Definitely read the 4th edition (or 3rd edition) of "The
School Library Media Manager" by Blanche Woolls and also the
book Information Power: Building Partnership for Learning
(1998). Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN:
0-8389-3470-6 (paperback).

Go to the following website and look under the topic Praxis
Exam:
http://www.css.edu/Academics/School-of-Education/Educational-Media-and-Technology.html

Know these authors and their genres: Blume, Mildred Taylor,
Asimov, Lionni, and CS Lewis! Also read Information Power
several times. I cannot stress this enough. I went through
and read, then highlighted, and then created notes to study
from what I had highlighted. Know the difference between the
Library Bill of Rights and the Freedom to Read. Those
questions were a little confusing. Know what Information
Literacy is and how it is applied in a school media center.
Know the mission goals of the school library media program.
Read everything about Collaboration in Information Power
several times. Know that the primary goal of any school is
student learning. Know collection development. Lots of
questions concerning that topic. Know how to apply Bloom's
taxonomy. I studied the parts and they did not want that.
They wanted examples of students using the different parts.
Know what Boolean operators are and when to use them. Know
the court case Ashcroft V. ACLU and the Island case and
other court cases and acronnyms ex CIPA etc. Know about
flexible scheduling and why it is so important. Know Keith
Curry Lance(Colorado Study) and also the two men who created
the Big 6 Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz. Know who
sponsored the book Information Power. Know what MARC records
are and all the parts. Know what goes into planning a new
facilty. Know what the Newbery, Caldecott, and Pritz awards
are for. They were all on there. Know the Dewey Decimal
system and which areas must be updated most often. Know what
a Tellable Tale is. Know what a booktalk is,multiple
intelligences, learning styles)etc,etc. Review a Children's
literature Text, Collection Development.

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