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Teaching Librarian 15.indd The Teaching Librarian volume 15, no. 1 39 WHAT'S NEW AT The OLAStore★ Understanding Manga and Anime 9781591583325 Libraries Unlimited Robin E. Brenner July 2007 $52.80 Learn the basics and gain fresh insights for programming ideas. This book is chock full of checklists and sidebars higlighting key points, and the background information to feel confident selecting and advocating manga and anime collections. School Reform and the School Library Media Specialist 9781591584278 Libraries Unlimited Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Violet H. Harada August 2007 $52.80 Readers will be able to: identify current school reform efforts; understand the role of the school library media specialist in school reform; and adapt strategies for participating in school reform to their educational settings by acting as change agents. Grades K-12. Using Literature to Enhance Content Area Instruction: A Guide for K-5 Teachers 9780872076006 International Reading Association Rebecca Olness 2007 $32.93 Building on the success of Using Literature to Enhance Writing Instruction: A Guide for K-5 Teachers, this is a practical resource that focuses on integrating literacy and content area instruction. Extensive annotated bibliographies of children's literature organized by topic and grade level help to quickly identify high-quality books for all learners. Understanding and Using Reading Assessment K-12 9780872075856 International Reading Association Peter Afflerbach July 2007 $38.21 This indispensable resource will help you make quick, informed assessment decisions as you link assessment with curriculum and standards. Learn how to assess a variety of outcomes and accomodate the development of learners in the reading assessment process. Working in school boards means many of us have the privilege of receiving some form of central support. In some boards this means direct support from a superintendent; in other boards it means having access to a wide variety of people including consultants, centrally assigned teacher- librarians, staff in resource libraries, and central technical service teams. In some cases there are formal relationships and in other cases there are informal alliances that work to achieve common purposes. Even though these people are not always @ your library, they are available to provide program and technical services and support via phone and e-mail. Whether your central support team is one sympathetic person or an entire dedicated team, everyone contributes to supporting student success. Where there are central support teams in place, teacher-librarians are able to focus on instruction because they have assistance with time-consuming tasks such as handling videos, distributing novel sets and kits, cataloguing collections, creating professional development programs, organizing book fairs, and advocating for library programs. Many different provincial organizations represent central support teams--OSLA, TALCO, ECCO, and OALT--just to name a few. The Teaching Librarian writes to support the professional sharing of knowledge among all those passionate about libraries and that's why in this issue of The Teaching Librarian--People @ your library--we felt it was important to recognize these people @ your library and thank them for their continued support. Their expertise, passion, and genuine willingness to work with teacher-librarians to find solutions to everyday challenges and plan for the future is a reflection of the important role of teacher- librarians and the teams with which they work in our schools. ❚ Central Support--The Often Unsung Heroes Lisa Weaver