SCHOOL LIBRARYADMINISTRATION r ANANNOTATEDBIBLIOGRAPHY rk= 11111111 111111111111111111H 11111111111 Preparedby 21 '1111 NORAE. BEUST Specialistin SchoolLibraries .È ale Bulletin1941, No.7 4 As FederalSecurityAgency - Paul V.McNutt,Administrator U. S.OfficeofEducation - ohn V.Studebaker,Commissioner 1 -V- =I UnitedStatesGovernmentPrinting Office - Wasengton 1941 =1=7 Fir saleby theSuperintendent of Documents,Washington,D. C.--Price15 cents 454 ; CONTENTS Page FORE WORD- _ 1 V ..i PREFACE VI I. OBJECTIVES__ _ r II. EXTICIINAL ADMINISTRATIVECONTROL, INCLUDINGRELATIONSHIPS WItH OTHERINSTITUTIONS Mr MD 4011. .10 III. INTERALORGANIZATIONANDMANAGEMINT: tI:. General procedure m. 12 , , 2. Librarian,qualifications andduties 16 3. Housing, planning,and . equipment ..... _........ m MPM 22 4., Libraryorstudy-hall problem 24 5. Selection of materials: (a) Books____ 25 (h) Nonbookmaterials: Audio-visualaids, pamphlets, !magazines 29 6. Technicalprocesses 33 7. Studentassistants 34 8. Discipline_ NO MO 35 9. Cooperationbetween teachers andlibrarians 36 10. Teachinguseof library 39 11. Readingproblems. 42 12. Publicity__ MID 51 IV. SUPERVISION a. 53 V. EVALUAT&N,STANDARDS, MEASUREMENTS, SURVEYS---- - _____ - 55 VI. FINANCES,BUDGETS, REPORTS__ .......... 63 INDEX INDEX011al ................ a .. mom. es FOREWORD rTHE INCREASEDnumber ofrequests for bibliographieson various phases oftheadministrationofschoollibraries prompted thepub1icatio4of this bulletin,which listsannotated references to books, periodicals,and pamphlets.Exploratorywork onthe subjectwasbegun by RebeccaBreskin duringthe spring of 1937 and continued by EdithA. Lathrop. The entries referredto have been selectedand arrangedto meet the needsofschooladministrators,supervisors, teachers,and librarians whoareconceinedwith theimportance ofeffective library gill PIII III IIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1111115111 organizationandmanagement.It ishoped that thisbibliography will be ofassistanceto all educators whoareendeavoringto make readily availablethe widerangeof librarymaterials requiredin the modern sOlool. Appreciation isexpressedtothepublishersand librarianswho have,sent copies oftheir booksand bibliographies. BFAs GOODYKOONTZ, Assistant U. 8.Commissioner ofEducation. ./ a PREFACE THE FOLLOWING list 'of books,pamphlets, and periodicals wascompiled for theuseof school administrators,librarians, andteachers whoareconcernedwiththeorganizationand administration of the effective 'school library inmodern education,. An endeavorwasmadetoselect materials which willbe ofprac- ticalolsefulness to educators of today, rather than tocompilean exhifustive bibliography.Although most States andmanycities mayhave similar publications, onlyafew examples ofiypesof State and city publications have been included,for instance: CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION. The secondary school library in California. MILWAUKEE BOARDOFSCHOOL DIRECTORS.Seventy-ninth annual report of the Superintendent of Schools: Librarytechnique in all fields. NEW YORK.UNIVERSITYOF THESTATEOFNEW YORK. STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. LIBRARY EXTENSION DIVISION.Handbook 8,part.#et: Certificates of training for librarians of public andschool libraries. NEW YORK CITY BOARDkOFEDUCATION.Guide for librarians in the ele- mentarymid juniorhigh schools andc4mrseof study and syllabus in useof library books. Norm CAROLINA school libraryhandbook. OREGON STATE LIBRA EX.Oregon's county library service. The selectionof publicationswasmade from thoseappearing be- tweentheyears1930-40, andafewfrom1941.Sources consulted for materialsinclude: Education Index. Library Literature. (Current Library Literature inLibrary Journal.) Reader's Guide to PeriodicalLiterature. Bibliographies in the entries listed. Dissertations,assuch, have not beenlisted,astheyareprinted anrivally in the U. S. Officeof Education publication, Bibliography of Research Studies inEducation, although abstractsafid summaries of dissertationsappearing.. in books,periodicals,orpamphlets tire included. Entries have beenarranged under thesubjectgroupslisted in the Contents.Each item has been listed in onlyone group:Such pub- lications,however,as:Fargo, Lucile F.Libraryin the school; Johnson, B. LamarThesecondary-school library; andWilson, Martha, comp.Selectedarticlesonschool library experience; second series (all of whichcontain information,on manyphases of the sub- ject underconsideration)arereferredtoby number inanoteunder each appropriatesubjectgroup. SCHOOLLIBRARYADMINISTRATION or, An AnnotatedBibliography "4%4) I.OBJECTIVES 1. Aldrich, Grace L.and Plemmini,Cecile W.A libraryIn actionina modern school.Teachers collegerecord, 38:38D-404,February 1937. The libraryas a laboratory for .theuse of books anda practice ground forthe exerciseof work skills andhabits in theuse of school materials. 