Praxis II Library Media Specialist

Studies have shown that teaching information literacy skills in context is (more effective/less effective) than teaching them in isolation without a contextual framework.

• More effective

• Less effective

Even when books & other materials are received "shelf-ready", a library staff member must still..

• Order printed cards

• Attach book cards and a pocket or bar codes

• Classify the materials and assign subject headings.

• Provide descriptive cataloging

• Mark materials with an ownership stamp

The Newbery Medal is given annually in recognition of

• A successful children's picture book.

• Outstanding writing of a children's book.

• The year's best biographical work.

• The year's most popular children's book.

• The year's best book by a minority writer.

Regular and systematic evaluation of the school library media program should focus primarily on the...

• Number and types of resources in the collection.

• Number and types of services offered.

• Student circulation statistics.

• The degree to which educational objectives are achieved.

• Amount of cooperative instructional planning time.

Dewey Decimal

001-099

• Arts & Recreation

• Language

• Religion

• Generalities

Dewey Decimal

92 & 920

• Applied Science

• Natural Science

• Biography & Collective Biography

• Religion

Dewey Decimal

100-199

• Arts & Recreation

• Geography & History

• Social Sciences

• Philosophy & Psychology

Dewey Decimal

900-999

• Geography & History

• Arts & Recreation

• Natural Science

• Generalities

Dewey Decimal

200-299

• Language

• Religion

• Literature

• Philosophy & Psychology

Dewey Decimal

800-899

• Literatureure

• Language

• Generalities

• Arts & Recreation