Arts Publications
Topic: RSS FeedMaking history in the high school media center.
Book Report, The, November, 2002 by Weaver, Peggy
Here's a familiar story: A new school library media specialist is hired to replace the retired librarian who'd been in the job for 30-something years. The new librarian (that's me) comes to work and faces one shocking revelation after another: The outdated print collection is badly in need of weeding; the ancient audio-visual equipment that hasn't been touched in decades; the center's rigid procedures and penalties drive students away; faculty members and administrators haven't a clue what the media center staff do all day.
Could things get worse? Yep: This was my first job as a school media specialist.
A 10-year veteran of the public library world, I was plunged into the cold waters of the world of public secondary education and the school library...
Most Recent Arts Articles
- Slumdog comprador: coming to terms with the Slumdog phenomenon
- Still mining his Winnipeg: an interview with Guy Maddin
- It doesn't seem 'Canadian': quality television' and Canadian-American co-productions
- Second city or second country? The question of Canadian identity in SCTV'S transcultural text
- Hop on pop: jiangshi films in a transnational context
Most Recent Arts Publications
Most Popular Arts Articles
- What makes a successful business person? Business people who are tops in their field have a lot in common, and art professionals can learn a lot from their successes and strategies
- It's urban, it's real, but is this literature? Controversy rages over a new genre whose sales are headed off the charts
- The Horn identity: by day, Justin, Murdock is one of L.A.'s flashiest bachelors. By bight, he's Eliphas Horn, Goth antihero. (Eye).
- The Arnolfini double portrait: a simple solution
- The Art of John Updike's "A & P"
