Special Events Programs in School Library Media Centers
A Guide to Making Them Work
Published on 25. February 1997
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-0-313-29190-6 (ISBN)
Description
This practical, hands-on guide will assist the school library media specialist in planning, funding, implementing, and promoting special events programs in the school. Trotta provides a readable text filled with program ideas, planning documents, and tips for successful programs. She shows how to incorporate special events programs into a yearly curriculum plan, where to locate speakers and performers, how to budget and build support for special programs, and how to develop partnerships with school and community members that will ensure the success of the program. Reproducible forms and guidelines will make it easy for the school library media specialist to plan for and implement special event programming.
Trotta systematically takes the library media specialist through the process from the idea stage to the evaluation process. The work features chapters on developing special events programs relevant to the curricula, developing partnerships to support these programs, raising community support and awareness of the media center and its programs, personnel training and strategies, developing promotional materials, keys to making programs successful, and how to do programs on a shoestring. An extensive list of resources for all kinds of programs completes the work.
Trotta systematically takes the library media specialist through the process from the idea stage to the evaluation process. The work features chapters on developing special events programs relevant to the curricula, developing partnerships to support these programs, raising community support and awareness of the media center and its programs, personnel training and strategies, developing promotional materials, keys to making programs successful, and how to do programs on a shoestring. An extensive list of resources for all kinds of programs completes the work.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
364 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-29190-6 (9780313291906)
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Person
MARCIA TROTTA is Executive Director of the Meriden, Connecticut, Public Library. She has developed many special events programs in her library that have earned her local and state recognition, including the Outstanding Librarian Award from the Connecticut Library Association in 1986 and again in 1993. She often gives workshops on special events programming and promotional strategies for school and public libraries. She is a past president of the Connecticut Library Association and serves on the Connecticut State Library Board of Directors. She is an Adjunct Professor of Library and Information Science at Southern Connecticut State University. Trotta was awarded the Distinguished Alumna Award from Alberta Magnus College in 1995, and the Distinguished Alumna Award from the School of Library Science and Informational Technology at Southern Connecticut State University in 1996.
Content
Introduction The Need for Special Events as a Part of the Reading Program On Your Mark, Get Ready, and Program! Developing Special Events Programs That Are Relevant to the Curricula Developing Partnerships to Support Special Events Programs Raising Community Support and Awareness of the Media Center and Its Programs Personnel Training and Strategies Developing Promotional Materials for Special Events Keys to Making Programs Successful Programs on a Shoestring: Learning How to Budget and Raise Funds for Special Events Programs Resources Index