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TL9.2final 37 Ontario School Library Association Professional resourcesTL Powering Achievement: School Library Media Programs Make a Difference: The Evidence Keith Curry Lance and David V. Loertscher Hi Willow, 2001. Paper, 105 p. ISBN 0-931510-77-5 $40.00 In Powering Achievement: School Librar y Media Programs Make a Difference: The Evidence, Keith Curry Lance, assisted by David V. Loertscher, provides a user- friendly version of studies Lance and others have con- ducted on the impact of school libraries. "Part One: Presenting the Lance Studies" consists of four presentations (from one to 15 minutes in length) which present the results of the studies Lance and others have conducted. Yes, Lance and Loertscher actually provide four ready- to-use presentations, com- plete with scripts, PowerPoint slides (the actual slides can be downloaded from the Library Research Service web site), and handouts. "Part Two: Topical Presentations/Discussion Starters Based on the Research of School Library Media Programs" offers eight presentations/discussion starters for use with teacher- librarians, teachers, adminis- trators, boards, and parents (often in collaborative groups). Of course, the point to all this is to lead everyone involved to wonder how to reap these benefits for stu- dents in that school or dis- trict. And Lance and Loertscher cover that in "Part Three: Implementing the Findings". There are also sev- eral appendices filled with useful information. Although it can be used alone, Powering Achieve-ment is designed to be used in con- junction with materials which can be downloaded from the LMC Source home page. I already own copies of both the first and second Colorado studies, have down- loaded and printed numerous articles on the impact of school libraries, and have used information available on the Library Research Service web site. Of course, it takes considerable time to accumu- late all that information. And then to put it together for pre- sentations. So I was absolute- ly delighted to discover that Lance and Loertscher have now published a book that puts it all together for me - and suggests how to use it! Powering Achievement is cur- rent, relevant, and user- friendly and I'm determined to find time to actually use the various presentations. Powering Achievement should be on the bookshelf - or better yet, in the hands - of every single teacher-librarian. If you have easy access to copies (note the multiple!) in a district level collection, great. If not, buy one for your own school library. If you don't have the budget for that, buy a personal copy. But get a copy. Read it. Use it. This book is a superb advoca- cy tool! Brenda Dillon Between The Lines 2 CD-ROM set with Teacher's Guide. Tyndal Stone/NFB 2000. $139.95 Integrating various types of media into the curricula for students in grades 8-12 is always a challenge, and this set meets it beautifully. Directions and ideas are spoken or given visually on the CDs for the students and only printed out in the Teacher's Guide, which pro- vides everything a teacher needs - lesson plans, timing suggestions, writing assign- ments, rubrics, simulations - to make any segment of the program a creative experi- ence. Ensure that your system has high quality sound cards and use it with Media Literacy and Communications Techno- logy courses or for student clubs creating their own pro- motional materials. Reviewed originally for Green Teacher Magazine, 2001. Dianne Clipsham Info Tasks For Successful Learning: Building skills in read- ing, writing and research Carol Koechlin and