Blanche Woolls

Long awaited and well updated with solid mentors writing it! This book includes information about the history of education and school libraries, but then seizes the current moment into the world of global information and current expectations (standards, guidelines). It is well done and seeks to influence the behavior of the current practicing teacher librarian with up to date ideas and information to help the school library run more smoothly. There are areas where the orientation of the teacher librarian to the school are discussed as well as the tasks that the teacher librarian needs to consider. Leadership is paramount, especially as it now involves managing the use of hand held devices in productive and positive ways throughout the school by learners. The flexibility of the teacher librarian is mirrored only by the flexibility of the facility, something this book talks alot about. There are still forms and examples to consider using evaluation techniques and questions that are to be thought about as well as the connections inside and outside the school building that need to be formed, etc. Highly recommended.… (more)