Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
Source
Knowledge Quest | 6 |
Author
Adams, Helen R. | 1 |
Ballard, Susan | 1 |
Boyd, K. C. | 1 |
Burns, Elizabeth | 1 |
Cogdell, Edna | 1 |
Cromartie, Kathy | 1 |
Slusser, Laura L. | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 6 |
Reports - Descriptive | 6 |
Education Level
Elementary Secondary Education | 4 |
Audience
Media Staff | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
First Amendment | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
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
Cromartie, Kathy; Burns, Elizabeth – Knowledge Quest, 2019
To gather, contribute, connect, be a creative force, defend, and guide are demanding dispositions that make an excellent school library professional. School librarians use these dispositions like poles of support as they glide down the slopes of student learning and curriculum. They leverage their roles of teacher and librarian like skis giving…
Descriptors: School Libraries, National Standards, Library Administration, Librarians
Ballard, Susan – Knowledge Quest, 2015
Important happenings related to the concept of intellectual freedom (IF) coincide with the annual back-to-school ramp up. This article discusses how to use the summer hiatus to develop learning opportunities related to events such as Banned Books Week (BBW) and Banned Websites Awareness Day (BWAD). The author provides resource information to aid…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Intellectual Freedom, Summer Programs, Information Sources
Adams, Helen R. – Knowledge Quest, 2011
As schools across the country face increasing fiscal restraints, school library professional positions are being eliminated at an alarming rate. As a result, many school librarians are becoming the only certified library professional in a district, serving multiple schools and grade levels. Suddenly, each is a solo librarian. As a solo librarian…
Descriptors: Intellectual Freedom, Elementary Secondary Education, Constitutional Law, School Libraries
Slusser, Laura L. – Knowledge Quest, 2011
The author's first school librarian position was in her hometown elementary school where she had been a library aide in the fifth grade. The principal spelled out the problems with the situation she would be entering--the school library was the least favorite of the resources, many policies and procedures were antiquated, and the collection needed…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Services, Library Administration, Library Instruction

Cogdell, Edna – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Describes a library media management staff development course to focus on best practices in time management for the school year. Highlights include goal setting and planning; access to information; leadership and advocacy; and customizing ready reference files for useful media management information. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Advocacy, Leadership, Learning Resources Centers