OSAT Library-Media Specialist (038) Secrets Study Guide: CEOE Exam Review for the Certification Examinations for Oklahoma Educators / Oklahoma Subject Area Tests

Book Synopsis: ***Includes Practice Test Questions*** Get the test prep help you need to be successful on the OSAT Library-Media Specialist test. The OSAT Library-Media Specialist (038) is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. OSAT Library-Media Specialist (038) Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the OSAT Library-Media Specialist Exam. Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the OSAT Library-Media Specialist Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

• OSAT Library-Media Specialist (038) Secrets Study Guide includes:
• A detailed overview of the OSAT Library-Media Specialist (038)
• A full study of the school library program
• An examination of information, technology, and knowledge
• A guide to inquiry, instruction, and assessment
• An analysis of program administration
• 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 Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation (OTCP) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The School Library Program section covers:

• Selection policy
• Collection development
• Cataloging
• MARC records
• Information access
• Equal access to resources
• Legal and ethical issues
• Alignment with school curriculum
• Professional development
• Legislation
• Code of ethics
• Advocacy
• Collaboration and consensus-building
• Rationale for policies

The Information, Technology, and Knowledge section covers:

• Bibliographic citation
• Children’s and young adult literature
• Information literacy assessment

The Inquiry, Instruction, and Assessment section covers:

• Promoting resources
• Library resources
• Information retrieval processes
• Teaching information literacy
• Library media center program
• Collaboration for information literacy
• Instructional design
• Classroom management
• Professional organizations
• Teaching adult learners

The Program Administration section covers:

• Budgeting
• Resource sharing procedures
• Interlibrary loans
• Scheduling
• Program decision making
• Assessing program needs
• Managing the library media center
• Mission and philosophy

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the OSAT 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 OSAT Library-Media Specialist Exam. Each answer is explained in depth, in order to make the principles and reasoning behind it crystal clear.