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Lesson plans, articles, links and more - LibraryInstruction.Com

Library policies and policy making, especially for schools
Trinity College, Western Australia

Get that grant (Thomson Gale Report)
Karen Glaser

False claims about reading (Educational Leadership)
Stephen Krashen

Threshold Magazines: Libraries, Learning & the Future

Resources for School Librarians

From Current Issues in Education
The Continuing Trouble with Collaboration: Teachers Talk

On reading programs & materials, from the International Reading Association

Library grant money on the Web: A resource primer [Searcher Magazine]

No Librarians Left Behind: Preparing for Next Generation Libraries (Part 1)

No Librarians Left Behind: Preparing for Next Generation Libraries (Part 2)


Advocacy

Philip Pullman's Isis Speech

How school library programs equal success for your child

School libraries: Making a difference, from the UK


Educational Resources

Children's Literature Web Guide - A wealth of useful links.

Defining the Landscape - A report from the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (free download)

Evaluating Web Site Quality

No Child Left - Jamie McKenzie's new web site in opposition to the "No Child Left Behind" program in US schools.

Online Resources for Teachers - From eThemes, organized alphabetically and by grade level, or keyword-searchable

Resources For Teaching Information Technology Ethics to Children and Young Adults.


Research and Statistics

Result of the Ohio Reseach Study by Drs. Ross Todd and Carol Kulthau and OELMA

School Libraries and Their Impact on Student Performance - From Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) online journal, Research Brief, Vol. 1 No 20 (September 30, 2003)

Colorado Library Research Service - Library research studies and statistics

Online Surveys - TL's own Holly Gunn addresses the issue of online surveys, a tool often used by libraries, in her article, "Web-based surveys: Changing the survey process."


School Libraries

Learning in the Information Age School: Opportunities, Outcomes and Options - From the International Association of School Librarianship. Dr. Ross Todd's keynote speech from the August 2003 conference in Durban, South Africa

Coalition Says There's a Crisis in Canada's School Libraries (from CBC News)

Laura Bush Grant Foundation, offering school libraries up to $5,000 to update, extend or diversify their book collections. Information and application forms are available through the Foundation web site.

Librarians Information Online Network (LION) - Information resource for K-12 school librarians.

Policy Manuals for School Libraries - A directory of useful links from the Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC)

Self-evaluation checklist: Looking at the School Library from the California Department of Education. Scroll down to the section entitled, "Assessing Your School Library" and find a link to a PDF document called Looking at the School Library.

Why should principals support school libraries? An ERIC digest by Gary Hartzell.


Student Achievement and School Libraries


TL Resources

Informed Librarian Online - Updated monthly, this site provides links to tables of contents and full-text (where available) of more than 275 journals journals, magazines, newsletters and electronic publications that came out during the month, addressing all aspects of librarianship and information science.

Campaign to Save America's Libraries Toolkit - From the ALA

Internet Resources for Library Media Specialists and Children's Librarians, by Blyth Bennett, ERIC Clearinghouse.

Maine School Libraries Facilities Handbook with appendices on accessibility and calculating shelving requirement.


Canadian Resources

SLiP – School Library Information Portal: The Canadian connection to School Library documents - Come and explore Canada's gateway portal to documents for school libraries originating in Canada and not widely available in published form. SLiP is a directory to links in provincial and territorial schools, boards and districts as well as national school library organizations.

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