ALA. School Libraries. ALA. 2013.
Ewbank, Ann Dutton. Union-Active School Librarians and School Library Advocacy: A Modified Case Study of the British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association and the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation. School Library Research. 2015.
Kuon, Tricia and Holly Weimar. How does your Boss see you?: Proof That Principals Value Librarians. SLJ. 2012.
Nelson, Janet. Principals’ Perspectives on the Value of School Librarians. Demco, 2014.
Polos, Susan. School Librarians Leading Outload.Living in Dialogue.2014.
Reisz, Elizabeth. Critical Issues in K-12 School Libraries. Maine Policy Review. 2013.
SLIP. “Toolbox.” CLA. Quotes about Canadian school libraries but primarily quotes about school librarians and their importance.
Stoddart, Rick. Competing Perspectives: Communicating the Value of School Librarians and ICT Skills to School Principals/Administrators. Selected Works. 2012.
Stripling, Barbara. The Value of School Librarians, School Libraries, and School Library Systems. NYSL, 2012.
Sullivan, Maureen. State of American’s School Libraries. Huffington Post: The Blog, 2013.
Valenza, Joyce. Principals Know: School Librarians are the Heart of the School. Blog. SLJ. 2014.
West, Jessamyn. Assessing the Unassessable. NYT, 2011.
Many value studies exist on the value of school libraries to the institution and to the constituents. Although there is dispute over the value and nature of the research itself, the reality is, there is data that show that students do better (in school, on tests, etc.) with not only a school library but a school librarian. There are - additional - more data visualizations on what librarians do as well as studies indicating impact.
Ewbank, Ann Dutton. Union-Active School Librarians and School Library Advocacy: A Modified Case Study of the British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association and the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation. School Library Research. 2015.
SLIP. “Toolbox.” CLA. Quotes about Canadian school libraries but primarily quotes about school librarians and their importance.
Stripling, Barbara. The Value of School Librarians, School Libraries, and School Library Systems. NYSL, 2012.
Reisz, Elizabeth. Critical Issues in K-12 School Libraries. Maine Policy Review. 2013.