This compilation of media and technology guru Doug Johnson's Library Media Connection columns offers his unique perspective on the role of the library media specialist in today's world.
Doug Johnson, is the author of the popular "Head for the Edge" column that appears in each issue of Library Media Connection, is director of media and technology at I.S.D. Mankato Public Schools, MN. He is the author of Linworth's The Indispensable Librarian: Surviving (and Thriving) In School Media Centers.
With some fresh and innovative ideas, Doug Johnson comes to readers
with no shortage of creative advice for readers. School Libraries
Head for the Edge is a must for any school library who wants to be
the best resource for their students they can.
*Midwest Book Review*
Chapters end with quotes, questions, and self-evaluative reflection
that readers will be inspired to mirror. For all practitioners.
*School Library Journal*
As a library district supervisor in the 1900s, Doug Johnson
encountered resistance from librarians who fought the notion that
libraries were about something other than print. His response to
that resistance led to a blog, and the blog led to a regular column
in Technology Connection, a journal that later morphed into Library
Media Connection. This volume brings together dozens of Johnson's
best "rants" (his term) from his regular column 'Head for the
Edge'. Some contributions are diatribes, some biographical, some
philosophical. All are thought-provoking, offered in snippets that
are easy to read in just a few minutes. One walks away from the
book feeling as if you've met Johnson, who has earned your
respect.
*Reference & Research Book News*
School Libraries Head for the Edge is full of observations that
cause the reader to pause, reflect, reconsider.
*Journeys (dmcordell.blogspot.com)*
This book is a quick and useful read. The short column length
(around 800 words) makes it ideal for snatching a quick read
between classes, and the complete table of contents makes it ideal
for browsing by subject. Every column is concise, pithy,
insightful, pragmatic, and laced with Johnson's wry humor. . . .
Because Johnson works in the public school system, he targets their
situations more often, but practitioners at all types of schools
will find plenty of applicable information as well.
*VOYA*
Entertaining? Yes. Thought provoking? Always. . . . You don't have
to agree with Johnson's ideas, but his purpose is to make you
defend what you do stand for.
*Teacher Librarian*
Since 1995 Johnson has been writing the 'Head for the Edge' column
for Library Media Connection. . . . The columns, even those now 15
years old, still challenge us to think about what we do, how we do
it, and why we do it, reflecting Johnson's own educational
philosophy. This collection will make media specialists look
forward to their next issue of Library Media Connection.
*Booklist*
This book is a must-read for our profession . . . highly
recommended.
*Library Media Connection*
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