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	UNESCO >> WebWorld \| UNESCO/IFLA School Library Manifesto
		School library services must be provided equally to all members of the school community, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, nationality, language, professional or social status.
		Where the school library shares facilities and/or resources with another type of library, such as a public library, the unique aims of the school library must be acknowledged and maintained.
		The school librarian is the professionally qualified staff member responsible for planning and managing the school library, supported by as adequate staffing as possible, working together with all members of the school community, and liaising with the public library and others.
	www.unesco.org /webworld/libraries/manifestos/school_manifesto.html (797 words)

	School Libraries - Educational Technology
		Library media specialists plays an integral part as they collaborate with teachers and students to demonstrate the ways in which research and technology skills support student success in an exemplary school library program.
		School librarians have been valuable resources in using the information and technology literacy knowledge and skills gained in the library to strengthen student achievement in English language arts and reading, mathematics, social studies, and science.
		The TEA Division of Curriculum supports school libraries and the efforts of their library media specialists as they facilitate the integration of all TEKS, including the Technology Applications TEKS, into collaborative teaching and learning opportunities for Texas students and teachers.
	www.tea.state.tx.us /technology/libraries (602 words)

	13,000 Kids Can't Be Wrong - 2/1/2004 - School Library Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This study shows that school libraries are actively engaged as learning instructional centers to develop intellectual scaffolds for students and to help them engage with information meaningfully to construct their own understanding of the topic they're [studying].
		Also, the faculty ranked the importance of school libraries with assistance with schoolwork in general as number six and students ranked it number four, but teachers are not going to say that the library does a better job than they do.
		The school librarian engages students in an active and meaningful search process, enabling them to explore, formulate, and focus their searches, and providing a supportive environment (personal, physical, and instructional) for students to be successful in their research.
	www.schoollibraryjournal.com /article/CA377858.html (2400 words)

	Statistics About California School Libraries - School Libraries (CA Dept of Education)
		Approximately 20 percent of California schools have a credentialed library media teacher on campus part time or more; the majority of professional staffing is found at the high school level.
		Although the average national ratio of library media teachers to students is 1:870, California ranks 51st in the nation with a ratio of 1:4,541(2002-2003 CBEDS Report and Digest of Education Statistics and Tables and Figures, National Center for Education Statistics, 2002.
		Library resources come in a variety of formats--both print and electronic--and are selected on the basis of the best format for the intended user and use.
	www.cde.ca.gov /ci/cr/lb/libstats.asp (550 words)

	LibraryLaw Blog: School libraries
		Library records are not specifically listed either in the definition of “education records” within the law or its explanatory materials.
		A UNC law professor father is upset about a library book, Journey to Japan, in his daughter's public school library being used for extra credit and asks for the book's removal.
		It is my opinion that a school board has the authority to remove books from a public school library for reasons such as pervasive vulgarity, educational unsuitability, or age inappropriateness based on its good faith educational judgment.
	blog.librarylaw.com /librarylaw/school_libraries/index.html (1621 words)

	New School University Libraries - Consortium Libraries
		The Academy library's collection of books, videos, slides and periodicals is designed to give students immediate access during school hours to visual images and ideas that enhance their efforts in the studio and classroom.
		It is one of 16 libraries qualified to participate in the Independent Research Library Association, where membership is open only to institutions that "house collections of national or international significance that are capable of supporting sustained research in a variety of interrelated subjects and of attracting scholars from all over the world."
		The library collection encompasses a breadth of formats: printed books and pamphlets, manuscripts, which include diaries, letters, and business records from four centuries, maps and atlases, newspapers with a special concentration on pre-1820 titles, broadsides, sheet music, scrapbooks, menus, and an unparalleled variety of ephemera.
	library.newschool.edu /consortium (867 words)

	School Libraries Division
		which is responsible for the acquisition of materials for the school libraries, and the training and development of school library staff.
		The mission of this division is to promote and coordinate the organisation and development of a school library system which would support and enhance the overall aims and objectives of the nation's education system.
		Schools Broadcasting Unit - The SBU collection belongs to the School Broadcasting Unit of the Ministry of Eduction, but is housed in the LRC Library.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /school.html (910 words)

	Teachers, Principals, Parents: Support School Libraries
		School libraries are the heart of a good school.
		Library media programs have been shown time and again to enhance student achievement, and yet they often do not receive the support they deserve.
		When a library is led by one or more full-time professionals with a support staff to free them from clerical duties, the collection is that much more rich and varied, the library is available to students before and after school, and it becomes a haven for teacher-librarian collaboration.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/libraries/118788 (364 words)

