I had to read this book for an education class this semester. I couldn't really ever seem to get into it. Yes, it had a lot of useful information, but it felt like such a chore to read. ( )

Library 101: A Handbook for the School Librarian. 2nd ed. (Libraries Unlimited, 2015, 233 p., ISBN: 1416619224)
There are two problems with this book. The first is the subtitle. This should be a handbook for library technicians rather than the professionally credentialed teacher librarian. The second is that it was published in the wrong century; it should have been a guide published a couple of decades ago. The central idea here is the traditional library where stuff is acquired, cataloged and circulated with a smattering of audiovisual equipment thrown in (check out the overhead projectors you will need). The problem here is that anyone using this book gets a picture of “library” that is in major decline in the U.S. and is being replaced by Google. Perhaps there is a professional at the district level struggling to keep a few library repositories available, but few teachers and administrators pay attention to such revenue consuming entitities within the school organization when everything is centered on raising test scores. These are harsh words, admittedly, but the data have been growing for the last decade that this type of library is no longer needed or appreciated and it does us little good to advocate for such places in the school. Pass this one up.