Student access to the school library. (Administrator's Perspective).

From: Teacher Librarian | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

As a school administrator who began her school career as a teacher-librarian, I am offering this column to help administrators understand how to evaluate the school library, because so many administrators are unaware of the role and potential of the school library, and of the role and potential of the teacher-librarian.

The presence of a school library with a trained teacher-librarian has been proven to have a positive effect on student learning. School libraries have been and continue to be gateways to information literacy and teacher-librarians are now perceived as ...

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