Library 101

This professional primer provides the blueprint to help you create a school library program, covering all aspects of library management such as budgeting, eBook use, purchasing, and teacher collaboration. Advice and strategies from experts in the field will help you master collection development, library administration, recruitment, and staffing.

This is a helpful overview of the many practical considerations involved in running a school library and building a school library program for those new to the field. . . . This work could serve as a text for a school library management course or could be a helpful primer for new school librarians. . . . [I]t would certainly be an informative resource for those new to library work.

Claire Gatrell Stephens , EdS, is a school librarian in the Orange County Public School system in Orlando, FL.

Patricia Franklin is a National Board Certified Teacher and school librarian at Timber Creek High School in Orlando, FL.