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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1041601 |
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- From Drab to Fab: The Tale of a Crafty Librarian and Her Quest to Create a 21st Century Learning Environment Gilcreast, Jessica School Libraries Elementary Schools Urban Schools Educational Environment Library Facilities Library Administration Library Services Library Development Library Materials Six years ago Jessica Gilcreast accepted the position as the school librarian in a diverse urban elementary school (80 percent low-income student population). The library had a bare-bones automation system, block scheduling, and no library assistant. None of this, however, was her biggest challenge. Inheriting an institutional, cold, child-UNfriendly space with no budget has been her biggest challenge. In this article, she provides a year-by-year account of how she transformed her library from drab to fab and created a space for students (and teachers) to learn 21st-century skills.