The Innovative School Librarian

Thinking Outside the Box

By: Carol Webb, Sharon Markless (Editor), Sue Shaper, Sarah Pavey, Sally Todd

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Paperback | 20 May 2016 | Edition Number 2

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224 Pages

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23.5 x 16 x 1

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This book takes a strategic approach to the leadership of school libraries and will inspire and enable school librarians to think creatively about their work and the community in which they operate. The Innovative School Librarian raises important questions about the functions of the school librarian and sets out to encourage the reader to re-examine their own professional values, assumptions and practices. This has led to the inclusion of a new chapter on using evidence, a large number of new vignettes to illustrate responses to challenges as well as a significant re-structuring of other chapters.
Written by current leaders in the field, each chapter addresses the practical issues facing school librarians. This new edition has been fully updated In the light of curriculum revisions, resource changes, developments in the use and integration of technology and new routes into the profession.
Key topics covered include:

the librarian''s philosophy and professional identity
bridging the gap between different visions for the school library
identifying and understanding our community
making a positive response to change
keeping inspired and inspiring others
integrating the library into teaching and learning.

This is an essential, thought-provoking book for all school librarians, practitioners in schools library services, and students of librarianship. It has plenty to interest school leadership, headteachers, educational thinkers, public library managers and local government officers.

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For me the book really made me question what I do and how I do it when over time it can be easy to become complacent. It was also great to find an index with the book to allow quick reference back to key ideas at a later date. I'd thoroughly recommend this book as a great read for school librarians to reflect on their practices.

-- Mandy Wilson * The School Librarian *

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