Helping Teachers Teach: A School Library Media Specialist's Role
An organized and comprehensive treatment of one of the roles of a school library media specialist--instructional consultant. This third edition of the title mentions that the term "instructional consultant" changed to "instructional partner" with the publication of Information Power in 1998; however, the authors consistently use the older term. In addition to mentioning the impact of Information Power on formally defining the roles of school library media specialists, this edition recognizes changes in technology and in cognitive psychology, and the current education reform initiatives. The first half of the book defines the role of instructional consultant in relation to the other roles of a school librarian, and the latter sections detail parts of the instructional design process. One of the initial chapters, "A Levels Approach to Helping Teachers Teach," outlines various gradations of involvement; "initial level," "moderate level," and "in-depth level" are explained in following chapters. A sample unit, answers to the end-of-chapter "thought provokers," an excerpt from a policy and procedure manual, and a student learning styles survey are a few of the finds in the appendixes. This title has wide-ranging possibilities for use--from textbook in a library-science course to an addition in the professional reading collection.--Beth Jones, Shelby County High School, Shelbyville, KYCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.