Praxis II Library Media Specialist (5311) Exam Secrets Study Guide

***Includes Practice Test Questions***

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Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the Praxis II Library Media Specialist Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

Praxis II Library Media Specialist (5311) Exam Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A detailed overview of the Praxis II Library Media Specialist (5311) Exam
• An analysis of program administration
• A full study of collection development
• An examination of information access and delivery
• A guide to learning and teaching
• An in-depth look at professional development, leadership, and advocacy
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Educational Testing Service (ETS) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The Program Administration section covers:

• Media center evaluation
• Program decision making
• Assessing program needs
• Managing the library media center
• Mission and philosophy
• Promoting library services
• Rationale for policies

The Collection Development section covers:

• Selection policy
• Collection development
• Budgeting
• Cataloging
• MARC records
• Resource sharing procedures
• Promoting resources

The Information Access and Delivery section covers:

• Library resources
• Information retrieval processes
• Interlibrary loans
• Equal access to resources
• Scheduling
• Legal and ethical issues
• Bibliographic citation

The Learning and Teaching section covers:

• Children's and young adult literature
• Teaching information literacy
• Library media center program
• Alignment with school curriculum
• Collaboration for information literacy
• Instructional design
• Classroom management

The Professional Development, Leadership, and Advocacy section covers:

• Professional organizations
• Teaching adult learners
• Professional development
• Legislation
• Code of ethics
• Advocacy
• Collaboration and consensus-building

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the Praxis II Library Media Specialist Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.

Any test prep guide is only as good as its practice questions and answers, and that's another area where our guide stands out. Our test designers have provided scores of test questions that will prepare you for what to expect on the actual Praxis II Library Media Specialist Exam. Each answer is explained in depth, in order to make the principles and reasoning behind it crystal clear.