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	Collaboration (Best of KQ) Patricia Montiel-Overall and Donald C. Adcock (Editors) Item Number: 978-0-8389-8447-5   Publisher: AASL Price: $22.95		Order Options:       Qty:
72 pages 8.5 x 11 Softcover ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-8447-5 Year Published: 2007 As Patricia Montiel-Overall says in her introduction, "Collaboration is a phenomenon increasingly valued in Library and Information Science (LIS) and education." Montiel-Overall and Donald C. Adcock have pulled together the wisdom that many experts have contributed on this topic in Knowledge Quest, AASL's official, highly respected journal on school library media programs. You will see long-familiar names in the field covering all aspects of collaboration in three major categories: the big picture, research, and best practices. Contributors include Debbie Abilock, Bruce Bertram, Ann Peterson Bishop, Gail Bush, Toni Buzzeo, Sybil Farwell, Bob Grover, Violet H. Harada, Christa Harker, P. Bryan Heidorn, Barbara Jinkins, Keith Curry Lance, Karen J. Lunsford, Peter Millbury, Steven Poulakos, D. Putonti, Becky Russell, Wanda Odom Wilcoxon, and Mihye Won. Table of Contents Introduction A Model of Teacher and Librarian Collaboration The Big Picture Ten Attributes of Collaborative Leaders—Debbie Abilock Be True to Our School—Gail Bush Collaborating to Meet Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships K–12—Toni Buzzeo Collaboration: A Road Map to Success—Barbara Jinkins Collaboration: Ten Important Reasons to Take It Seriously—Peter Millbury Research Planning and Assessing Learning across the Curriculum—Kansas Association of School Librarians Research Committee (Bob Grover) Scientifically Based Research on School Libraries and Academic Achievement: What Is It? How Much Do We Have? How Can We Do It Better?—Keith Curry Lance and Becky Russell Collection Evaluation in a Georgia Elementary School—Wanda Odom Wilcoxon Best Practices The Inquiry Page—Bruce Bertram, Ann Peterson Bishop, P. Bryan Heidorn, Karen J. Lunsford, Steven Poulakos, and Mihye Won Successful Models for Collaborative Planning—Sybil Farwell Taking the Lead in Developing Learning Communities—Violet H. Harada Hook Them with Research: Luring Primary Teachers with Early Literacy Skills—Christa Harker and D. Putonti About the Author Patricia Montiel-Overall is Assistant Professor at the School of Information Resources and Library Science at the University of Arizona. Donald C. Adcock is Director of the School Library Media Program at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University.