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American Association of School Librarians, 2021
This report features syntheses of select Causality: School Libraries and Student Success II (CLASS II) research findings as they relate to the Shared Foundations of Inquire, Include, Collaborate, Curate, Explore, and Engage from the The American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) "National School Library Standards for Learners, School…
Descriptors: Educational Research, School Libraries, Library Research, Learning Activities
American Association of School Librarians, 2021
The American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Causality: School Libraries and Student Success II (CLASS II) project was the first step in developing a long-term, three-phase school library research agenda to investigate causal relationships between school libraries staffed by professionally prepared school librarians and student learning.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, School Libraries, Library Research, Learning Activities
American Association of School Librarians, 2018
AASL's new integrated standards are designed to empower leaders to transform teaching and learning. The new "National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries" reflect an evolution of AASL Standards, building on philosophical foundations and familiar elements of previous standards while featuring the…
Descriptors: National Standards, School Libraries, Educational Environment, Best Practices
Englert, Richard M. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1982
Discusses the nature of locally based research, demonstrates its relevance to the concerns of school library media specialists, and outlines the phases and steps involved in conducting locally based research. Resources for, and benefits of, locally based research are also discussed. A 15-item reference list is included. (JL)
Descriptors: Action Research, Guidelines, Learning Resources Centers, Library Research
Schon, Isabel; And Others – 1983
A group of 40 elementary school librarians in the greater Phoenix area of Arizona were invited to participate in a study of the effects of an experimental school library motivational program on library use, library attitudes, and reading attitudes of elementary school students. Librarians at 13 schools participated, with 11 completing the study.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary Education, Library Extension, Library Research
Miller, Rosalind; Russell, Ralph – 1985
Academic librarians report that use by increasingly large numbers of high school students is creating pressures in budgets, staff, and materials. Indications are that these demands will increase: students are increasingly sophisticated in their information needs; they are mobile; and school library media centers' collections have been weakened by…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, High School Students, Higher Education, Information Needs
Miller, Marilyn L. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1988
This statement in support of Education Consolidation Improvement Act reauthorization discusses six topics related to school libraries: (1) purpose of school libraries; (2) research supporting need for school libraries; (3) current status; (4) funding realities; (5) deteriorating book collections; and (6) impact of federal aid. An American Library…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Financial Support, Hearings
Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC. – 2002
Laura Bush hosted a White House Conference on School Libraries on June 4, 2002, to discuss the latest research on libraries, student achievement and successful local programs. Mrs. Bush's cohost was Dr. Robert Martin, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services and education, library, government and philanthropic leaders from across…
Descriptors: Conference Proceedings, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Development
Kuhlthau, Carol Collier – 1984
An extension of a doctoral dissertation that studied a group of high school seniors while they used the library for two assigned research papers, this paper presents a process approach to library skills instruction for high school students. The doctoral study traced the research process used by the students through a number of devices including…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, High School Seniors, Library Instruction, Library Research
Grazier, Margaret Hayes – School Library Media Quarterly, 1982
Discusses library media research and provides specific guidelines to enable school media specialists to read research critically and to apply valuable research at the local level. A seven-item reference list is attached. (JL)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines, Learning Resources Centers
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Eaton, Gale – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1989
Reviews curriculum guides and the research literature to examine locational skills instruction in elementary schools and the transferability of skills to the public library. Factors that may limit instructional effectiveness are identified and the need for public children's librarians to have realistic expectations of children's abilities to…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Guidelines
Bowie, Laura; Walker, Cornelia – 1982
This project report describes the development and implementation of a model of qualitative measures for evaluating the use of school library resources by students and teachers. It explains a record-keeping system for school librarians to use in tracing media from purchase, through processing, to eventual utilization. Using parts of sample…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Learning Resources Centers, Library Research, Media Selection
Schon, Isabel; And Others – 1984
A randomized experiment was performed in five high schools in which a random half of the students in a sophomore English class received a special 8-week library-oriented treatment designed to improve students' understanding of, attitudes toward, and use of the school library. The treatment was found to have a statistically significant effect on…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, High School Students, High Schools, Librarians
Craver, Kathleen W. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1986
Although a review of the literature on the instructional role of the media specialists reveals a pattern of progression from 1950 to 1984, analysis of the research in this area indicates a time lag between actual practice and the instructional role espoused by the standards and the literature. (EM)
Descriptors: Change, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, High Schools
Sykes, Judith A. – 2002
This book shows teacher-librarians and school library media specialists how to perform qualitative research and use the results effectively to promote the school library and build a shared understanding of the impact of school libraries on student learning. Hands-on guidance is provided for performing action research, including how to establish…
Descriptors: Action Research, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education
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