Advocacy

UK Advocacy Campaign

IASL International School Library Day

• Learning: Powered by your school library
  IASL web pages about International School Library Day 2007 http://www.iasl-online.org/events/isld/2007isld/

• Video: We Love our Library
  Online video produced for International School Library Day 2007
  http://www.sla.org.uk/isld-video.php
  

Advocacy Toolkits

• International Federation of Library Associations advocacy toolkit
  http://www.ifla.org/VII/s11/pubs/s11_AdvocacyKit.html
• American Association of School Librarianship advocacy toolkit
  http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/toolkits/aasladvocacy.htm

Research into school libraries

• Good School Libraries: making a difference to learning
  Ofsted, 2006
  http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications/index.cfm?
  fuseaction=pubs.displayfile&id=4170&type=pdf
  &search=%22ofsted%20better%20libraries%22
  
• School Libraries Work!
  US National Committee on Libraries and Information Science, 2006
  http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/printables/downloads/slw_2006.pdf
• Libraries are Critical to High Schoolers
  Debra Lau Whelan, School Library Journal 4/7/2006
  http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6321757.html
• Canada Links Libraries with Achievement
  Laura B. Weiss, School Library Journal, 5/1/2006
  http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6331515.html
• Findings of the Ohio Research Study
  Ohio Education Library Media Association, 2004
  http://www.oelma.org/StudentLearning/SLFindings.asp
• Impact of School Library Services on achievement and learning: a critical literature review
  Resource, 2001
  http://www.rgu.ac.uk/files/Impact%20of%20School%20Library%20Services1.pdf
• Impact of School Library Services on achievement and learning in primary schools
  Resource, 2002
  http://www.rgu.ac.uk/files/ACF1C8D.pdf
• Proof of the Power of School Libraries
  Keith Curry Lance, in ERIC, 2002
  http://www.ericdigests.org/2002-2/proof.htm
• Irrefutable Evidence: How to prove you boost student achievement
  Ross J Todd, School Library Journal 4/1/2003
  http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article
  &articleid=CA287119&publication=slj
• White House Conference on School Libraries
  Laura Bush Foundation, 2002
  http://www.laurabushfoundation.org/release_060402.html
• Texas School Libraries - standards and school performance
  Texas State Library and Archive Commission, 2001
  http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/schlibsurvey/index.html
• The Impact of School Library Media Centers on Academic Achievement
  Keith Curry Lance, Eric Digests, 1994
  http://www.ericdigests.org/1995-1/library.htm
• School Library Impact Studies
  Keith Curry Lance, Library Research Service, 2006
  http://www.lrs.org/impact.asp

Links to more research

• http://www.iasl-slo.org/make-a-difference.html
• http://www.strongest-links.org.uk/support_research.htm

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