Resources

=Resources=
 * Standards by state
 * [|ALA Freedom to Read Statement]
 * Colorado Advocacy Initiative - "Survive and Thrive"

Common Core
Library of Congress Common Core Resource CenterLibrary of Congress Common Core Resource Center Follett Readiness Survey Summary Report

Data Sources
National Center for Education Statistics AASL School Libraries Count State Education Policy Center (SEPC) - a database of state policies related to education and technology curated by the State Educational Technology Directors Association

Program Planning and Evaluation
- this document is a program evaluation rubric that can also be used as a teacher-librarian evaluation rubric. It is based on the Library and Information Technology program description linked here

Professional Development
Montana Teacher-Librarian Boot Camp 2011 List of Approved Teacher and Principal Practice Rubrics New York 2011 NCCE Teacher Librarian Summit

This is an incomplete compilation of the job title by state given to the teachers who work in school libraries. Updates by others are welcome
 * Staffing Terminology**

**Infographic Examples/Resources:**
Copyright Infringement: 5 Myths vs. Facts Piktochart: make infographics quickly and easily!
 * Nebraska Career Education: By the Numbers**

**Miscellaneous reports by date**
//July 5, 2011// School Library Research Summarized (updated)

//Nov. 2, 2011// Resources for Distance Learning from Wikispaces blog 2011 AASL School Libraries Count Survey Report

September 2, 2011  Something to Shout About: New research shows that more librarians means higher reading scores  This article from School Library Journal, and authored by Keith Curry Lance and Linda Hofschire addresses data that correlates reading achievement and library staffing. //June 17, 2011// ** School Library Research Summarized ** This document reviews the findings of the various school library impact studies on 11 topics: staffing, collaboration, instruction, scheduling, access, summer reading programs, technology, collections, budget, professional development, and achievement gap. //April 11, 2011//  **Center on Education Policy (CEP)** //Feb. 22, 2010//  **AASL Position Statement on the School Librarian's Role in Reading** //February 14, 2010// ** [|School Libraries - A Right] ** A statement from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) //January 10, 2010// ** Oregon Public School Libraries and the Quality Educational Model (QEM)**  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The Oregon State Library reports that only 10 of 1,318 school libraries (.76%) in school year 2008-09 met the QEM requirements for quality school libraries. QEM measures two criteria, staffing and materials expenditures per student. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">//May, 2012// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">** [|Report of Findings and Recommendations of the New Jersey School Library Survey] ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The Center for International Scholarship reports <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">New Jersey school library programs staffed by certified school librarian media specialists are cost-effective in helping students achieve higher standards and critical for the intellectual, social, and cultural development of students.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">** Report fo findings and Recommendation of the New Jersey School Library Survey, Phase II Final Report ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #114488; font-family: inherit; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">//Sept. 2, 2010// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">** [|Ebook Summit Preview: Should Kids Get Ebooks in School?] ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Eric Hellman wonders which is more important, a librarian in every school, or an ereader in every backpack? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Source: //Library Journal// online, Aug. 24, 2010 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">//July 22, 2010// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|**Idaho School Library Impact Study - 2009**] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Source: Idaho Commission for Libraries <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">** [|Texas School Libraries: Standards, Resources, Services, and Students' Performance] ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">//June 30, 2010// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">** School Libraries, Now More Than Ever ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Rutgers University Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) position paper on library cuts <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">//May 6, 2010// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> **The Value of School Libraries** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Source: Stephen Abram, //Stephen's Lighthouse// blog <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">//April 23, 2010// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Haves, Halves and Have-Nots: School Libraries and Student Achievement in California** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">//April 12, 2010// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|A Nation Without School Librarians] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">This map provides a partial list of schools or districts that either eliminated certified school library positions (indicated in blue) or require one school librarian to work with two (2) or more school library programs throughout the week (indicated in red). Schools or districts are so identified by individuals volunteering the information. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">American Association of School Librarians Videos. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">//March 18, 2010// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">** Measuring for Success ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">//March 2, 2010// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Source: Ann Dutton Ewbank and Judi Moreillon. Knowledge Quest Volume 36, No I September/October 2007, pp. 12-15. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">//February 2, 2010// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> **What Does a Good Library Tell You About a School?** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Source: Doug Johnson, Blue Skunk Blog <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> **13 Point Library Media Program Checklist for School Principals, 2009** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Source: Doug Johnson, Blue Skunk Blog <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">//November 16, 2009// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'segoe ui','lucida grande',arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Source: Ellen Fockler, Library Media Technology Coordinator (Consulting), Washoe County School District, Reno NV.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|2010 School Library Month Video Contest Winners]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Additonal AASL Video Contest Entries]