Based on the methods of the New York City Library Power Program, this is a practical handbook for revitalizing or rebuilding the school library. Putting the many facets of the media specialist's professional life into the context of a flexibly scheduled, collaboratively planned teaching program, the book offers simple strategies for effecting positive change. It covers such topics as the librarian's role as teacher, programming, assessment, collection development, facilities, technology, the library budget, support staff, and public relations. Written for the school library media specialist who has or plans to have a library that conforms to today's vision of an effective school library media program, this book places the library media center at the heart of the school's educational program and shows how to position the library as the catalyst for school reform.

Since its publication in June 1998, Information Power has become the most talked about book in the school library world!

"The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference set--written by 1300 eminent, international experts--offers librarians, information/computer scientists, bibliographers, documentalists, systems analysts, and students, convenient access to the techniques and tools of both library and information science. Impeccably researched, cross referenced, alphabetized by subject, and generously illustrated, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science integrates the essential theoretical and practical information accumulating in this rapidly growing field."

Look inside yourself for the first time with the ultimate body book for children. From the hair on your head to the tips of your toes, this essential encyclopedia explores the super science going on under your skin. Did you know your amazing body consists of 100 trillion cells? Or that your blood vessels laid out end to end would wrap around planet Earth twice? And that you'll munch through 20 tonnes of food in your lifetime? Find out all this and much more on the epic journey of self-discovery, not forgetting your heads, shoulders, knees, and toes!? During this introduction to anatomy, you'll stop off to see the different organs and systems designed to keep us going all day long. Check out the brilliant brain in action at the body's control center, the heart that never stops beating, the huge lungs filling with air to breathe, and the strong skeleton that keeps you from turning to jelly. Peel back the layers as you go deeper into the muscles, bones, cells, and finally, the DNA that makes you different from everyone else.? This international best-seller has been fully updated to include the latest research on the human body. Stunning photographs, CGI artworks, and eye-catching graphics work together with accessible text, fun-filled facts, and quirky quizzes to ensure an exciting and educational experience that is second to none. This brilliant body book is the perfect study aid or homework help - and you'll never see yourself in the same way again! Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Explore the everyday miracle of the microscopic world With spectacular macro photography and microscope images, this ebook reveals a hidden, living world full of intricate structures beyond the naked eye. Included are the tiniest insects and spiders; but looking deeper, you will discover truly microscopic creatures--even bacteria and viruses. Earth is home to more microbes, and more different types of microbes, than any other living organism. Bacteria on Earth outweigh humans by 1,100 to 1; and without them, all world ecosystems would collapse. This ebook reveals this vital, unseen realm, but it includes large life-forms too, in extreme close-up, so that you can wonder at the beauty of a pollen grain, a butterfly egg, the spore of a fungus, and the nerve cell of a human. The spectacular imagery in Micro Life exploits cutting-edge technology, such as focus-stacked macro photographs, as well as micrographs (microscope images) including scanning electron micrographs. Illustrations nearby explain the science--from the workings of an insect's eye to how a plant "breathes" through its leaves. The biology builds into a reference on how life works--and how all organisms, however small, solve the basic problems of movement, reproduction, energy, communication, and defense. Micro Life is a beautiful and surprising look at the natural world.