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The Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement: Exploring the School Library Impact Studies

The wiki is a project of the school library media faculty at the University of South Carolina, School of Library and Information Science. It is intended to provide background on the need for documenting the school library media program's impact on student learning as well as resources to support that effort.

Joyce Valenza is curating this list of school library advocacy videos.

"This paper explains the key role that school librarians and libraries should play in state- and districtwide efforts to transition to digital learning, or the effective use of technology to improve teaching and learning. The report calls for district and school leaders, policymakers, and boards of education to support, encourage, and fund the evolving role of librarians and libraries as facilitators of content creation, personalized learning, and professional development."

Nice article that gives some global perspectives on the state and strengths of school libraries/librarians.

Advocacy page. School libraries make a difference

On this site, you will find message templates (sample e-mails, letters, newsletter blurbs, brochures, and even videos) containing taglines and targeting specific stakeholder audiences in order to promote school librarians as 21st century skills experts. CASL hope that these sample templates will be used by school librarians and school library advocates to inform their communities about the vital and irreplaceable role that school librarians play in teaching and learning.

Nice collection of resources and webinar recordings dealing with COVID. While many apply to public libraries, several, especially concerning materials, also apply to school libraries.

More for public libraries, but might be of interest to school libraries. This author combined the information from several sources to write this detailed plan.

Nice glog that collects different library research summaries

 tool that allows for quickly and easily designing posters, signs, fliers and more, allowing for a variety of customizations with backgrounds, clipart, and text, while also allowing users to upload and use their own pictures.  My own high school kids have used it to complete one page posters referred to as visual book reports.  Their end products were printed for display purposes in the library, and used for visuals for book-talks done by both the librarians and the students. We even use them in digital frames that loop through pictures at our circulation desk, and students have responded to the "book-reports" created in Poster My Wall by checking out those titles.   The site does not require an account though that is an option, and those opting to use the free version can create professional looking posters and download for printing in minutes.  My school secretary was so impressed with the site she has even used it to create fliers for events and activities at school.   The site is easy enough for even elementary school students.  Like Wordle, my collaborating teachers are finding some very interesting uses for Poster My Wall. Cons?  It is not a replacement to Glogster by any means, but a poster app none the less. (Rec by Cathy Jo Nelson)

Page from Robin Luna, part of a webinar on TL Virtual Cafe on 1-4-16 on library redesign

blog post from a high school librarian with many ideas for SLM

Podcast about trend of cutting school libraries and librarians

Library key to kids' literacy.  From Australian School Library Assoc

Extensive resources for NYC school libraries, including curricula.

Has several ideas reaching beyond your school to collaborate with others, including other schools, libraries, organizations.

A nice blog post from the 2018 Australian campaign for school libraries. Near the bottom, you will see a link to a page that includes a webinar that was very good, although there were technical difficulties.They had hoped to edit those out for the finished recording.

Currently, the video at the top is about School Libraries in the 21st Century (that's now, right?)

Blog from the School Library Association of Victoria and State Library of Victoria