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CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION


                                 Informed                                            Your Library
                                 Transitions                                         Is the Answer

                                 Libraries Supporting                                Demonstrating
                                 the High School to                                  Relevance to
                                 College Transition                                  Tech-Savvy Learners

                                 KENNETH J. BURHANNA, EDITOR                         CHRISTINA T. RUSSO
                                                                                     AND CATHY SWAN
                                 How can libraries and librarians
                                 across the educational                               “ Overall, this book can
                                 continuum work together to                            be a worthy addition to
            February 2013, 238pp, 7x10   support student transitions from   January 2015, 223pp, 7x10   your collection to help
            Print: 978-1-61069-128-4                            Print: 978-1-59884-933-2   you stay up-to-date with
            $50.00, £39.00, €46.00   high school to college, utilizing   $40.00, £31.00, €37.00   online learning in schools
            eBook: 978-1-61069-129-1  free or low-cost resources? This   eBook: 978-1-59884-934-9  and especially in school
                                 book supplies the answers.
                                                                                              ”
                                                                                       libraries.
            FEATURES
                                                                                         —Marketing Library Services,
            •  Examines the role of libraries in preparing students for college                     May 24, 2016
              success
                                                                Today’s tech-savvy and digitally connected students present a new
            •  Suggests low-cost strategies to provide transition support
                                                                challenge for today’s school librarians. This book offers the 21st-
                                                                century tools and know-how necessary for educators to appeal to
                                                                and challenge students to learn—and to want to learn.
                                 Growing Schools                FEATURES
                                 Librarians as                  •  Addresses how to analyze quantitative and qualitative data
                                 Professional Developers         to perform the assessment necessary to improve learning
                                                                 outcomes
                                 DEBBIE ABILOCK,
                                 KRISTIN FONTICHIARO, AND
                                 VIOLET H. HARADA, EDITORS
                                                                                     Beyond the
                                   > AWARD WINNER                                    Textbook
                                 Best in Reference Award, 2013 –                     Using Trade Books and
                                 LMC/ARBA                                            Databases to Teach Our
            June 2012, 390pp, 7x10   Best Professional Book of the Year,             Nation’s History,
            Print: 978-1-61069-041-6   2012 –Teacher Librarian                       Grades 7–12
            $45.00, £35.00, €41.00
            eBook: 978-1-61069-042-3  “ One of the most                              CARIANNE BERNADOWSKI,
                                   important books to
              appear in the literature this year. . . . Read it; think               ROBERT DEL GRECO,
                                                                                     AND PATRICIA L. KOLENCIK
              about it; and, then reach out to others in the school
              to form a strong team bent on school improvement.   January 2013, 156pp, 8 1/2x11   “ School librarians and
                      ”                                         $40.00, £31.00, €37.00   and Social Studies
              Essential.                                        Print: 978-1-61069-037-9   English Language Arts
                                    —Teacher Librarian, April 1, 2013  eBook: 978-1-61069-038-6  teachers will find this an
                                                                                                      ”
            Presenting examples of school librarians leading professional              excellent resource.
            learning in numerous contexts and for diverse learning goals with            —Library Media Connection,
            remarkable success, this book will inspire other practitioners                         August 1, 2013
            to initiate and refine professional learning in their schools and   This collection of standards-based lessons will guide middle
            districts.                                          and high school teachers while teaching the nation’s history in
                                                                a user-friendly, ready-made fashion.

                                                                FEATURES
                                                                •   Includes ready-to-teach lessons educators can immediately put
                                                                 to use

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