Flexible Access Library Media Programs Bibliography
compiled by Donna M. Shannon
University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science
April 1998 (revised 13 June 2003)

American Association of School Librarians. (1991). Position Statement on Flexible Scheduling. Chicago: American Library Association.
http://www.ala.org/aasl/positions/ps_flexible.html

AskERIC InfoGuide on Flexible Scheduling in School Libraries:
http://ericir.syr.edu/Old_Askeric/InfoGuides/alpha_list/Flex-Sched06-98.html
 

Barron, Daniel D. (1993). Let’s Tell Them! Together! Individual and Association Activity for Change. School Library Media Activities Monthly 9(8), 49-50.

Bradburn, Frances.  (1999).  Crunch Time.  School Library Journal 45(11), 43-47.

Browne, Karen Stevens. (1991). Making the Move to Flexible Scheduling-Six Stepping Stones. School Library Media Activities Monthly 8(1), 28-29.

Browne, Karen Stevens & Burton, Linda. (1989). Timing is Everything: Adapting to the Flexible Schedule. School Library Journal 35(14), 20-23.

Buchanan, Jan. (1991). Flexible Access Library Media Programs. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

Burton, Linda. (1989). Perspectives on Flexible Scheduling. School Library Media Activities Monthly 6(2), 40-43.

Carlisle, Millie. (1991). Indiana School Librarians: Flexible Scheduling and Information Power. Indiana Media Journal 13 , 27-28.

Day, Pam A. (1989). Flexible Scheduling: A Bibliography. School Library Journal 35(5), 38.

Donham van Deusen, Jean. (1993). The Effects of Fixed versus Flexible Scheduling on Curriculum Involvement and Skills Integration in Elementary School Library Media Programs. School Library Media Quarterly 21(3), 173-182.

Donham van Deusen, Jean. (1995). Prerequisites to Flexible Planning. Emergency Librarian 23(1), 16-19.

Donham van Deusen, Jean & Tallman, Julie I. (1994). The Impact of Scheduling on Curriculum Consultation and Information Skills Instruction-Part One-The 1993-94 AASL/Highsmith Research Award Study. School Library Media Quarterly 23(1), 17-25.

Dobrot, Nancy L. & McCawley, Rosemary. (1992). Beyond Flexible Scheduling: A Workshop Guide. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

Fedora, Arabelle P. (1993). An Exploration of the Scheduling Patterns of Two Exemplary Elementary School Media Centers . Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Flexible Scheduling. [n.d.] AASL Resource Guide. http://www.ala.org/aasl/resources/flexible.html

Flexible Scheduling. [n.d.] School, Children & Young People's Section of Nebraska Library Association & Nebraska Educational Media Association. http://nema.k12.ne.us/CheckIt/flex.html

Flexible Scheduling and the School Library Media Program. [n.d.] School Improvement in Maryland.  Best Practices: What Have We Learned About Good Instruction? http://www.mdk12.org/instruction/success%5Fmspap/general/projectbetter/information%5Fliteracy/il%2D16%2D17.html 

Focus on Flexible Scheduling. (1990). School Library Media Quarterly 19(1), Centerfold.

Giorgis, Cynthia A.  (1994).  Librarian as Teacher: Exploring Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of the Role of the School Librarian and the Implementation of Flexible Scheduling and Collaborative Planning.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona.

Guinn, Angela & Corliss Moore. (1995). Making the Transition to a Flexible Schedule in the School Library Media Center. In Daniel Callison & Robert Grover (Eds.), The AASL Electronic Library (CD-ROM). Chicago: American Association of School Librarians.

Haycock, Ken. (1992). What Works: Cooperative Program Planning and Teaching with Flexible Scheduling. In Ken Haycock, What Works: Research About Teaching and Learning Through the School's Library Resource Center (pp. 22-23). Seattle, WA: Rockland Press.

Hughes, Judy. (1990). Removing the Blocks: Becoming Flexibly Scheduled. The School Librarian's Workshop 10(8), 3-4.

Hughes-Hassell, Sandra & Wheelock, Anne. (2001). Flexible Access: Essential to Active Learning. In Sandra Hughes-Hassell & Anne Wheelock, (Eds.), The Information-Powered School. (pp. 83-93). Chicago: American Library Association.

