Library media specialists will often have the opportunity and need to evaluate materials firsthand before purchase, although these informal reviews may never be written down.  Also, library media specialists may wish to contribute to professional magazines by reviewing materials and having these reviews published; there are never enough reviewers for the many items published each year.  Part of your challenge is keeping abreast with new materials. You can accomplish this through your connections with the larger library world - public, academic, and special libraries, and other information centers -  and through professional organizations and publications.
 

• one work of fiction (book, video, etc.)
• one work of nonfiction
• one digital resource - computer software, online resource, etc.

Types may overlap, but have at least one in each bulleted category.  For example, you might select a picture storybook, a video about geology, and an educational computer game to review.  You might choose items that would be suitable for your preferred aged range, or you may deliberately want to sample outside of your familiar age-group territory. Study the item, and form a professional opinion about its quality and the possible contribution it might make to a school’s instructional program.  You should also study several reviews published in school library journals or children's literature journals as examples (School Library Journal, Book Report, Hornbook, etc.).

Submission Details
Do all of these:

• Hand in your IMRs in print form, along with each peer review and your personal assessment - in your folder on the due date. Include one or more sample reviews from the journal(s) you emulated.
• Post the IMRs to your assignment page.  Preferred: one link per review, with the title of the item as the link.