Libraries

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The paper analyzes the relevance of providing middle school students with current, contemporary and up to date media in the middle school library. The paper discusses how, historically, many schools, under funded and on tight budgets, have allocated little attention to providing contemporary library collections to students. The paper further discusses how such dismissal of contemporary materials may contribute to illiteracy and negative perceptions of reading on the part of these students. The paper provides an exploratory analysis of the impact providing contemporary and up to date media has on middle school students using the school library.

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"For decades researchers have acknowledged the necessity of providing current materials to student libraries regardless of the age of students utilizing library services (American Association of School Librarians, 1960). Most libraries today are managed under general systems theory which suggests that collection development should involve identifying current and up to date texts and other sources of media to provide for student interests and educational purposes (Lukenbill, 2002; Stueart & Moran, 1998). Collection development in the student library has evolved around multiple concepts. Administrators must work to identify the role collection development will play in student outcomes and the roles that librarians, educators and teachers together will play in developing collections that are current and viable (Lukenbill, 2002)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• American Association of School Librarians, (1960). Standards for school library programs. Chicago: American Library Association.
• Baker, M.I. (2002). "Reading resistance in middle school: What can be done?" Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 45(5): 36.
• Barton, K.C. & Levstik, L.S. (2001). "Doing history: Investigating with children in elementary and middle schools." Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
• Leslie, R. & Wilson, P.P. (2001). Premiere events: Library programs that inspire elementary school patrons. Englewood: Libraries Unlimited.
• Lukenbill, B. (2002). Collection development for a new century in the school library media center. Westport: Greenwood Press.

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