Kay, Bernard W. (1955). Variations in Scheduling for the Elementary School Library. Wilson Library Bulletin, 29 (8), 634-636.

Krimmelbein, Cindy Jeffrey. (1989). The Choice to Change: Establishing an Integrated School Library Media Program . Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

Lankford, Mary D. (1994). Flexible Access: Foundation for Student Achievement. School Library Journal 40(8), 21-23.

Lewis, Barbara A. (1994). Social Action Saves the Day (Or, how student activism helped transform a 1950’s School Library into a Media Center of the Future). School Library Journal 40(1), 33-35.

Librarians Information Online Network. (1997). Scheduling Issues in School Libraries. http://www.libertynet.org/lion/scheduling.html

Lieberman, Billie E. (1988). Quality Library Time. Library Talk 1(2), 7-8.

Loertscher, David V. (1999). Planning Time and Library Time: It's Time to Reconsider the Role of the Elementary School Library. CSLA Journal 23(1), 21-23.

Markuson, Carolyn (Ed.). (1988). Readers' Queries. School Library Media Quarterly 16(2), 133-134.

McGregor, Joy H. (2002). Flexible Scheduing: How Does  a Principal Facilitate Implementation? School Libraries Worldwide 8(1), 71-84.

Mills, Mary Louise. (1991). Cooperative Program Planning and Flexible Scheduling: What Do Pricipals Really Think. Emergency Librarian 19(1), 25-28.

Monck, Deborah. (1999). Schedules and Planning and Forms, Oh My!  Library Talk 12(4), 11.

Needham, Joyce. (2002). From Fixed to Flexible: Making the Journey. Teacher-Librarian 30(5), 8-13.

Ohlrich, Karen Browne. (2001). Flexible Access is “Sweet”!  School Library Media Activities Monthly 18(1), 20-21.

Ohlrich, Karen Browne. (1992). Flexible Scheduling: The Dream vs. Reality. School Library Journal 38(5), 35-38.

Ohlrich, Karen Browne. (2001). Making Flexible Access and Flexible Scheduling Work Today. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

Pozar, Diane. (1988). Winning Support for Open Libraries. Library Talk 3.

Salmon, Sheila, Goldfarb, Elizabeth K., Greenblatt, Melinda, Strauss, Anita Phillips, & Fund for New York City Public Education. (1996). Flexible Access. In  Power Up Your Library: Creating the New Elementary School Library Program (pp. 9-23). Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

Shannon, Donna M. (1996). Tracking the Transition to a Flexible Access Library Program in Two Library Power Elementary Schools. School Library Media Quarterly 23(3), 155-163.

Sheppard, Betsy C. [n.d.] Flexible Scheduling in the Library Media Center: A Position Paper. http://www.uncp.edu/home/baker/actionresearch/positionpaper/bsheppard.htm

Solomon, Gerry. (1992). Record-Keeping With a Flexible Schedule. The School Librarian's Workshop 12(6), 5-6.

Tallman, Julie I. & Donham van Deusen, Jean. (1994). Collaborative Unit Planning-Schedule, Time, and Participants-Part Three-The 1993-94 AASL/Highsmith Research Award Study. School Library Media Quarterly 23(1), 33-37.

Tallman, Julie I. & Donham van Deusen, Jean. (1994). External Conditions as They Relate to Curriculum Consultation and Information Skills Instruction by School Library Media Specialists-Part Two-The 1993-94 AASL/Highsmith Research Award Study. School Library Media Quarterly 23(1), 27-31.

Toor, Ruth. (1987). Inflexible Schedule. School Library Journal 34(3), 46.

A Vote for Flexible Scheduling. (1966). Library Journal 91(16), 4192-4196.

Williamson, Patricia A. (2000). Becoming Flexible. The School Librarians' Workshop 20(7), 10-11.

Yesner, Bernice L. & Jay, Hilda L. (1998). Scheduling. In Bernice L. Yesner & Hilda L. Jay, Operating and Evaluating School Library Media Programs: A Handbook for Administrators and Librarians . New York: Neal-Schuman.

Yesner, Bernice L. & Jay, Hilda L. (1987). Topic: Scheduling. In Bernice L. Yesner & Hilda L. Jay, The School Administrator’s Guide to Evaluating Library Media Programs (pp. 136-139). Hamden, CT: The Shoe String Press.


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It was last updated 13 June  2003 by Donna Shannon