The elementary school library: Its development and function as revealed by a study of the literature

At the present time many types of library services are utilized, including classroom collections, bookmobile service, county system of service, cooperative effort between public and school libraries, and centralized libraries in the schools. The advantages and disadvantages of each type of service were studied.;The importance of the librarian in the school library program, and many of her varied duties were mentioned. Since elementary school libraries are now referred to as materials centers, much stress was placed upon the materials a good elementary school library should have and all forms of printed materials and audio-visual materials were evaluated. In a series of appendixes, sources of books and audio-visual materials were listed.;The final chapter dealt with the effect the school library program has on all who come in contact with it. (Abstract shortened by UMI.);The new standards for school libraries recently published by the American Library Association, and the New Jersey recommendations were discussed fully.