Technology and the School Library: A Comprehensive Guide for Media Specialists and Other Educators
Anyone still struggling, a little or a lot, with the technological expertise now required of library media specialists will find this book a comforting step up into the digital-information age. It is both a primer and an update in terms of the hardware, the software, and the networking, and how to use it effectively as a tool for management, instruction, and collaboration. Jurkowski begins by describing the basic infrastructure of technology and then discusses educational software, the Internet, and Web site construction in terms of building information literacy as well as technical competence, providing suggestions and recommendations, as well as forms to copy or adapt when using or evaluating various products and projects. One section is devoted to classroom applications and another describes how to purchase and utilize the technologies now endemic to the media centers themselves—automation and security systems, student work stations, and creation of the technology plans necessary to procure and maintain all the above. The author concludes with suggestions for instruction, handouts, and form development for teaching teachers, as well as a peek at likely future trends and developments. With specific and helpful suggestions and references for assistance, vendor information, and wise advice, this one's a keeper.—Mary R. Hofmann, Rivera Middle School, Merced, CACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.