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Education Libraries (ISSN 0148-1061) is an electronic, refereed journal of the Education Division of the Special Libraries Association. It provides a forum for new and challenging ideas in the education field as well as in the field of library and information science education. It also deals with the new technologies as they affect the library profession and their changing role in the library and information curriculum. These are presented in scholarly fashion to the subscribers, who are members of the Education Division of SLA as well as practicing library professionals and library educators. Education Libraries is indexed in ERIC,  Current Index to Journals in Education, and Library Literature.

In addition to articles on topics of current interest, the journal features the following columns:

• New and Forthcoming at Reference -- publications of interest to the profession
• Selections from ERIC -- a bibliography appropriate to the theme of the issue
• News from ERIC -- of interest to the profession
• Book Reviews -- of publications of interest to the subscribers
• Web Reviews -- education resources on the web selected and reviewed for education librarians.

Education Libraries has an Editorial Committee as well as a number of eminent referees who receive "blind" copies of the articles to be considered. Only the editor knows the identity of the writers. Instructions for contributors are available.

Education Libraries is published semiannually in PDF format, and copies are emailed to subscribers. Subscriptions are $40 . Back issues which are available electronically are available below, with a one year embargo. All back issues can be purchased for $15.00 per issue.

Co-Editors: Jacqueline Snider and Cybele Werts

Business Manager: Debbie Bogenschutz,
Cincinnati State College Library,
3520 Central Parkway,
Cincinnati, OH 45223, USA.
debbie.bogenschutz@cincinnatistate.edu

Volume 31, No. 1, Summer 2008: Children's Literature Librarianship Is "E" Really for Everybody? Picture Books for Older Readers in Public Libraries, by Mikki Smith "You have Kids' Books?!" Promoting Children's Literature in an Academic Library, by Elaine Gass Hirsch Making a Place for Bibliotherapy on the Shelves of a Curriculum Materials Center: The Case for Helping Pre-service Teachers use Developmental Bibliotherapy in the Classroom, by Amy Catalano Understanding (Dis)abilities through Children's Literature, by Dr. Stephanie A. Kurtts and Karen W. Gavigan Technology An Online Course in Multicultural Materials for LIS Graduate Students at the University of South Florida, by Dr. Linda B. Alexander Digital Literacy Practices Among Youth Populations: A Review of the Literature, by Barbara Blummer 4Kids.org: Topical, Searchable, and Safe Internet-based Resources for Children and Youth, by Melanie Bacon, Leslie Blood, Marilyn Ault, and Doug Adams Developing a Website Directory for Young People: A Case Study Using Graduate Students in Library and Information Science, by Enid Irwin and Ken Haycock

Volume 30, No. 2, Winter 2007:
Library Collaboration

• The Critical Success Factors for School and Community (Joint Use) Libraries in New Zealand, by Vivienne Kaye Matthews and Philip Calvert
• Online Discussion in a Hybrid Information Literacy Credit Course, by Warren Jacobs
• Why IM Me? I’m Right Here!, by Sara Marcus

Volume 30, No. 1, Summer 2007:
Outreach to Minority Populations

• Intercultural Leadership Toolkit for Librarians: Building Awareness to Effectively Serve Diverse Multicultural Populations, by Suzie Allard, Bharat Mehra, and M. Asim Qayyum
• Building Bridges: Cultivating Partnerships between Libraries and Minority Student Services, by Emily Love
• The Virtuous Circle: Increasing Diversity in LIS Faculties to Create More Inclusive Library Services and Outreach, by Paul Jaeger and Renee Franklin

Volume 29, No. 2, Winter 2006:
Catalog Instruction

• Cataloging of Original Materials in the 21st Century: Frequency and Preparation Factors, by Daniel Fuller
• E-learning, Goal-Setting, and Cataloging, by Jacqueline Snider

Volume 29, No. 1, Summer 2006:
Information Packaging

• Integrating Academic Library Resources and Learning Management Systems: The Library Blackboard Site, by Susan S. Karplus
• Web 2.0: Beyond the Concept; Practical Ways to Implement RSS, Podcasts, and Wikis By Karen Huffman

