School Library Spaces - Just the Basics

This easy-to-use guide will be invaluable to school librarians and district library professionals in training library aides and paraprofessionals to help set up and run a school library.

In this era of school libraries being set up and operated by paraprofessionals, volunteers, and other individuals with limited or no professional library training, this book provides invaluable information and guidance.

School Library Spaces: Just the Basics answers all of the "where do I begin?" questions in clear and simple language, covering library setup fundamentals such as organizing the space, placement and labeling, and the use of different types of shelving. Numerous diagrams, check lists, and resource lists that are invaluable for the novice professional are provided, as are management recommendations for those training and helping aides.

List of contents

Series Foreword
Introduction
1 Shelving and Book Arrangement
2 Story Corner
3 Circulation Desk
4 Periodicals
5 Decorations, Signage, and Storage
6 Bulletin Boards
7 Furnishings
Resources
Index

About the author

Patricia A. Messner is elementary media specialist in the Lebanon City School District, Lebanon, OH, a position she has held since 1989.

Brenda S. Copeland is an elementary librarian in Palmyra School District, Palmyra, PA, where she has worked since 1996.

Product details

• Authors: Brenda Copeland, Copeland Brenda S., Patricia Messner, Messner Patricia A.
• Assisted by: Copeland Brenda S. (Illustration), Messner Patricia A. (Illustration)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.2011
• EAN: 9781598848052
• ISBN: 978-1-59884-805-2
• No. of pages: 112
• Weight: 567 g
• Illustrations: 20 bw illus
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Library and information services, Library, archive and information management, School libraries & young reader services, Library, Archive & Information Management, Buildings and Facilities; Management and Administration