Professionals: Gary Hartzell
Gary
Hartzell is Professor Emertius (Retired Summer '05) of Educational
Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where he taught
in the master’s
and doctoral degree programs, preparing students for careers as building
and district-level administrators. After serving as a high school teacher,
assistant principal, and principal in California, he completed his
doctorate at UCLA in 1990 and joined the educational administration\faculty
at UNOmaha. His research interests center on schools as workplaces
for adults, with particular attention to workplace relationships.
In the last few years, he has especially concentrated on the roles
and relationships among school librarians and their colleagues.
Among other works, Gary is the author of Building Influence for the
School Librarian, 2nd edition (Linworth, 2003), the lead author of
New Voices in the Field: The Work Lives of First-Year Assistant Principals
(Corwin Press, 1995), and the author of numerous articles on school
administration practices, assistant principals, school librarians,
and workplace relationships. He
is an internationally known speaker on librarian-principal relationships, spoke
at the White House Conference on School Libraries in June of 2002, is a member
of the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries Advisory Committee,
and a monthly columnist for the School Library Journal.
Articles, Papers, & Presentations Online:
Hartzel, Gary. Why Should Principals Support School Libraries? Teacher
Librarian, Dec. 2003.
http://www.libraryreference.com/school-libraries.html
Principals should support school libraries because it is in both
their students' and their own best interests to do so. Quality library
media programs can enhance student achievement, and informed, committed
librarians can help principals enhance their own administrative practice.
Hartzell, Gary. Capitalizing on the School Library’s
Potential to Positively Affect Student Achievement. White
House Conference on School Libraries, June 2002.
http://www.unocoe.unomaha.edu/ghartzell/library/
Includes a bibliography of 50 years' worth of studies showing school
library impact, materials on the role of the principal in quality library
media programs, and persuasion materials (links to PowerPoint presentations
and other items).
Hartzell, Gary. What’s It Take? White House Conference
on School Libraries. White
House Conference on School Libraries, June 2002.
http://www.imls.gov/pubs/whitehouse0602/garyhartzell.htm and http://www.laurabushfoundation.org/Hartzell.pdf
Hartzell, Gary. Why Should Principals Support
School Libraries? ERIC
Digest. ERIC Identifier: ED470034 Publication. Source:
ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology Syracuse NY, Nov.
2002.
http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/libraries.htm
Hartzel, Gary N. The Implications of Selected
School Reform Approaches for School Library Media Services. School Library Media
Research; 4, 2001.
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume42001/hartzell.htm This
paper explores the implications of selected school reforms for library
media services.
Hartzell, Gary N. The Invisible
School Librarian: Why Other Educators Are Blind to Your Value.
School Library Journal, Nov. 1997.
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleid=CA152978 Former
principal examines the reasons administrators and teacher overlook you.
Selected Books:
Hartzell, Gary. Building Influence for the
School Librarian: Tenets, Targets, and Tactics (2nd Ed.). Linworth Publishing, Oct. 2003.
How to promote your library and become an influential player in your school
and district. As the school librarian, you play a critical role in impacting
student achievement. Learn how to develop your influence and make an even bigger
difference both inside and outside the library media center.
Hartzell, Gary. A Principal Resource: Using the School Library Media Center to Improve Administrative Performance. Libraries Unlimited Inc., Dec. 2004.
Hartzell, Gary. Invisible to Indispensable: Rethinking the Library Media Specialist-School Principal Relationship. Libraries Unlimited Inc., Dec. 2004.