Volume 28, No. 2, Winter 2005:
Information Seeking and Supply

• A revolution in Academic Publishing, by Charles Webber

Volume 28, no. 1, Summer 2005:
Ethics

• Credit Where Credit is Due: Considering Ethics, Ethos, and Process in Library Instruction on Attribution, by Benjamin Harris
• Academic Librarians and Student Affairs Professionals: An Ethical Collaboration for Higher Education, by Laura Forrest

Volume 27, no. 2, Winter 2004: (the first two pages are blank. Scroll down to see the table of contents and the issue.)
Accessibility      

• The relationship between students' computer competency and perception of enjoyment and difficulty level in web-based distance learning, by Yunfei Du
• Providing services for students with disabilities in an academic library, by Catherine J. Carter
• Finding, saving, and relocating Dick, Jane, Alice, Jerry, Janet and John: Historical and archival collections in education, by Nancy O'Brien

Volume 27, no. 1, Summer 2004:
Visual Aspects of Education Libraries      

• Visual literacy and library instruction: a critical analysis, by Nerissa Nelson
• Transitioning from curriculum materials center to school library media center in pre-service teacher education, by Gail Dickinson and Edna Cogdell
• The role of posters in teacher education programs, by Justina O. Osa and Linda R. Musser

Volume 26, no 2, Winter 2003:
Management      

• Leadership of academic libraries: a literature review, by Sharon Gray Weiner
• The dual nature of staffing in the education library: management issues and solutions, by Dr. Justina O. Osa.

Volume 26, no. 1, Summer 2003:
Standards and Accessibility    

• Ejournals in education: just generating excitement or living up to the promise?  by Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh.
Professional competencies for the digital age: what library schools are doing to prepare special librarians, by Jana Varlejs

Volume 25, No. 2:
Digital Resources and the Education Library
     Patricia O'Brien Libutti, guest editor

• Issues in Electronic Resource Services in K-12 School Library Settings by Lesley S. J. Farmer
• Developing Web-based Education Resources: Lessons Learned from Three Experiences by Jo Ann Carr
• Building Blocks for Information Literacy by Judy Repman and Randall Carlson
• OKSALE: Building a Culturally Responsive Virtual Library of Education Resources for a Tribal College by Loriene Roy and Aimee Akerman

Volume 25, No. 1:
Anne Galler Memorial
     Suzanne Brown, guest editor

• Education Libraries Under Anne Galler: A Thematic Overview by Scott Walter
• Learning Across Generations and Cultures by JoAn Segal
• Library Instruction is a Two-Way Street: Students Receiving Course Credit for Peer Teaching by Jana Ronan and Mimi Pappas

Volume 24, No. 2-3:
Distance Education

• Investigating the Evaulation Procedures for a Distance Learning Undergraduate Degree in LIS by Susan D. Lithgow, Clare Thomas and Marianne Taylor
• Distance Learning: Success Requires Support by Wendy Lowe and Richard Malinski

Volume 24, No. 1:
Prison Libraries

• The Prison Library: A Vital Link to Education, Rehabilitation, and Recreation by Vibeke Lehmann
• Prison Libraries Inside Out by Glen Singer
• The Prison Library Viewed by Four Inmates
• The Importance of Prison Libraries by Luis D. Medina
• You Are Here: A Guided Tour of the Oshkosh Correctional Institution Prison Library by Randy Purifoy
• How the Library Affects My Life in Prison by Mark Knudsen
• Conduit for Restoration: The Prison Library by D. Jarvis London

Volume 23, No. 2-3:
Staff Development

• The University of Virginia Library Staff Education and Development Program and Vision for the Library of Tomorrow by Betsy Anthony
• The Staff Development Program at the University of Florida by M. Suzanne Brown and Trudi DiTrolio

