Discusses topics related to public and school library volunteers: (1) recruitment and reasons for volunteering; (2) training; (3) job satisfaction; and (4) other motivating factors including recognition, achievement, and responsibility. (MES)

This report contains data on state library agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year (FY) 2002. The data were collected through the State Library Agencies (StLA) Survey. This report presents selected findings and background information about the survey. The body of this report is composed of tables providing an…

This report examines the state of public and private school library media centers in the United States in 1999-2000. The data used in the report come from the 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), the nation's most extensive sample survey of America's public and private schools and library media centers. Sponsored by the National Center…

In 2003, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and UNESCO co-organized a Regional Workshop on School Library Services in South East Asia. It was followed by a project to examine the current state of information literacy education and recommend action plans to increase school libraries' involvement in the…

Part of AASL's Bottom Line Series, this guide to creating portfolios covers instructional and future uses of portfolios, how to maintain a professional portfolio, and the National Board Process as a professional portfolio. There is also a section on selected future reading on the subject.

This checklist serves as a guide during various stages of a library design process to help ensure that all needed spaces and functions are included, to help enable the evaluation of existing library spaces as part of a library's needs assessment process, and to help provide data and support to the library in presentations that might be made to…

A discussion of the philosophical foundations and architectural innovations of architect Louis Kahn's library and dining hall at Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. (Author)

The experimental test described in this article shows that productivity in regard to the subject literature supporting the school library media center concept increases or decreases in correspondence with the amount of federal funds made available for each fiscal year. (6 references) (Author)

The format, content and scope of academic library newsletters are discussed and evaluated. (NH)

A program is described in which one school system became its own periodicals jobber and saved money. (SJ)

Recently a great number of books have been printed that are written and illustrated nicely and deal with sophisticated science content. Provides a list of such books in different science areas. Books are categorized as easy to read, medium difficulty, and challenging. (PS)

This study explored the feasibility of establishing interlibrary loan networks among secondary schools. Hypotheses derived from a statistical model using New Jersey secondary school collections' data were that net title resources available to the median library in a county pool would increase by 700 percent and net volume resources by 1,200…

Paper presented to World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession on problems and programs in Scandinavian school libraries. A particular need is in selection of foreign books. (Editor/JS)

Project Library Exemplary Elementary Demonstration of Springfield (Oregon) (LEEDS) demonstrated the feasability of an automated library system. There are now plans to develop a statewide network. (JS)

The presentation at the American Association of School Libraries (AASL) Right to Read Press Conference held in Washington, D.C., December 1971, by the Association president is followed by statements from leaders in government and education who commended the AASL program. (SJ)