Getting Lead-Bottomed Administrators Excited About School Library Media Centers

by Timothy Snyder

Overview

Gain the administrative support you need for your media center and library programs with this practical and enlightening guide. Snyder shows you how differences in background, learning styles, thought processes, leadership styles, and outlooks between school media specialists and building administrators can undermine the success of the library program. He then gives you step-by-step instructions for bridging the communication gap and leading your media center to success. The real-life examples and winning strategies are both instructive and entertaining. Essential professional reading for all media specialists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563087943
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/15/2000
Series:	Building Partnerships Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.43(d)
Age Range:	3 Months

About the Author

TIMOTHY SNYDER, a reforming lead-bottomed administrator, is Executive Director of Colorado Online Learning. He is a recipient of the Colorado Communicator of the Year award, the Governor's Award for Excellence in Education, and the American Association of School Administrators President's Technology Award.

Editorial Reviews

An upbeat, inspirational look at ways library media specialists (LMS) and administrators can work together to improve the effectiveness of library-media-center programs. Snyder, an administrator himself, preaches his support of LMSs' role in school reform and is cognizant of the challenges they face (insufficient funding and administrative backing, ill-behaved students, heavy workload, inadequate facilities, and demanding teachers). He continues with an analysis of various personality characteristics of many LMSs and administrators and how they affect job performance. Much of the book outlines the planning process in a useful step-by-step manner. The author uses interesting anecdotes and case studies to drive his points home effectively. He reports that research shows that schools with strong libraries have high student achievement, although he does not tell where to find the research. A helpful, sympathetic look at school library media centers today.-Sandra L. Doggett, Urbana High School, Ijamsville, MD Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

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