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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
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
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
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
Freedman, Jennifer L.; Robinson, Alice – Knowledge Quest, 2019
The 2018 "National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries" enable school librarians to continuously tailor school libraries and activities to meet students' needs and interests while meeting state curriculum requirements. The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards recognize…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Library Administration, Institutional Cooperation
Lucas, Jennisen – Knowledge Quest, 2019
Assessment and evaluation are sometimes difficult things to discuss, and we often think of them as once-and-done end results. However, assessing where you are in the learning process should be an ongoing activity, and formative assessments can provide valuable information about what the next (or first) steps should be to approach a learning…
Descriptors: School Libraries, National Standards, Formative Evaluation, Library Administration
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
DiScala, Jeffrey; Weeks, Ann Carlson; Kodama, Christie – Knowledge Quest, 2019
To learn more about school district library supervisors, the authors set out to collect baseline data on their roles, responsibilities, challenges, and professional development needs. This work became known as the Lilead Project (rhymes with "Gilead"). Through research grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the authors…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Libraries, Supervisors, Library Administration
Ehler-Hansen, Deborah; O'Meara, Casey – Knowledge Quest, 2019
Fair Haven Union High School (FHUHS) is a small school of approximately 375 students in rural Vermont. The district is called the Slate Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) and consists of about 1,320 students who come from five sending towns. The school is currently undergoing several educationally innovative changes as directed by the Vermont…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Administration, School Districts, Librarians
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
Keeling, Mary – Knowledge Quest, 2018
What is the future of urban school libraries? The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) "National School Library Standards" offer a framework for school librarians to reflect on how they can tailor their professional practice to serve their specific school communities. Through the lens of the standards, school librarians can…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Libraries, Library Administration, Standards
Searles, Sarah Culp – Knowledge Quest, 2019
A large district has some unique challenges when planning support for a reflective growth process around implementing the "National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries." This type of setting typically has a wide variety of school demographics, budgetary constraints, school library staffing…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Administration, School Districts, Librarians
Hicks, Laura – Knowledge Quest, 2019
In Maryland, national standards in any discipline are reviewed and revised with student and educator needs in mind. The approval process for all standards includes stakeholder review and revision followed by a public comment period. Comments are then considered and used to inform further revisions. Finally, guidance, supporting documents,…
Descriptors: Library Administration, State Standards, School Libraries, Library Associations
Rinio, Deborah – Knowledge Quest, 2018
Teacher and librarian collaboration is a main theme in school librarianship, education research, and professional literature. Now, within the American Association of School Librarians' "National School Library Standards," collaboration is one of the six Shared Foundations on which the standards are based. Improving collaboration in…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), School Libraries, Library Administration, Standards