2. AmericanLibraryAssociation. Council.Anational planforlibraries: asrevised and adopted bythe A. L.A. Council,December 29,1938.American library associationbulletin483: 136-50, February1939. Partial contents: The need foi libraries;Libraiyobjectives; Our existing library The state'sresponsibility; School libraries. system ; 3. Backus, Joyce.School library;how thesecondaryschool librarycan best serve modern needs. Sierraeducationalnews, 32:33-34, March1936. Challengingarticleon the modern schoollibrary. 4. Baisden, Leo B.and Gardiner,Jewel.Learningto livein theworld of books.Natipnschools,25:30-32, June1940. Illustrations itisti text pointto the elementaryschoollibraryas an essentialmeans of providingmaterialsand servicesnecessary for thefunctioningof the modern program. educational 5. Boast,Nora E.Theuse of the schoollibrary./nDepartment visors and of Super- Directors ofInstruction.Twelfthyearbook:Newer instructional practices ofpromise.p. 215-233. Wishington,D. C.,NationalEducationAssocia- tion, 1939.879p. The ultimateaim of thelibrary isto establishaneed for living. books andreading inintelligent 6. Brinkmann, Edith.Present dayschoollibraries.InUniversityof Penn- sylvania. School ofEducation.Twenty-secondannualSchoolmen'sweek ceedings: pro- Educationalresponsibilitiesof todayandtomorrow.p. 381-386.Phila- delphia, The University, 1935.526p.(Bulletin,v. 35, no. 29, June25, 1935) The activities(Id themodern schoollibrare .e 7. Brooks, Alici R.Theelementaryschool libraryas an'educationalcenter. EduCationaloutlook, 10:140-50,March1936. elknctionsofelementary school librariesin modern edurcstion. a 8. Brooks, Ali6R. Theschoollibraryas a vitalizingfactor inthe school program. In UniversityofPennsylvania.Schoolof Education.Twenty-fifth annualSchoolmen's weekpro. ...sings:Fundamentalsina democraticschool. p. 890-894. Philadelphia,TheUniversity,1938.482p.(Bulletin,v.88,no.29. June 25,1988) idministratfredetails of thelibrary shouldnot interfere ittriervice. I EuniceHoffman, LibraryServiceDivision, U.S. Officeof Education,assisted in pilationof thisbulletin. thecorn- 1 falk. 2 SCHOOL LIBRARYADMINISTRATION 9. Childs, Frank A. .chool libraryand its part in enrichingthe curricu- lum.Nation's schools, 7:"4 09 June 1931. Discusses the importance,equipment, and functions ofthe school library; accompanied by pictures and plans of libraryrooms. 10. Clarke, Harold A. Thehigh,lichoorlibrary problem.School andsociety, 46: 722-24, December4, 1937. Need for cooperation of teachers,administrators. andorganizations interestedin the schools in making boards of edutationrealize the relationship of adequatelibrary facilities to successfulteac.hing\ 11. Cleary; Florence D.The elementarylibraryanintegrathigNave inthe school.New York libraries,46:167-70, 175,Vebruary1939. Library must functionas a unit about which the work of the entire schoolrotates. 12. Cleavinger, John S. .0stacles and opportunities.New Jerseylibrary bullet*, 6: 27-32, February 1 Challenge to librarians to broaden their outlook and extendtheir "sphereof influence." Suggestsactivities"whichmay lead to a vitally functioning library. 18. School libiarles inademocracy.Wilson librarybulletin,14: 306-09, December 1939. "The librarian deals essentially with individualsand in the book he hasone of the most potent instruments for imparting spiritual stimulation and profitablethought." \, 1:4.Cushman, C.L.Progressive education seeks thecooperation ofthe librariiin.BookliAt, 35: 195-97, February 15, 1939. Principlesof progressive,ducation which have implicationsfor librarians. 15. Dix, Lester.Schools of today andtomorrow./n Paperspresentedata OP conferenceonSchool library service, June28-July 3, 1939. p.6-17.New York, Columbianiversiy, Sehool of Library Service, 1140.106p. Indicates th place of the library in theschool of the present day. 16. Edmonsn tjames B.; Roemer, Joseph;and Bacon, Francis L.The school library. ntheir Secondary school administration.p.219-225.New York, Macmillan Co., 1,931.483p. Thévalue and Place of the modern secondary school library. 17. Feeney, Agnes C.The place of the school library ineducation for Ameri- canlife.New York libraries, 16: 235-37,August 1939. (1) To acquaint the pupil with present and future workingconditions; (2) Todevelop good reading habits; (8) Toarouseinterest in wiold affairs;(4) To acquaint pupils with the problems confrontingour own country. 18. Fenner, Phyllis R. A librarian contributes to mentalhealth"1 wrote a poemtoday." in National Education Association.,Department of Supervisors and Directors ofInstruction.Thirteenth yearbook: Mentalhealth in the classroom.p.188-197.Washington, D. C., The Association,1941.304p. Howaproject in magazine publication functions andthe opportunity it gives to the children to release their