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Volume 29, Number 3, February 2002

Teacher-librarianship and change: Why institutionalization has failed
Rhona Oldford
Fewer teacher-librarians are using a school-based continuum of information skills and strategies as a reference point for collaboration with teachers. Institutionalization has failed because of a lack of support. Here are suggestions for improving the situation. FULL TEXT ARTICLE

LAWS for Literacy
Suzanne Houff
Promote literacy and language arts skills while still addressing the varied needs of the adolescent learner.

Harnessing the Power in Information Power
Lesley Farmer
The challenge of making sure all students are learning information literacy skills can be a daunting one. You can map student work into an information literacy “grid” to help meet this challenge

Creating the School Library Web Site: The Options
Anne Clyde
Deciding to create a web site is just the first step in a long line of decisions to be made before the web site becomes a reality. Here are the major questions to consider as you plan and develop your web site

Proof of the Power: Recent Research on the Impact of School Library Media Programs on the Academic Achievement of U.S. Public School Students
Keith Curry Lance
An examination of exactly what factors contribute to improved learning. The results from the original Colorado study hold up over time and across state boundaries.
An ERIC Digest from the Clearinghouse on Information & Technology

The Poster
Get Connected, Get Smart @ your library

Best Buys

Web Wonders
Joanne Troutner
Best sites in Mathematics

Professional Reading
With Ken Haycock
Includes new titles worth a look.

Bookmark It!

• Potpourri of Poetry
  Ruth Cox
• Favorite Sing Alouds
  Ruth Cox
• On the Move
  Rosemary Chance
• Life in Captivity
  Rosemary Chance
• Best New Math Software
  Joanne Troutner
• The Olympics: web sites
  Kate Houston Mitchoff
• Martin Luther King Jr.
  Kate Houston Mitchoff
• Reference Materials Online
  Educational Resources Information Center
• Science Related Sources
  Educational Resources Information Center
• Professional Resource Links
  Educational Resources Information Center

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New Product News
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ProD Calendar
Upcoming conferences.

Advertiser Index

Departments

Notebook
Ken Haycock
Flexible scheduling revisited.

Profile: Kimberly “Kim” Grimes

What Works
Ken Haycock
Clear criteria and procedures for evaluation

Strategy
Carol-Anne Hutchinson
The patchwork quilt that is staffing.

Personal Computing
Reid Goldsborough
The rising cost of free lunches on the Web

InfoTech
Anne Clyde
A decade of InfoTech.

Portrait
Teri Lesesne, Guest Editor Frank Hoffman
An interview with Sonya Sones

Literacy Links
Marlene Asselin
Supporting students’ spelling developmentA

And Furthermore...
News and notes.
ERIC’s guide to action research.