Abstract:
In 2007, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) initiated an annual survey of school library media programs. The development of this longitudinal survey project was mandated by the AASL Board as part of the association’s strategic plan with the goal to provide research and statistics to be used at the national, state and local levels when advocating for school library media programs. The survey was developed through the AASL Research & Statistics committee with AASL Board review and final approval. In addition to annual survey questions, starting in 2008 AASL began adding a series of questions that change annually and address a current issue within the school library field. In 2009 AASL focused these questions on English Language Learners (ELL). This report summarizes those findings. 2009 marked the third year of AASL’s “School Libraries Count!” survey, with 5,824 respondents. The results represent a + 1.3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