	School Libraries -- History
		The development of school libraries can be traced to the beginning of the public library movement in the last half of the nineteenth century in the United States.
		Library education was traditionally taught by academic library staff in conjunction with colleges of education.
		Nationally, library education began to shift to library schools which had their own teaching faculty and which were not administratively part of colleges of education.
	falcon.jmu.edu /~ramseyil/libhistory.htm (1581 words)

	International Reading Association : Position Statements : Classroom and School Libraries
		In many schools, libraries now have few books for each child; the condition of the books and the staffing of the libraries is deteriorating.
		Libraries must be able to purchase a sufficient number of new books per student, and to replace older materials on an annual basis.
		Libraries should offer storybooks, novels, biographies, nonfiction texts, magazines, poetry, and a multitude of other types of materials to match the interests and reading abilities of the children they serve.
	www.reading.org /resources/issues/positions_libraries.html (235 words)

	School Libraries
		Libraries are learning places where a multitude of resources are available for all to use.
		In June of 2002 the White House held the Conference on School Libraries.
		North Allegheny was one of 1,000 libraries across the country to receive the We the People Bookshelf, a set of books which focus on "Freedom".
	www.northallegheny.org /academics/library (171 words)

	Friends of School Libraries home page
		A lobby group in support of School Libraries for the students of the Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
		For all those with an interest in creating or restoring School Library service to the level it was prior to the 2000-2001 academic year in the former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth.
		Further, to establish in schools of all geographical areas of the board, full time (100%) School Libraries, staffed by qualified, paid Library personnel.
	www.geocities.com /libraryfriends2000 (208 words)

	School library - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A school library is a library that serves the students, faculty, staff and parents of a public or private school.
		School libraries are similar to public libraries in that they contain books, films, recorded sound, periodicals, and other media.
		Librarians are often responsible for audio-visual equipment and are sometimes in charge of school computers as well.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/School_library (221 words)

	The Shipley School: Libraries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Middle and Upper School Speer Library is open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 am until 4:00 pm, and on Friday from 7:30 am until 3:30 pm.
		Middle School students and 9th and 10th graders may visit the library before and after school and throughout lunch.
		The library in the Lower School serves to encourage reading and learning as lifelong habits, and to enhance and support the curriculum.
	www.shipleyschool.org /libraries/index.html (245 words)

	Improving Literacy Through School Libraries
		School libraries are critical to meet schools' instructional goals and objectives.
		findings (school year 1993-94) about half (52 percent) of schools with library media centers did not have a full-time state-certified librarian and 20% of schools with library media centers did not have a librarian at all.
		About 35% of teachers nationwide believed that library or media materials were not adequate to support their instructional objectives.
	www.greatsource.com /grants/implitlib.html (235 words)

	UT School of Information - Standard School Librarian Certification
		A deficiency plan is an agreement between a student, an employing school district in Texas and the Texas Board of Educator Certification which allows the student to assume a professional position for a limited time period as a school librarian before they have completed an official program of study leading to school library certification.
		A school district must file a deficiency plan with the state in order to hire someone who is not certified as a librarian.
		Please note that if the applicant plans to substitute a professional level one-year appointment as a school librarian in place of INF 388R"Practicum in School Libraries" he or she must submit a copy of an official employment record indicating this appointment.
	www.ischool.utexas.edu /programs/certificates/sslc.php (1842 words)

	School Libraries - Curriculum Resources (CA Dept of Education)
		Beginning in 2005-06, funding for the California Public School Library Act (School Library Materials) program will be included in the School and Library Improvement Block Grant, established by Assembly Bill (AB) 825, Chapter 871, Statutes of 2004.
		Library media teacher is a person who possesses both a California teaching credential and a California Library Media Teacher Services credential.
		Professional staffing patterns in California school libraries are profiled from this report.
	www.cde.ca.gov /ci/cr/lb (389 words)

	Princeton Day School: Libraries
		Our libraries play a central role in supporting Princeton Day School's philosophical commitment to encourage students to view learning as cooperative and unending and to ensure that all members of the community are accomplished users of ideas and information.
		Each library serves as the information center for its division, providing an organized selection of resources in multiple formates plus online access to specialized databases and Internet services.
		Library holdings are combined in an online catalog (Spectrum) available on the library computers and via our website.
	www.pds.org /page.cfm?p=24 (188 words)

	School Libraries - Making A Difference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This site supports Schools Library Services and school librarians in England and helps them assert the importance of their role and the significance of the school library.
		It is in the first place designed for Schools Library Services and those librarians who are co-ordinating advocacy activities across a LEA during the Campaign.
		There is a separate area for individual school librarians who wish to participate in the Campaign - please click here.
	www.schoollibrariesadvocacy.org.uk /welcome.asp (188 words)

