Forecasting the Future School Media Programs in an Age of Change

Examines the unique role of the library media specialist in a time of rapid change. The authors draw on the day-to-day experiences of media specialists and supervisors to highlight the best practices in library media services and show how these practices will fit into the context of the future of education.

Kieth C. Wright (D.L.S., computer analysis, Columbia University) is the chair of the Library and Information Studies Department at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He has served as American Library Association Councilor for the North Carolina Library Association and on the Committee on Standards, ALA. Judith F. Davie (Ph.D., Florida State University) serves as the media specialist at the Hampton Year-Round School, Greensboro, North Carolina. She is the recipient of the North Carolina Association of School Librarians' Mary Peacock Douglas Award for outstanding contributions to school libraries and the National School Library Media Program of the Year Award from the American Association of School Librarians, ALA.