Donham’s New Revision Shows Media Specialists How To Be Instructional Leaders

New York, NY (June 16, 2008) School library media educators seeking a text that incorporates AASL’s new Standards for the 21st Century Learner need look no further than new, Enhancing Teaching and Learning: A Leadership Guide for School Library Media Specialists, Second Edition, Revised to be published July 25, 2008 by Neal-Schuman. Author Jean Donham was motivated by both the American Association of School Librarians new standards as well as important new guidelines from the International Society for Technology in Education. Her new book is the only text available to incorporate these landmark new standards.

Drawing from her extensive background and experience as a library educator and district-level media and technology coordinator, Donham offers a step-by-step guide for becoming an effective leader and collaborator. Part One covers all aspects of the school environment: students, curriculum and instruction, principals, school district administrators, and the community. Part Two shows you how to use interaction and collaboration to make the school library media program integral to all of these communities. New to this edition are discussions of special education, high school-to-college transitions, shared school-public libraries, and more.

Stressing the continued importance of literature and reading at the school library media center, Donham covers reading instruction, nonfiction reading collections, book discussion groups and literature circles, and accelerated reader programs. Recent developments in elementary school requirements are also addressed, including standards and benchmarks, assessment, data collection and analysis, policy-making, the No Child Left Behind Act, and standards for school principals. ” e statistics and data have all been updated as have sections on the Web, media, motivation models, technologies and technological equipment, electronic resources, block scheduling, and more.

In addition to writing this groundbreaking text, Jean Donham has also recently been appointed co-editor of AASL’s journal School Library Media Research.

Praise for previous editions:
“Practical strategies tied to recommended practice and background information”
— Teacher-Librarian

“A good choice for novice school librarians and mid-career practitioners whose original fervor may have dimmed over the years.”
— Booklist

“This well-documented handbook illustrates ways to achieve…leadership balance in every area.”
— School Library Journal

Enhancing Teaching and Learning: A Leadership Guide for School Library Media Specialists, Second Edition Revised
ISBN 978- 1-55570-647-0.
2008. 6 x 9. 335 pp. $65.00.

About The Author
Jean Donham directs the library at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, where she also holds an appointment as Professor of Education. Previously she directed the library at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa. Prior to her appointment there, she was a tenured member of the faculty in the School of Library and Information Science at The University of Iowa. She served as district coordinator for library media and technology in the Iowa City Community School District for 13 years. Author of numerous professional articles, Dr. Donham has been a presenter at national, regional, and state conferences. Active in the Iowa Association of School Librarian, she was the first recipient of that organization’s Media Professional of the Year. In addition, she served as a member of the board for the American Association of School Librarians. She holds a master’s degree in library and information studies from the University of Maryland and a PhD in educational administration from The University of Iowa.

About Neal-Schuman Publishers
Founded in 1976, Neal-Schuman Publishers is based in New York City with offices in London, UK. Neal-Schuman is a leading publisher of textbooks in all areas of library and information studies, from library science to archival and records management, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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