Teaming with Opportunity

Media Programs, Community Constituencies, and Technology

Lesley S. J. Farmer

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Year: 2001
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780313009464
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Library & Information Science
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

A myriad of exciting opportunities for collaboration and networking await you! This guide shows you how to identify and optimize partnerships that benefit your library media center and help you build a true learning community. In addition to theoretical foundations of collaboration and learning, hands-on guidance is given for teaming up with school members, families, universities, libraries, community agencies, professional organizations, and businesses. A valuable professional reference for school librarians, administrators, teachers, and anyone seeking the skills and intellectual background to nurture a culture of lifelong learning and assume the lead in taking the library media center to the next level.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1—The Learning Community
• Chapter 2—Library Media Programs
• Chapter 3—Leading from the Middle
• Chapter 4—Technology as a Means and an End
• Chapter 5—The Nature of Groups
• Chapter 6—Building Group Partnerships
• Chapter 7—Teaming with School Members
• Chapter 8—Teaming with Families
• Chapter 9—Teaming with Institutes of Higher Learning
• Chapter 10—Teaming with Libraries
• Chapter 11—Teaming with Community Agencies
• Chapter 12—Teaming with Professional Organizations
• Chapter 13—Teaming with Business
• Chapter 14—Levels of Learning Community Partnerships
• Chapter 15—Putting It All Together
• Chapter 16—References and Additional Reading
• Index