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School libraries: using data to boost student literacy. Adam Lancaster has been able to demonstrate the impact of improving reluctant reading using his data tracking project.
Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian In schools, impact, along with Ofsted, is probably one of the most commonly used words. But impact has always been a difficult word when you're trying to show the benefit of reading. We all know that the more you read the more fluent you become, which in turn leads not only to increased literacy skills but also to improved attainment in all subjects. But, it seems, proof and evidence of this impact has eluded the reading profession for many years.
At Monk's Walk School, Hertfordshire, we've worked on this area, knowing there must be some way a library can show the impact it has on literacy development. We decided that for too long the library had been a department doing its own thing and that we needed to learn from other departments and the way they went about collecting and analysing data - to show impact. iCONN.org - Connecticut's re-search engine. The Top 100 Things Kids Will Miss if they don't have a school librarian in their school.
Research and Statistics. AUHSDteacherLibrarians - 100 Things. School Libraries Impact Studies « Library Research Service. Library Research Service School Libraries & Student Achievement (2013) This 1-page infographic presents highlights from all of LRS’s school library impact studies.
Two versions of the infographic are available: – One is optimized for online viewing – And, the second is optimized for printing If you view the infographic PDF file in Firefox PDF viewer, it may not render properly. For best viewing and printing, click on the “open in different viewer” button in the top right corner of your browser, and select the option to open the file with Adobe Reader. The PDF file is optimized for printing on legal size paper. Five key roles for 21st-century school librarians. Presenters at Alan November’s Building Learning Communities conference described how librarians today must curate, foster citizenship, forge connections—and more By Michelle Luhtala Read more by Contributor August 2nd, 2012 School librarians, with their specialized training in collecting, organizing, preserving, and disseminating information, now must teach their patrons to perform these tasks.
CO School Libraries Infographic.pdf. LibraryLO_000.pdf. How Does Your Boss See You?: Proof That Principals Value Librarians. Illustration by David Flaherty Librarians’ Top 10 Tasks How principals see them Help students to access information and books.Help faculty to access information and books.Share technology expertise with students and teachers.Select “appropriate” materials.Model love for reading.Collaborate with teachers.Provide equipment (preferably “fast” equipment) and technology.Provide leadership with technology.Teach research skills, teach about books, and teach about databases.Provide an inviting environment.
The League of Extraordinary Librarians: SLJ’s latest tech survey shows that media specialists are leading the way. Meet the latest tech superheroes: school librarians.
According to School Library Journal’s 2012 School Technology Survey, media specialists are leading the charge to bring new media, mobile devices, social apps, and web-based technologies into our nation’s classrooms. So far, the results have been pretty impressive: 87 percent of school librarians report that they’re in charge of their library’s technology, with 60 percent adding that they’ve also introduced it into the classroom. Furthermore, 44 percent now serve on their school’s tech team, and in these budget-troubled times, when many library positions are on the line, that role may mean increased job security.
Full-Time School Librarians Improve Test Scores. What Does the Next-Generation School Library Look Like? At a time when public libraries are starting to offer everything from community gardening plots to opportunities to check out humans for conversations, some school libraries are similarly re-evaluating their roles and expanding their offerings.
Case in point: Monticello High School in Charlottesville, Virginia. When librarian Joan Ackroyd arrived there four years ago, she found an environment very different from the “engaging, creative, fun” elementary and middle school libraries to which she was accustomed. Teacher Librarians at The Heart of Student Learning. Make the case for school libraries with our new impact studies infographic « Library Research Service.
Latest Study: A full-time school librarian makes a critical difference in boosting student achievement. By Debra E.
Kachel and Keith Curry Lance on March 7, 2013 Illustration by David Flaherty. Imagine trying to teach kids how to swim in an empty pool. School library infographics: research and advocacy. However compelling the research is, it can be hard to make the case with a 30-page study, or even a executive summary.
Sometimes you need the visually attractive, embeddable, tweetable version of the elevator speech. Over the past couple of months we’ve seen a research translated and chunked in the form of infographics. School libraries: using data to boost student literacy. New Report Hails Librarians as Drivers of Digital Transition. New report shows digitizing learning can engage students in new ways. / Credit: Rocketship Education The Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed) published the report “Leading In and Beyond the Library,” this past January, showing the importance of school and public libraries in both state and district-wide efforts toward digital learning and the effective use of technology in teaching.
“There is a critical role for both school and community librarians in the transition to digital,” says Sara Hall, director of the Center for Digital Learning at the Alliance for Excellent Education based out of Washington, D.C. What is the role of the librarian. I have been wondering about what the role of the librarian is?
This is actually a hard question, some people might answer that they don’t think its changed, the role remains the same. I would argue that those people have libraries that have not adapted and changed with the world we live in. Some might argue that their is no longer a role for the librarian. I would again disagree, I believe the role is so much more now.
So where do I stand? The Librarian is still the curator, but they have three key roles or features of their craft. Steal This Infographic: Librarians as Tech Leaders.