Zmuda and Harada explore the increasing number of job descriptions in schools for learning specialists with the accompanying difficulty in effectively leveraging these roles to positively affect student learning. School librarians have been one of these learning specialists for decades. The ranks have expanded in recent years to include many other content area specialists. Grant Wiggins’ foreword emphasizes the relevance of learning specialists is grounded in their … More >>
Librarians as Learning Specialists: Meeting the Learning Imperative for the 21st Century
Is a librarian all that stands between people and all the knowledge they seek to learn? “Librarians as Learning Specialists: Meeting the Learning Imperative for the 21st Century” is a scholarly guide for librarians to not become obstacles in quenching the thirst for knowledge, but instead facilitate their patrons’ search. Helping Librarians put on the teaching hat, “Librarians as Learning Specialists: Meeting the Learning Imperative for the 21st Century” is highly recommended for community library science collections.
Rating: 5 / 5