Nancy Everhart is an associate professor at Florida State University, College of Information, in Tallahassee, FL.
This book would best serve as a text for a course in a Library
Science program, and particularly, a program for future school
library media specialists. As the title suggests, this resource
covers topics in school librarianship such as education,
professional image, advocacy, collection development, and
authoritative guidelines for the school library. Everhart is
successful in demonstrating how the field of school librarianship
is challenged with various perspectives in topics that affect the
school library daily. Computer reading management programs, for
example, inspire some children to read, but tend to discourage
children from reading outside the program's prescribed reading
list. At the end of each chapter, Everhart provides discussion
questions and suggested projects and points to sources for
additional information. It is a scholarly, academic piece written
quite eloquently by a multi-award-winning researcher and
educator.
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