ICTS Library Information Specialist (175) Exam Secrets Study Guide: ICTS Test Review for the Illinois Certification Testing System

***Includes Practice Test Questions***Get the test prep help you need to be successful on the ICTS Library Information Specialist test. The ICTS Library Information Specialist (175) Exam is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. ICTS Library Information Specialist (175) Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the ICTS Library Information Specialist Exam. Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the ICTS Library Information Specialist Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer. ICTS Library Information Specialist (175) Exam Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A detailed overview of the ICTS Library Information Specialist (175) Exam
• An in-depth look at communication
• A guide to information access and delivery
• An examination of program administration
• A breakdown of teaching and learning
• 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 Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam. The Communication section covers:

• Promoting resources
• Collaboration and consensus-building
• Promoting library services

The Information Access and Delivery section covers:

• Selection policy
• Collection development
• Cataloging
• MARC records
• Library resources
• Information retrieval processes
• Equal access to resources
• Scheduling
• Legal and ethical issues

The Program Administration section covers:

• Budgeting
• Resource sharing procedures
• Interlibrary loans
• Professional development
• Legislation
• Code of ethics
• Advocacy
• Media center evaluation
• Program decision making
• Assessing program needs
• Managing the library media center
• Mission and philosophy
• Rationale for policies

The Teaching and Learning section covers:

• Bibliographic citation
• 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
• Professional organizations
• Teaching adult learners

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