media specialists, and researchers who shar ..."
"Educators have wrestled with the delineation of important curriculum content for decades. What is important, and how can the school library help? Written by well-known educators and school librarians, this new work—the second in the Principles and Practice SerieS≪/i—explores educational principles and research, and connects national curriculum trends to current library practice. The book features eleven chapters, illustrated througho ..."
"With a renewed emphasis on facilitating learning, supporting multiple literacies, and advancing equity and inclusion, the thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this trusted text provides models and tools that will enable library staff who serve youth to create and maintain collections that provide equitable access to all youth. And as Hughes-Hassell demonstrates, the only way to do this is for collection managers to be learne ..."
""Urban Teens in the Library" is the perfect solution for the concerns and uncertainty many librarians face when supporting this group of patrons and students. From a team of experts who have researched the information habits and preferences of urban teens to build better and more effective school and public library programs, this book will show readers: the importance of moving beyond stereotypes and revamping library services; the valu ..."
"Effective collection management is no longer just about having the "best" collection. As education shifts to a learner-centered environment, collection development must address the dynamic interplay between all stakeholders in the wider school community. Drawing from the latest educational theory and research, Hughes-Hassell and Mancall recommend a plan to build and maintain a solid collection in the midst of radical flux, while meeting ..."
"At the heart of the groundbreaking publication of Information Power was the idea that school library media specialists and teachers could work together to make certain that their students were truly becoming information literate and so equipped to bring those skills to bear as they advanced to higher levels of education. The Library Power initiative, a national project funded by the DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, put this idea to ..."
"This important book is a call to action for the library community to address the literacy and life outcome gaps impacting African American youth. It provides strategies that enable school and public librarians to transform their services, programs, and collections to be more responsive to the literacy strengths, experiences, and needs of African American youth. According to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NEAP), only 18 per ..."
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Collection Management for Youth Equity, Inclusion, and Learning, Second Edition: Equity, Inclusion, and Learning by SandraHughes-Hassell Published 2020 by American Library Association ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-4753-1, ISBN: 0-8389-4753-0
""Hughes-Hassell provides models and tools for collection managers that will enable library staff who serve youth to put in place, demonstrate, and create learner-centered collections that are inclusive and provide equitable access to all ..."
"youth, as well as those that Jason Irizarry has taken part in with Latin@ youth,
demonstrate this. As one young woman explains, “We are smart . . . I learned [
through participating in this research project] that by myself, it is hard to change
things, but if teachers work together with students, we can do anything” (Irizarry,
2011, p. 205). Another ... I attribute my passion for education to having an
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"Written by well-known educators and school librarians, this book explores educationalprinciples and research as it connects national curriculum trends to ..."
"Though readers had to wait from 1999 to 2007 for a sequel to True to the Game,
Woods published other titles such as the Dutch series, which was introduced to
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