School Librarian Free Test practice Questions

Teacher Education: TExES School Librarian Exam (150)           PLACE for Colorado School Librarian Exam

1. A school librarian has been asked to serve on a committee to help plan new library facilities for an elementary school. In the planning process, the librarian should urge committee members to give first priority to
1. estimating an acceptable cost per square foot for the library.
2. defining the library’s users and their needs.
3. determining types of technology that will be installed in the library.
4. identifying a reasonable timeline for completion of the library.
2. The school librarian establishes a library environment that enables and encourages all members of the learning community to explore and meet their information needs.
   One result of such a scheduling policy is to
1. enable the school librarian to make optimal use of her expertise as an information specialist.
2. limit the program’s ability to provide the widest possible range of services to users.
3. help ensure that students make good use of their time in the library.
4. reduce the school librarian’s ability to monitor students’ activities in the library.
3. The librarian is considering making some adjustments to the established schedule. To ensure that any changes proceed smoothly, it would be especially important to
1. avoid making any changes that will require changes in teachers’ behavior.
2. ensure that any changes made are in the form of additions to the routines and services that are already in place.
3. avoid making any changes without obtaining prior approval from the majority of the faculty.
4. ensure that faculty members have opportunities to offer suggestions about changes and their implementation.
4. MARC records are helpful in organizing the resources in a library because they
1. indicate how items are to be arranged on the shelves.
2. provide information about the appropriateness of items.
3. streamline technical services for most libraries.
4. enable many types of statistical analysis.
5. Each year a school librarian receives a budget detailing the amount of money to be spent in each of several areas. Which of the following would be the most appropriate way for the library media specialist to spend the funds allocated for new books?
1. Divide the funds equally among each grade level
2. Divide the funds equally among the Dewey categories
3. Ask the staff and students to submit titles they would like added to the library
4. Follow a collection development plan based on the library’s goals and needs
6. A retired teacher has donated her personal library collection to the public school library. Which of the following is the school librarian’s most important task after acquiring the collection?
1. Weeding the collection
2. Changing the bar codes and ownership marks
3. Cataloging the donated books
4. Adding the new items to the inventory
7. A school librarian holds a Harry Potter Club where once a week a Harry Potter book is read aloud. The librarian could best use this activity to build relations with the community by
1. asking local businesses to donate money for refreshments.
2. opening the club to parents and teachers.
3. including information about the activity in the school newsletter.
4. inviting community leaders to be guest readers.
8. Including a link to the library’s online catalog on the school website increases users’ access to resources. However, allowing public access to the library catalog may also lead to an increase in
1. overdue materials.
2. network problems.
3. viruses.
4. book challenges.
9. A group of teachers from New York have instituted a motivational program that has increased and improved communication between teachers and parents of at-risk students. A principal at a school in New Jersey would like staff members to meet with those teachers and gain insight from their experience and has asked the school librarian for suggestions. The librarian’s best suggestion is to
1. have the participants speak to each other using a video calling service.
2. ask the New York staff to put together a multimedia presentation.
3. arrange for a teleconference with all participants.
4. send representative staff to New Jersey.
10. Which of the following practices restricts students’ access to information?
1. Putting items on overnight loan when demand is high
2. Creating separate grade-level collections
3. Purchasing the majority of new items at the reading level of the students in the school
4. Requiring students to present library cards to check out items
11. Which of the following is the best argument for extending a school library’s hours to include hours before and after school?
1. Students will be able to choose reading materials without teacher guidance.
2. Students will have more items available for checkout.
3. Students will have greater Internet access because filters will be turned off.
4. Students will be able to access information at their point of need.

Answers to School Librarian questions

1. Answer B
2. Answer B
3. Answer D
4. Answer C
5. Answer D
6. Answer A
7. Answer D
8. Answer D
9. Answer C
10. Answer B
11. Answer D