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Item Open Access Item Open Access Item Open Access The Condition of U.S. Libraries: Trends, 1999-2009(Office for Research & Statistics, 2009-12) M. Davis, DeniseThe following report highlights US economic trends (2009) and summarizes trends in public, school and academic libraries during the current decade for: Number of Libraries and Population Served, Expenditures, Staffing, and Services. The compilation was prepared in December 2009 for the staff and member leaders of the American Library Association to support its planning activities.Item Open Access The Condition of U.S. Libraries: School Library Trends, 1999-2009(Office for Research & Statistics, 2009-12) M. Davis, DeniseThe full report – The Condition of U.S. Libraries: Trends, 1999‐2009 ‐ highlights US economic trends (2009) and summarizes trends in public, school and academic libraries during the current decade for: Number of Libraries and Population Served, Expenditures, Staffing, and Services. The compilation was prepared in December 2009 for the staff and member leaders of the American Library Association to support its planning activities. This report is excerpted from the full report and presents the economic landscape and detail about school libraries.Item Open Access Second Evaluation of the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program(U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, 2009-01) S. Michie, Joan; W. Chaney, BradfordThe Improving Literacy Through School Libraries (LSL) program was established under Title I, Part B, Subpart 4 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The purpose of the program is to improve the literacy skills and academic achievement of students by providing them with increased access to up-to-date school library materials; a well-equipped, technologically advanced school library media center; and well-trained, professionally certified school library media specialists. Included in the legislation was a requirement for an evaluation of the program to be conducted no later than three years after the enactment of NCLB and biennially after that. This report provides findings from the second evaluation of the LSL program. It contains new survey data on the 2005–06 school year and an analysis of the relationship between student test scores and the receipt of LSL grants in 2003–04.Item Open Access AASL Executive Summary: 2012 NCLE Survey(Research & Statistics Committee, 2013-05) Un Kim, Sung; Taylor, AndreEmpowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs (AASL 2009) encourages school librarians to collaborate with members of professional communities as both learners and teachers. School librarians fulfill this role through participation in their own library communities in their school districts and through the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and other national and state organizations. Recently members of the AASL community participated in a National Center for Literacy Education (NCLE) survey in October 2012. The following is an overview of the results provided by members of the AASL community.Item Open Access Working Together Is Working Smarter(2013)The most powerful professional learning experiences for educators come from collaborating with their colleagues. Although schools are not structured to fully support the professional collaboration educators indicate is so important in strengthening their practice, data from an NCLE study indicates that school librarians are highly involved leaders in their professional learning communities inside and outside of the school.Item Open Access AASL Executive Summary: NCES Schools and Staffing Survey, 2011‐2012(Research & Statistics Committee, 2013-10) Kimmel, SueThe National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) is a federal entity charged with collecting, analyzing, and reporting data related to education in the United States and other nations. The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) collects data from a national sample of schools and school libraries in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. The first survey was conducted for the 1987‐88 school year and subsequent surveys have been conducted in 1990‐91, 1993‐94, 1999‐2000, 2003‐4, and 2007‐8. The most recent survey was conducted in 2011‐12 with a “first look” at this data released in five reports.Item Open Access Characteristics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Centers in the United States: Results From the 2011–12 Schools and Staffing Survey First Look(National Center for Education Statistics, 2013-08) Bitterman, Amy; Gray, Lucinda; Goldring, Rebecca; Broughman, StephenThis report presents selected findings from the Public School Library Media Center Data File of the 2011–12 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is a nationally representative sample survey of public and private K–12 schools, principals, and teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. School districts associated with public schools and library media centers in public schools are also part of SASS. Developed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education and conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, SASS was first conducted in school year 1987–88. Since then, SASS has been conducted six times: in school years 1990–91, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2007–08, and, most recently, 2011–12.Item Open Access AASL Urban Schools Task Force Survey Report(Urban Schools Taskforce, 2011-01-08)The AASL Urban Schools Taskforce was charged “to pull together data and resources related to urban school libraries in order to recommend strategies for support of urban school libraries and resources to be added to the Essential Links on the AASL website”. As part of our work, the taskforce conducted two national surveys to gain feedback from urban librarians and urban library administrators about their current work situations and specific needs.Item Open Access Causality: School Libraries and Student Success (CLASS) White Paper(American Association of School Librarians, National Research Forum, 2014-12)On April 11 and 12, 2014, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) held Causality: School Libraries and Student Success (CLASS), an IMLS-funded national forum. Dr. Thomas Cook, one of the most influential methodologists in education research, and a five-member panel of expert scholars and practitioners led 50 established and emerging school library researchers in articulating a national research agenda to investigate causal phenomena in school library instruction, resources, and services. Research in academic achievement and school librarianship has a strong foundation of over 25 correlational studies in which school librarians’ activities and school library programs have been explored in relation to student learning and teacher support. The results of these studies suggest that complementary research should be conducted to establish a causal relationship between the work of effective school librarians and the creation of motivated, engaged, and agile learners. The goals of this white paper are to: 1. Capture the rich discussion emanating from the CLASS forum surrounding research and causality. 2. Propose a progression of research methods and projects that will support efforts toward theory building, exploratory research, and demonstration research; and 3. Outline mechanisms by which a community of scholars can be cultivated and nurtured toward furthering the research agenda and its activities.