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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Becoming a School Library Media Specialist | |
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| Divergent Perspectives | |
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| Certification | |
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| Education for the Profession | |
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| Distance Learning | |
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| Teacher or Librarian? | |
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| Questions for Discussion and Reflection | |
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| Projects | |
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| References | |
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| Additional Information | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Professional Image | |
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| Divergent Perspectives | |
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| Librarians in the Media | |
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| Perpetuating the Stereotype | |
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| Education and Image | |
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| The Invisible School Librarian | |
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| Questions for Discussion and Reflection | |
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| Projects | |
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| References | |
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| Additional Information | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Staffing the School Library Media Center | |
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| Divergent Perspectives | |
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| Staffing Mandates | |
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| Shortage of School Library Media Specialists | |
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| Paraprofessionals | |
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| Staffing and Technology | |
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| Figure 1: State Mandates for School Library Media Specialists with Ratio of Students Per School Library Media Specialist | |
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| Questions for Discussion and Reflection | |
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| Projects | |
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| References | |
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| Additional Information | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Standards and Guidelines | |
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| Divergent Perspectives | |
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| Qualitative vs. Quantitative Standards | |
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| Authority of Standards | |
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| Communicating Standards | |
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| Are Standards Realistic? | |
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| Questions for Discussion and Reflection | |
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| Projects | |
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| References | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Collection Development | |
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| Divergent Perspectives | |
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| Responsibility for Selection | |
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| Classroom Collections | |
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| Curricular Needs and Personal Interests | |
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| Censorship and Selection | |
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| Funding for the Collection | |
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| Questions for Discussion and Reflection | |
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| Projects | |
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| References | |
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| Additional Information | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Computerized Reading Management Programs | |
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| Divergent Perspectives | |
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| Motivation and Rewards | |
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| Book Selection | |
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| Library Collections and Budgets | |
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| Staff Time | |
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| Raising Reading Test Scores and Research | |
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| Questions for Discussion and Reflection | |
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| Projects | |
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| References | |
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| Additional Information | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Scheduling | |
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| Divergent Perspectives | |
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| Flexible Scheduling | |
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| Fixed Scheduling | |
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| Combining Fixed and Flexible Scheduling | |
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| Block Scheduling | |
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| Questions for Discussion and Reflection | |
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| Projects | |
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| References | |
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| Additional Information | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Facilities | |
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| Divergent Perspectives | |
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| Are School Library Media Centers Necessary? | |
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| Extended Hours | |
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| Combined School-Public Libraries | |
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| The School Library Media Center in Year-Round Schools | |
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| School Library Media Centers Incorporating Design Ideas from Bookstores | |
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| Homeschoolers | |
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| Furnishings | |
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| Questions for Discussion and Reflection | |
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| Projects | |
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| References | |
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| Additional Information | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Virtual/Digital School Libraries | |
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| Divergent Perspectives | |
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| Roles of the Virtual School Library and Virtual School Librarian | |
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| Accessing the Virtual School Library | |
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| 24-7 Access | |
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| State Digital Libraries | |
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| The Internet Is No Substitute for a Library | |
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| eBooks | |
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| Measuring Use | |
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| Questions for Discussion and Reflection | |
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| Projects | |
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| References | |
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| Additional Information | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |