Designing and Renovating School Library Media Centers

These expert authors detail a wealth of ideas for planning providing, and evaluating services tailored to young adults. You'll discover thoughtful insights and practical advice focused on helping young adults make the most of the wide-ranging resources available.Rely on these excellent sources to: -- Create an environment that fosters intellectual, emotional, and social growth-- Select fiction and non-fiction that informs, inspires, and interests young adults-- Integrate school library resources with curriculum requirementsDetails a facilities planning framework used by administrators, media specialists, and architectural firms. Presents a model for an educational specifications document, describes the design process from the architect's perspective, and highlights the human considerations and beneficial outcomes of good facilities planning. Case studies, over 20 figures.Klasing, Jane P. is the author of 'Designing and Renovating School Library Media Centers', published 1991 under ISBN 9780838905609 and ISBN 0838905609.