Check out the following resources on libraries:
- School Libraries Make a Difference to Student Achievement from the International Association of School Librarianship… www.iasl-online.org/advocacy/make-a-difference.html
- School Library Service Initiative (Alberta Education) presentation by Judith Sykes at Distributed Learning Conference, Winter 2009. For more on the School Library Service Initiative, visit here.
- The blog of Alberta School Library Council: A Specialist Council of the ATA can be found at http://albertaschoollibraries.blogspot.com/.
- Exemplary School Libraries (quoting from the blog mentioned above) “The study seeks to identify the characteristics of an exemplary elementary school library. The researchers found that school libraries have the potential to increase literacy and improve student achievement. They concluded that ‘there are exemplary school library programs in Ontario, but there is not a unitary conception of an exemplary school program, nor is there a single approach that creates an exemplary program.’ The key factors that contribute to program success are: the exemplary teaching skills of the teacher-librarian, the library’s positioning as the learning hub of the school, and principal and system support at the board and Ministry level.”
- The Crisis in Canada’s School Libraries
- American Library Association (Campaign for School Libraries)
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
