"What Works": Research You Can Use

Volume 27

Web Literacy, May-June 2000
" Students use the World Wide Web for different purposes and with limited ability. "

Quality Professional Education, March-April 2000
Information power: Building partnerships for learning (ALA, 1998) provides guidance for the development of effective programs for the preparation of teacher-librarians.

Applying Research in Information Literacy, January-February 2000
Research in information literacy, and particularly the research process, offers promising techniques for improving student learning through collaboration by teachers and teacher-librarians.

The National Library Power Project, November-December 1999
Leadership, compatible policies, professional development, a positive professional culture, new and sustained funding and outside support, all matter in implementing improved and integrated school library programs.

Collaborative Program Planning and Teaching, September-October 1999
Collaborative planning requires a knowledgeable and flexible teacher-librarian, with good interpersonal skills and a commitment to integrated information literacy instruction, and the active support of the principal.