	Schoolinks.net
		These are difficult times for school communities as Wisconsin government and local school boards struggle to maintain services with diminishing resources.
		Study upon study concludes that effective school libraries have a direct impact on student achievement.
		A recent survey of school superintendents by WEAC and the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators documented the profoundly negative effects caused by the state-imposed education caps great schools are living under.
	www.schoolinks.net (240 words)

	Resources for School Librarians
		School Libraries on the Web which previously occupied this location has been discontinued.
		I thank all who have visited in the past, and hope that you will find Resources for School Librarians to be a useful replacement.
		This site is maintained by Linda Bertland, retired school librarian, Philadelphia, PA. Please address any comments, additions, or corrections to bertland@voicenet.com.
	www.sldirectory.com (92 words)

	SLIC Online
		This issue of School Libraries in Canada is devoted to raising awareness about media-related topics.
		The unique contexts of school libraries in Canada can vary greatly from province to province and from district to district.
		This first issue of School Libraries in Canada for 2006 brings us a picture of the activities and the initiatives that are sources of pride and passion for teacher-librarians and school library personnel across the country.
	www.schoollibraries.ca (195 words)

	Dynix.com - School Library Solutions
		You are now expected to provide a greater number of services for students and teachers in less time and with fewer resources than ever before.
		Providing an engaging library experience for students with diverse language, age and skill levels is not easy.
		Dynix understands the challenges of serving this complex group and is honored to work with school libraries to help educate children around the world.
	www.dynix.com /solutions/school (172 words)

	Dalton School
		The Dalton School Libraries are in two locations: at First Program and also at the Middle and High School building.
		The libraries offer a rich and varied program to support all aspects of the school's rigorous curriculum and foster a love of learning.
		Audio-visual services are offered through the Library Department and support all facets of school life, from drama presentations and Board meetings to every aspect of classroom activity.
	www.dalton.org /program/libraries/overview (261 words)

	Libweb - Library WWW Servers
		Public Libraries on WWW Servers, maintained by Don Napoli of the St. Joseph County Public Library.
		UK Higher Education and Research Libraries, maintained by Ian Tilsed of the University of Exeter.
		School Libraries on the Web: A Directory, maintained by Linda Bertland of the Stetson Middle School in Philadelphia.
	lists.webjunction.org /libweb (173 words)

	Libraries Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The libraries on the Garrison Forest School campus serve all students, from ages Three through Grade Twelve, and are fully automated.
		The Lower Division Library staff promotes a love of reading and literary enrichment and provides instruction in information research skills.
		Students visit the library for scheduled classes and during free time.
	www.gfs.org /index.cfm?page_id=95 (159 words)

	IASL: School Libraries Online
		School library associations, resources for school librarians, education resources, more...
		Copyright of material on School Libraries Online is jointly held by the author/s and by the International Association of School Librarianship.
		Guidelines for Contributors to School Libraries Online are available on this web site and should be followed by all people who are submitting text, images or sound files for inclusion in the web site.
	www.iasl-slo.org (376 words)

	School Libraries and Information Literacy
		Welcome to the School Libraries and Information Literacy site, for teacher-librarians, teachers, principals, school assistants, and those interested in collaborative teaching and school libraries supporting ICT and literacy.
		Read the Quality teaching in NSW public schools discussion paper and be involved in the discussion with your school and teacher-librarian colleagues.
		The updated Classification of literature for secondary schools is now available for schools.
	www.schools.nsw.edu.au /schoollibraries (408 words)

	Pine Crest Libraries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Hudson Library which serves students and teachers in the Lower School and Pre-Primary Department has recently been renovated and the expansion doubled its size and seating capacity.
		The new library, twice the size of the old facility, has seating for classes, small groups, and individual study.
		For students living at home, the Pine Crest Upper School Library web page (http://www.pinecrest.edu/us/library) is a pointer to resources proven to be useful in research.
	www.ftl.pinecrest.edu /libraries/Default.htm (290 words)

	School Library Standards - Texas State Library
		The Texas State Library and Archives Commission is directed to develop voluntary School Library Standards in Texas Education Code 33.021.
		The revised standards establish guidelines for school library programs at four levels: exemplary, recognized, acceptable, and below standard.
		Supplemental Resources include output and outcome measures that libraries may use to describe the level of use and effectiveness of the program, a glossary of terms, bibliographies, and a list of the revision committee members.
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /ld/schoollibs/index.html (384 words)

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