Volume 23, No. 1:
Outreach Services

• Online Deafness and Deaf Culture Information Resources by John Michael Day
• The Virtual Library for Blind and Print Disabled Canadian Students by Rosemary Kavanagh
• Librarians and Unions: Defining and Protecting Values by Deanna D. Wood

Volume 22, No. 3:
Specialized Collections

• The Deaf Collection of the Gallaudet University Library by Thomas R. Harrington
• Cooperation, Colaboration and Coordination: Education Libraries in Michigan by Katherine Colby, Shellie Jeffries, and Darlene P. Nichols

Volume 22, No. 1-2:
Research in Education

• Special Collections for Education Research: Contributions to an Information Network by Gladys I. Dratch
• Education Collections in Canadian Libraries by Marlene Lloyd
• Educational Libraries in Europe Focusing on Germany and the European School Network by Dr. Diann Rusch-Feja

Volune 21, No. 3:
Conference 1997 Issue

• The Statistical Information Function in the National Library of Education by Dr. Vance Grant
• Educational Libraries -- An International Perspective by Anne Galler
• JSTOR -- An Update on Content, by Sarah Sully
• Copyright Issues in Creating Digital Archives by Laura Gasaway

Volume 21, No. 1-2:
Faculty-Librarian Partnerships

• Faculty-Librarian Partnerships by Renee Nesbitt
• Strengthening Teacher Preparedness Through a Library Program by John D'Amicantonio
• Some Portrayals of Librarians in Fiction -- A Discussion

Volume 20, No. 3:
Electronic Publishing

• Issues in Electronic Publishing by Charles Meadow
• Web Journals and Education by Vivienne Monty

Volume 20, No. 1-2:
Conference Papers -- International Librarianship

• International Librarianship and Its Impact on the Profession by Anne Galler
• New Roles, New Skills: Library and Information Services to Disadvantaged Readers by Sue Lithgow
• International Librarianship and Its Impact on the Profession by Diann Rusch-Feja
• The National Library of Education by Nancy L. Floyd

Volume 19, No. 3:
The Virtual Library

• The Changing Library Environment by Catherine E. Wilkins
• Education for Librarianship: A Survey of the Literature, 1988-1995 by Rshelle S. Karp, with Tonya Allen

Volume 19, No. 2:
Future Technologies for Information Professionals SOLD OUT

• Training Information Professionals to Deal with New Technologies by Jamshid Beheshti
• Future of Education for the Information Professions by Adele Fasick

Volume 19, No. 1:
Intellectual Freedom and Censorship

• Intellectual Freedom & Censorship: A Teaching Challenge
• Web Browsers: Untanging the World Wide Web by Joan Latta Konecky and Carla Rosenquist-Buhler

Volume 18, No. 3:
Conference Papers

• Core Competencies for the Information Professional and the Evolution of Skill Sets by Stuart A. Sutton
• ERIC in Cyberspace: Expanding Access and Services by Robert M. Stonehill and Lynn Smarte
• Library Programs and Special Libraries by Ray M. Fry

Volume 18, No. 2:
Perspectives on African School Libraries

• Ex Africa Sempter Novi: School Libraries in Namibia -- Innovations, Problems, and Challenges by Andree-Jeanne Totemeyer
• Educational Developments and the Role of the School Library and Teacher-Librarian in the Education of Blacks in South Africa by George H. Frederiks

Volume 18, No. 1:
Keeping Up with Internet

• Using the Internet as a Professional Development Tool: An Analysis by Vivienne Monty and P. Warren-Wenk
• Keeping Up with the Internet by Jacqueline Dealy
• The (Bene)fits of Compiling a Specialied Database by Anne Wade

Volume 17, No. 3:
The New SAT

• The New SAT: The Future of Transition Assessment by A. Steven Graff
• Career Planning and the Special Librarian: A Selected Bibliography by Marlis Hubbard and Jennifer Tinline

Volume 17, No. 2:
Pursuing Internet

• The Internet as a Medium for Education and Educational Research by Marcos Silva and Glenn F. Cartwright
• The Internet: A Selective Annotated Bibliography of Print Material