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Jennifer Moore; Alissa Tudor – School Library Research, 2024
The American Library Association (ALA) reported an "unprecedented" number of book challenges in 2022 (ALA, 2022b), resulting in nationwide media coverage and increased awareness of censorship attempts. However, these numbers represent only censorship attempts from external entities, such as parents and the general public; some librarians…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Library Services, Library Policy
Weintrop, David; Subramaniam, Mega; Morehouse, Shandra; Koren, Nitzan – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2023
Computational thinking is an essential 21st-century skill that all youth should develop in order to navigate and succeed in an increasingly computational world. For all youth to have hands-on opportunities to develop essential computational thinking skills, libraries and informal learning environments play a critical role. This is especially true…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Librarian Attitudes, Library Services
Kay Elizabeth Wright; Olga Koz; Julie A. Moore – School Library Research, 2024
K-12 instructional settings diversified worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic response. Research is needed in examining school librarians' evolving roles during this era. Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, K-12 remote-synchronous learning was an instructional option in a progressive U.S. public school district. This new "school"…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, School Libraries, High Schools, Librarians
Rhys Dreeszen Bowman – School Library Research, 2024
This multiple-methods two-part study included a collection analysis of the holdings of trans books in 35 randomly selected public high school libraries in one state in the southeastern United States. Also, the attitudes and practices of 37 high school librarians (in the same state but not necessarily at the same schools whose collections were…
Descriptors: School Libraries, High Schools, LGBTQ People, Library Services
Katherine Dix; Tamara Van Der Zant – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2025
The School Libraries in South Australia: 2024 Census offers a snapshot of the current state, challenges, and evolving roles of school libraries and their staffing in South Australia. Conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) at the behest of the School Library Association of South Australia (SLASA), this census builds…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Libraries, Library Services, Financial Support
Adair, Heather F.; Crane, Ashley B.; Gross, Elizabeth A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2023
Information literacy is a crucial topic in the library science profession. The information needs and perceptions of the information literacy of preservice and early-career school librarians were explored in this research using a survey and interviews distributed nationally over a 5-month time frame. These participants, who have been employed in…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Library Education, Skill Development
Leung, Lok-Man; Chiu, Dickson; Lo, Patrick – School Library Research, 2020
The purpose of the research was to explore the collaboration between public libraries and schools in Hong Kong from the perspective of school librarians. Three school librarians were interviewed (semi-structured), and their responses were thematically analyzed. Collaboration between public libraries and the three schools was well received and…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Public Libraries, Librarians, Institutional Cooperation
Todd, Tessa Tyler – National Literacy Trust, 2021
Primary school libraries are a vital part of the education system. A well-resourced primary school library not only supports literacy levels but has a positive effect on the mental wellbeing of pupils. Despite their numerous benefits, there is currently no statutory requirement for primary schools to have a library and even before the COVID-19…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Elementary Schools, Futures (of Society), Library Services
Ross, Natalie Hoyle – School Library Research, 2018
This paper reports findings of a qualitative collective case study and single case study that explored student reading motivation. This research focused on school librarians' perceived value of one children's choice award--the Bluestem Award--and its effect on school librarians' promotions and student behavior in the school library. Data were…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, School Libraries, Librarians, Library Role
McClendon, V. J.; Riggall, James – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2019
In developing a Virtual Reality (VR) project, the library creates a democratic home for a teaching and lab space for a visiting Fulbright scholar to build energy and community around this new immersive technology. Following three academic quarters of VR teaching, workshops, community outreach, and awareness building, interviews of volunteer…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
American Association of School Librarians, 2018
Stemming from an American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Chapters concern, the 2018 American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leaders team was charged with creating a guide for AASL to support school librarians in addressing challenges related to censorship and patron privacy issues, particularly with LGBTQ+ materials. "Defending…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Library Materials, School Libraries, Librarians
Richey, Jennifer; Cahill, Maria – School Library Research, 2014
Evidence-based library and information practice (EBLIP) provides school librarians a systematic means of building, assessing, and revising a library program, thus demonstrating a school library program's worth to the larger school community. Through survey research collecting both qualitative and quantitative data, 111 public school librarians in…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Evidence, Library Services
Small, Ruth V. – School Library Research, 2014
Innovation is the essence of the American spirit. In the twenty-first century, it will be the innovative thinkers who will make the greatest contributions to our society, find cures for diseases, create technologies that enrich our lives, and find innovative solutions to the world's problems. Schools must provide more opportunities for students to…
Descriptors: Creativity, Innovation, Student Needs, Information Needs
Dickinson, Gail; Gavigan, Karen; Pribesh, Shana – School Library Media Research, 2008
A hallmark of school library media best practice is for the library media center to be open and accessible to patron use before, during, and after the school day and throughout the entire school year. Anecdotal evidence and informal discussion among school library media specialists indicate that library media facilities are sometimes used for…
Descriptors: Poverty, Standardized Tests, School Libraries, Media Specialists
Henderson, Everett; Miller, Kim; Farrell, Michele; Brock, Faye; Dorinski, Suzanne; Freeman, Michael; Frid, Lisa; Hardesty, Laura; Music, Christopher; O'Shea, Patricia; Sheckells, Cindy – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2009
This report marks the third release of library statistics data from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). It contains data on state library agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year (FY) 2008. The data were collected through the State Library Agencies (StLA) Survey, the product of a cooperative…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Statistics, State Government, State Surveys