Evaluating the School Library

This guide for the evaluation of school libraries both in practice and in research covers analysis techniques and research practices for conducting evaluations of curriculum collections facilities and library personnel performance.This new edition of an important tool for school librarians and administrators describes how and why to conduct evaluations of school libraries and explains the evaluation of curriculum collections facilities student programs and services and library personnel. The results can be used for strategic planning curriculum development and conducting action research.New topics to this edition include explorations of community faculty students and school library research discussing how to bring all stakeholders to the table when evaluating the school library program personnel and services and the collection and facilities. Other new topics include information on high-stakes testing multiculturalism special needs students advocacy school librarians'' self-evaluation dispositions for learning and evidence-based practice. This title will be of value to new school librarians in assessing how their program compares to others as well as to school library professors who will find this book useful in management and administration courses.