![]() ![]() Chapter 1, Technological Trends, discusses the digitalization of all media and the implications of the technological revolution on the school library media center. To visualize the future, Craver creates contrasting scenarios of utopian and dystopian school library media centers in the 21st century. School library media specialists who need to plan and make decisions about the future of their school libraries will find this book an invaluable resource. The work provides current data and statistics on future trends in technology, employment, education, society, instruction, and school administration that can help the school library media specialist to formulate forceful arguments for the acquisition of new technologies, instructional reform, and full implementation of resource-based learning. Craver discusses the major forces for change confronting school libraries, analyzes their implications as a guide for future decision making, and recommends that school library media specialists assume a leadership role in meeting these challenges. Over the next decade, schools will undergo fundamental technological, economic, societal, instructional, and administrative changes. School library media centers are at a critical juncture. ![]()
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