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Anna Granias; Anne Li; Naw-Amelia Kacher – Wilder Research, 2025
In an era where information is both abundant and increasingly complex, school library media centers (LMCs) serve as hubs for learning, creativity, and critical thought. Yet, little to no data exist describing the state of school LMCs in Minnesota. During the 2023 Minnesota legislative session, Minnesota's Multicounty Multitype Library Systems…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Educational Legislation, State Aid, Census Figures
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Kristin Antelman – College & Research Libraries, 2025
In the same way that libraries defend the privacy rights of library users so should they respect library workers' privacy of thought. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training, as it has been approached in recent years, impinges on privacy of thought and cognitive liberty. It is possible to see the profession's shift away from a…
Descriptors: Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Training, Privacy, Library Personnel
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Megan Musick – Knowledge Quest, 2022
When she was was first hired as the Scott County High School (KY) librarian, Megan Musick had many lofty goals. However after one week, she was overwhelmed with phone calls, e-mails, and people dropping in. She felt like she was just putting out small fires and never accomplishing anything. Her brain was frazzled because she was going from one…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Administration, High Schools, Librarians
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Michael Rawls – Knowledge Quest, 2022
When the author began his career as a school librarian, he took time to live with the collection and the school library the way it was inherited, with systems that were already in place. And during that first year, he observed. That period of observation and living with things as they were allowed him to start innovating and problem-solving from…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Problem Solving, Intention
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Boyd, K. C. – Knowledge Quest, 2021
K.C. Boyd discusses how school librarians can advocate for school libraries and school library services. She details how to turn frustration into strategic advocacy efforts by highlighting the school librarian's role as an essential literacy partner in students' academic achievement.
Descriptors: School Libraries, Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Rights
Anna Granias; Anne Li – Wilder Research, 2025
In spring 2024, the Multicounty Multitype Library Systems, supported by State Library Services, conducted a census of K-12 public and charter schools in Minnesota to learn about the status of school libraries. A total of 1,528 out of 1,777 eligible schools completed the census. The findings can help legislators, school staff, librarians, and…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Public Schools, Charter Schools, Educational Legislation
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Venner, Mary Ann; Washburn, Jenn – Journal of Access Services, 2021
The role of the student worker is expanding in academic libraries. Their unique perspectives add valuable insights to the design and delivery of library services, project development, outreach activities, and operational planning. Student-workers gain internal and external benefits from working in peer-to-peer learning environments which also…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Academic Libraries, Student Employment, College Students
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Meng Qu – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This paper introduces a Patron Counting and Analysis (PCA) system that leverages Wi-Fi-connection data to monitor space utilization and analyze visitor patterns in academic libraries. The PCA system offers real-time crowding information to the public and a comprehensive visitor analysis dashboard for library administrators. The system's…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Users (Information), Use Studies, Space Utilization
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Sanchez-Rodriguez, Nilda Alexandra – Journal of Access Services, 2021
Solo tenure-track librarians in academia must discover the key to mastering the fine art of multitasking to execute concepts of seamless user experiences. This article covers notable practices and principles of Solo tenure-track librarians in academia, specifically at the City University of New York, including overseeing a library division,…
Descriptors: Librarians, Access to Information, Tenure, Library Services
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Mackley, Allison – Knowledge Quest, 2021
Pennsylvania school librarians have ongoing professional learning opportunities to build compelling and inclusive experiences for learners in their libraries and within the school community. From learning the basics about the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Integrated Standards Frameworks to building innovative curriculum and…
Descriptors: Library Associations, School Libraries, Library Administration, Program Implementation
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Malecki, Allison Leaming; Edens, Wes; Bonanni, Mimmo; Doan, Tomalee – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
Arizona State University (ASU) is known for both enormous size and scale, as well as excellence in research and innovation. These attributes are embodied in the ideal of the "New American University." ASU Library, as a partner in the New American University, has reorganized itself, completed a large-scale renovation of its main library…
Descriptors: State Universities, Academic Libraries, Library Services, Organizational Change
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Almeida, Adrienne – Knowledge Quest, 2021
After earning her second Master's degree, the author decided to leave her twenty-plus-year tenured English as a new language teaching career in the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) to become the director of middle school and upper school library services at a K-12 independent school in New York City. It was the first year she would…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Administration, Urban Schools, Private Schools