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efore school. Only 12 percent of schools reported having the library available
during summer school.
For Additional Information
• Academic achievement and school libraries. For links to current research reports,
summaries, and articles, including studies conducted in Colorado, Pennsylvania,
Alaska, and Massachusetts, visit the American Library Association Web site at
http://www.ala.org/aasl/resources/achievement.html.
• Check It Out! Assessing School Library Media Programs: A Guide for District
Education Policy and Implementation Teams (1998) is designed by the CDE to
help districts and schools assess their school libraries and the policies that guide
them. It is available for purchase from CDE Press at (800) 995-4099.
• Comparative analysis of school libraries nationwide:
o Biennial statistical research project. Drs. Marilyn L. Miller and
Marilyn L. Shontz.
Part I, “How Do You Measure Up: Expenditures for Resources in School
Library Media Centers, FY 1997-98,” School Library Journal, October 1999,
pp. 50–59.
Part II, “Location Is Everything,” School Library Journal, October 2000,
pp. 50–60.
o Survey and analyses conducted by Drs. Marilyn L. Miller and Marilyn L.
Shontz. “The SLJ Funding Survey: While Funding Takes a Hit, Libraries
Expand Their Services,” School Library Journal, (October 2003). Prior studies
include:
Part I, “Small Change, Expenditures for Resources in School Library Media
Centers, FY 1995-96,” School Library Journal, October 1997, pp. 28–37.
Part II, “More Services, More Staff, More Money: A Portrait of a High-Service
Library Media Center,” School Library Journal, May 1998, pp. 28–33.
Part III, “The Wired School Library, Plug It In,” School Library Journal,
October 1998, pp. 27–31.
• “Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning,” developed as part of
Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning by the American
Association of School Librarians and the Association for Educational
Communications and Technology. Visit the American Library Association Web site
at http://www.ala.org/aasl/ip_toc.html.
• Library media teacher credential information. Visit the California Commission on
Teacher Credentialing Web site at
http://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/CREDS/library-media.html.
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