What? Another post from me so soon? I must be recovering more from the chemo and radiation side effect. I know this because I am more readily moved by some of the things I am seeing in social media. Censorship reigns strong still. Lexiles (which autocorrect changes to exiles) are once again rearing an ugly head. But it was a comment on a FB ( Read more... )

http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/reading-aloud-kids-important/

Just to follow up, here is a post from KQ, Knowledge Quest, a publication of AASL, the American Association of School Librarians. It has some good research citations to have on hand if questioned ( Read more... )

So, Dallas ISD has decided to eliminate some of their school librarians (https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2017/04/17/facing-big-budget-cuts-librarians-get-boot-almost-dozen-dallas-isd- ( Read more... )

Today will be spent in airplanes and rental cars as BH and I travel to Boothbay, Maine. So, I decided to post up some links here to important research on the effect of school librarians and adequate school library collections. I do this for a couple of reasons. One, I am asked to provide information when jobs are on the line. Two, many schools ( Read more... )

Followed a link to a post about Secrets of the Library at the 5 Minute Librarian blog: http://www.5minlib.com/2016/05/10-insider-secrets-librarians-only-tell.html?m=1. As someone who came to work in a Library Science Department without ( Read more... )

In honor of School Library Month, here are some links to the research showing the importance of an adequate school library staffed by a certified librarian. As so many schools opt to staff the library with a volunteer or a paraprofessional, it should be no surprise when test scores fall, when circulation drops, when reading is no longer front and ( Read more... )

I am working with one of our doctoral students whose dissertation is about the perceptions librarians and administrators have about the roles and tasks of the school librarian. She quotes some really disturbing statistics about the decline in the number of school librarians both in Houston ISD and in districts across the U.S. It seems fitting, ( Read more... )

Yesterday I wrote about the power and importance of libraries. The research also states that the presence of a certified librarian is essential in the role of libraries in terms of achievement. I have been so fortunate to work in a department that educates folks who want to become school librarians for the past 25 years. In that time, I have come ( Read more... )

Here is a link to a story about the research on the effectiveness of school libraries when it comes to test scores ( Read more... )

Spent the day today with Manhattan school librarians, about 100+ of them. I talked about building a culture of reading at the school and then spent some time booktalking new boos to elementary and then secondary breakout sessions ( Read more... )