Going
Beyond PR—Library Advocacy Begins With You!
Resources
Selected Books:
Hartzell,
Gary N. (1994) Building Influence
for the School Librarian.
Worthington, OH: Linworth.
Information Power:
Building Partnerships for Learning. (1998) Chicago: American Library Association.
The Information-Powered
School, Public Education Network
and American Association of School Librarians.
(2001) Chicago, ALA.
Johnson,
Doug. (1997) The Indispensable
Librarian: Surviving (and Thriving) in School Media Centers in the Information
Age. Worthington, OH: Linworth.
Lance, Keith Curry and
David V. Loertscher. (2001) Powering
Achievement: School Library Media
Programs Make a Difference: The Evidence.
San Jose, CA: HiWillow.
Lance, Keith Curry et al.
(2000) How School Librarians Help
Kids Achieve Standards: The Second Colorado Study. San Jose, CA: HiWillow.
Lance, Keith Curry et al. (1999) Information Empowered: The School
Librarian as an Agent of Academic Achievement in Alaska Schools. Juneau: Alaska State Library.
Lance, Keith Curry et al. (1993) The Impact of School Library Media
Centers on Academic Achievement.
Castle Rock, CO: HiWillow.
Loertscher, David V. (1998)
Reinvent Your School’s Library in the Age of Technology: A Guide for
Principals and Superintendents.
Castle Rock, CO: HiWillow.
Loertscher, David V. (2000) Taxonomies of the School Library
Media Program. 2nd
ed. San Jose, CA: HiWillow.
A Planning Guide for
Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning with School Library Media
Program Assessment Rubric for the 21st Century. (1999)
Chicago: American Library Association.
Wilson, Patricia Potter and
Josette Anne Lyders. (2001) Leadership
for Today’s School Library: A Handbook for the Library Media Specialist and the
School Principal. Westport, CT:
Greenwood.
Zweizig, Douglas L. and
Dianne McAfee Hopkins. (1999) Lessons
from Library Power: Enriching Teaching and Learning. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
Selected Additional Resources:
Journals:
(Usually table of contents
and selected articles are available on the website.)
Book Report http://www.linworth.com/bookreport.html
Booklist http://www.ala.org/booklist/
Computers in Libraries http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/ciltop.htm
Knowledge Quest http://www.ala.org/aasl/kqweb/index.html
Library Talk http://www.linworth.com/librarytalk.html
Media & Methods http://www.media-methods.com
Multimedia Schools http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/default.htm
School Library Media
Activities Monthly http://www.crinkles.com/schoolmedia.html
School Library Media
Quarterly http://www.ala.org/aasl/kqweb/index.html
School Library Media
Research http://www.ala.org/aasl/SLMR/
School Library Journal http://slj.reviewsnews.com/
Teacher Librarian http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/
Technological Horizons
in Education http://www.thejournal.com
Technology and Learning http://www.techlearning.com
Video:
Nassau School Library System. (2000) The School
Library…Where Learning Never Ends (12 minute video, available through the
American Association of School Librarians)
Websites:
ALA’s Campaign for @your library™ https://cs.ala.org/@yourlibrary/
American Association of
School Librarians http://www.ala.org/aasl
Library Research Service http://www.lrs.org
LION:
Librarians
Information Online Network http://www.libertynet.org/lion/lion.html
LM_NET http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net
School Library Resources on the Internet (IASL) http://www.iasl-slo.org/linksiasl.html
Massachusetts Study
http://artemis.simmons.edu/~baughman/mcas-school-libraries/
Texas Study http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/schlibsurvey/index.html
Virginia Educational Media
Association http://vema.gen.va.us
Audrey P. Church
Coordinator, School Library Media Program
Longwood University, Farmville, VA
President, Virginia Educational Media Association