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Independent School Libraries

Perspectives on Excellence (Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides in School Librarianship)

By Hand, Dorcas

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Independent School Libraries: Perspectives on Excellence offers readers insights into best practices in library services for school communities, using examples drawn from independent schools of various sizes, descriptions, and locations across the United States. Two overview essays introduce a statistical analysis of independent schools. Each of the remaining essays provides perspective on a different aspect of library practice, including staffing, advocacy, assessment, technology, collaboration, programs beyond the curriculum, intellectual freedom and privacy, budgeting, accreditation, disaster planning, and more. Because independent school librarians work across divisions and without a mandate to adhere to state or national standards, they have the freedom to explore and refine best practice in a school library setting. Fortunately, the ideas and methods they have developed, many of which are on display here, can be applied in any school library.

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978-1-59158-803-0
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Libraries Unlimited


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on December 1, 2010

These 21 essays provide a comprehensive look at the library in private schools, not just as an entity unto itself, but also as an integral part of the community as a whole; and an in-depth look at the critical role the independent school librarian plays within that structure. The first two essays give a nice summary of the intrinsic role of libraries in the life of a school, and especially the boarding school. The next one explores the possibility, with extensive use of survey statistics, that private school libraries are used differently by students, in a way that promotes high...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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