BARBARA K. STRIPLING is currently Director of Library Programs for New Visions for Public Schools, a local education fund in New York City. She has been a classroom teacher of English and drama, a school library media specialist for grades K-12, Library Power Director in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and a Director of Instructional Services for the Fayetteville, Arkansas, public schools. She is the auhtor or editor of three books: Braistorms and Blueprints: Teaching Library Research as a Thinking Process, Libraries for the National Education Goals, and Learning and Libraries in an Information Age: Principles and Practice. She is a former president of the American Association of School Librarians and is currently serving on the Executive Board of the American Library Association.SANDRA HUGHES-HASSELL is Assistant Professor in the College of Information Science & Technology at Drexel University. In her 20-year career, she has also been an elementary school teacher, a school library media specialist, and director of the Philadelphia Library Power Project. In her current research and teaching, she focuses on resources and services to youth and the instructional role of the information specialist. She is currently co-principal investigator on a 2002 National Leadership Grant focused on understanding the information-seeking behavior of urban young adults.

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsIntroduction by Barbara K. Stripling and Sandra Hughes-HassellBuilding Independent LearnersInquiry-Based Learning by Barbara K. StriplingEmpowered Learning: Fostering Thinking Across the Curriculum by Violet H. HaradaLiteracy Learning in the Elementary School: Implications for School Library Media Specialists by Donna M. ShannonPromoting Young Adult Literacy: A Role for School Library Media Specialists by Sandra Hughes-HassellMapping the CurriculumLibrarian Morphs into Curriculum Developer by Charlotte C. VlasisCurriculum Mapping & Collection Mapping: Otherwise Known as the Camel with Two Humps by Jo Ann EverettTeaching and AssessingModeling Recursion in Research Process Instruction by Sandy L. GuildAssessment for Learning by Sharon CoatneyCreating Collaborative Learning CommunitiesBuilding Learning Communities Using Technology by Frances Jacobson HarrisRole of Libraries in Learning Communities by Rebecca J. PascoCollaboration and Leadership by Joy McGregor

BARBARA K. STRIPLING is currently Director of Library Programs for New Visions for Public Schools, a local education fund in New York City. She has been a classroom teacher of English and drama, a school library media specialist for grades K-12, Library Power Director in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and a Director of Instructional Services for the Fayetteville, Arkansas, public schools. She is the auhtor or editor of three books: Braistorms and Blueprints: Teaching Library Research as a Thinking Process, Libraries for the National Education Goals, and Learning and Libraries in an Information Age: Principles and Practice. She is a former president of the American Association of School Librarians and is currently serving on the Executive Board of the American Library Association.SANDRA HUGHES-HASSELL is Assistant Professor in the College of Information Science & Technology at Drexel University. In her 20-year career, she has also been an elementary school teacher, a school library media specialist, and director of the Philadelphia Library Power Project. In her current research and teaching, she focuses on resources and services to youth and the instructional role of the information specialist. She is currently co-principal investigator on a 2002 National Leadership Grant focused on understanding the information-seeking behavior of urban young adults.

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsIntroduction by Barbara K. Stripling and Sandra Hughes-HassellBuilding Independent LearnersInquiry-Based Learning by Barbara K. StriplingEmpowered Learning: Fostering Thinking Across the Curriculum by Violet H. HaradaLiteracy Learning in the Elementary School: Implications for School Library Media Specialists by Donna M. ShannonPromoting Young Adult Literacy: A Role for School Library Media Specialists by Sandra Hughes-HassellMapping the CurriculumLibrarian Morphs into Curriculum Developer by Charlotte C. VlasisCurriculum Mapping & Collection Mapping: Otherwise Known as the Camel with Two Humps by Jo Ann EverettTeaching and AssessingModeling Recursion in Research Process Instruction by Sandy L. GuildAssessment for Learning by Sharon CoatneyCreating Collaborative Learning CommunitiesBuilding Learning Communities Using Technology by Frances Jacobson HarrisRole of Libraries in Learning Communities by Rebecca J. PascoCollaboration and Leadership by Joy McGregor

BARBARA K. STRIPLING is currently Director of Library Programs for New Visions for Public Schools, a local education fund in New York City. She has been a classroom teacher of English and drama, a school library media specialist for grades K-12, Library Power Director in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and a Director of Instructional Services for the Fayetteville, Arkansas, public schools. She is the auhtor or editor of three books: Braistorms and Blueprints: Teaching Library Research as a Thinking Process, Libraries for the National Education Goals, and Learning and Libraries in an Information Age: Principles and Practice. She is a former president of the American Association of School Librarians and is currently serving on the Executive Board of the American Library Association.SANDRA HUGHES-HASSELL is Assistant Professor in the College of Information Science & Technology at Drexel University. In her 20-year career, she has also been an elementary school teacher, a school library media specialist, and director of the Philadelphia Library Power Project. In her current research and teaching, she focuses on resources and services to youth and the instructional role of the information specialist. She is currently co-principal investigator on a 2002 National Leadership Grant focused on understanding the information-seeking behavior of urban young adults.

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsIntroduction by Barbara K. Stripling and Sandra Hughes-HassellBuilding Independent LearnersInquiry-Based Learning by Barbara K. StriplingEmpowered Learning: Fostering Thinking Across the Curriculum by Violet H. HaradaLiteracy Learning in the Elementary School: Implications for School Library Media Specialists by Donna M. ShannonPromoting Young Adult Literacy: A Role for School Library Media Specialists by Sandra Hughes-HassellMapping the CurriculumLibrarian Morphs into Curriculum Developer by Charlotte C. VlasisCurriculum Mapping & Collection Mapping: Otherwise Known as the Camel with Two Humps by Jo Ann EverettTeaching and AssessingModeling Recursion in Research Process Instruction by Sandy L. GuildAssessment for Learning by Sharon CoatneyCreating Collaborative Learning CommunitiesBuilding Learning Communities Using Technology by Frances Jacobson HarrisRole of Libraries in Learning Communities by Rebecca J. PascoCollaboration and Leadership by Joy McGregor