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The article presents several measures that should be undertaken by librarians in order to prepare for disasters. Librarians need to ensure that paper materials are not temporarily stored in boxes on the floor. It is advisable for the employees to prepare and emergency response plan that comprised worst-case scenarios. Librarians should identify in advance those people who are in position to help them to get crucial resources. It is also helpful to have a basic Personal Protective Equipment in the library.

The article provides information on the factors to consider in making an action plan for disasters. It is advisable to keep items in a resealable bags and to place a duck tape around it so that the items will remain safe and dry. Securing essential documents like insurance papers, checkbooks and credit cards is advisable. It is recommended to have enough cash for a couple of weeks because automated teller machines may not have power. For library media specialists, it is advisable to check with one's administration to see the coverage of the disaster plan and to examine specific instructions on dealing with library media center materials.

This article focuses on weeding, defined as the ongoing process of removing resources from the collection. There is, however, a recurring outcry from the public over weeded resources. Parent protestors guarding school dumpsters can turn even the most determined library media specialist into an equally determined weeding procrastinator. Librarians can gather support from the library media center advisory committee, prominent parent-teacher associations and other parents, and administrators. Weeding is a professional responsibility. Weeding should be continuously done throughout the year and in small numbers at a time. It should be targeted in small sections of the collection and should be done quietly and without comment. A three-step weeding process is presented.

The article discusses how programming documents can lead to collaborative success stories. In an ideal world, teachers would plan all collaborative efforts thoroughly with you, their library media specialist. They would discuss potential research projects before they set the topic guidelines, thus allowing you to make sure appropriate resources are available. They would encourage student reports on questions requiring real thinking, helping to avoid cut-and-paste reports plagiarized from the Internet. Library programming documents can help you keep organized in the midst of everchanging plans and can give teachers the guidance they need to fulfill their role in collaborative units. Library programming documents clarify the notion of collaborative planning and entice teachers to try their hand at working with an "instructional partner." The amount of detail you provide in these documents will vary according to the particular audience you are targeting. Fitting strategy to audience is essential, so plan to have several versions of some programming documents, depending on the knowledge and experience that teachers and administrators have of collaborative planning.

Provides tips on how to improve the library in the U.S. Means to process books; Alternative displays for the library; Ways to remove stains and sticky residues on books.

To make the Dewey Decimal system easier to understand and to create an interactive, hands-on project that all will enjoy, have elementary students work in groups and become detectives. Each group explores one Dewey section of the library and takes notes on all the different kinds of books found within that number range. Then as a group they design a colorful poster to advertise their section of the library. Students include drawings and words that convey what books they found in their area. Each group shares their posters with the class and then the posters are displayed in the library and the hallway outside the library for other students to use during the school year.