You are Never Alone

ISLD is celebrated world-wide, today, the 4th Monday of October.
This year’s theme is: Literacy and Learning at Your School Library.

The underlying message is that school libraries make a difference. They have a formidable, sometimes under-recognised, under-estimated impact on student achievement.

ASLA says “School libraries play an important role within school communities as centres for teaching and learning, and in breaking new ground in the application of information and communication technologies in the delivery of library and information services.”

In June 2008 ASLA won the IASL / LinksPlus Library Commendation Award - Virtual Conference an Outstanding and Innovative Project.

The Value of School Libraries in Learning

CMIS Research — Research studies continue to show that an active school library program run by a trained teacher librarian makes a significant difference to student learning outcomes.

IASL: School Libraries Make a Difference is a collation of links to research reports.

Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement: a Review of the Research

Report for the Australian School Library Association
by
Michele Lonsdale

Australian Council for Educational Research
www.acer.edu.au/library/

Melbourne
March 2003

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Purpose
• Methodology
• Rationale
  • Teacher librarian population
  • Information and technology
  • The new learning environment
  • Accountability
  • Changing role of school libraries
• The research
  • Academic attainment
  • Reading literacy
  • Broader learning
  • Other
• Strengths and gaps in the research
• Conclusion
• References

The full report is available in .pdf format.

International Research into school libraries

• Good School Libraries: making a difference to learning
  Ofsted, 2006
  
• School Libraries Work!
  US National Committee on Libraries and Information Science, 2006
  
• Libraries are Critical to High Schoolers
  Debra Lau Whelan, School Library Journal 4/7/2006
  
• Canada Links Libraries with Achievement
  Laura B. Weiss, School Library Journal, 5/1/2006
  
• Findings of the Ohio Research Study
  Ohio Education Library Media Association, 2004
  
• Impact of School Library Services on achievement and learning: a critical literature review
  Resource, 2001
  
• Impact of School Library Services on achievement and learning in primary schools
  Resource, 2002
  
• Proof of the Power of School Libraries
  Keith Curry Lance, in ERIC, 2002
  
• Irrefutable Evidence: How to prove you boost student achievement
  Ross J Todd, School Library Journal 4/1/2003
  
• White House Conference on School Libraries
  Laura Bush Foundation, 2002
  
• Texas School Libraries - standards and school performance
  Texas State Library and Archive Commission, 2001
  
• The Impact of School Library Media Centers on Academic Achievement
  Keith Curry Lance, Eric Digests, 1994
  
• School Library Impact Studies
  Keith Curry Lance, Library Research Service, 2006