AASL offers these position statements as benchmarks or reference points for practitioners and school library administrators who are working to build campus and district programs of excellence. These include 5 posted new in 2016 to further clarify excellence in school libraries as we work to participate in ESSA planning as well as other funding and staffing plans.
American Association of School Librarians. "Appropriate Staffing for School Libraries." 25 June 2016. PDF file.
"Definition for Effective School Library Program." 25 June 2016. PDF file.
"ESSA Updates." KnowledgeQuest. ALA/AASL, n.d. Web. 1 Aug. 2016.
"Instructional Role of the School Librarian." 25 June 2016. PDF file.
"Position Statement on Flexible Scheduling." AASL. ALA, n.d. Web. 1 Aug. 2016. Adopted 09/2011, Revised 06/2014.
"Position Statement on the Role of the School Librarian in Reading Development." AASL. ALA, n.d. Web. 1 Aug. 2016. Revised 9/1/2010.
"Position Statement on the School Librarian's Role in Reading." AASL. ALA, n.d. Web. 1 Aug. 2016. Revised 9/1/2010.
"Preparation of School Librarians." Revised 25 June 2016. PDF file.
"Role of the School Library Program." 25 June 2016. PDF file.
AASL also offers Toolkits that gather resources and method suggestions to advise campus librarians and their communities as they work to strengthen campus and district school libraries.
"Parent Advocate Toolkit." AASL. ALA, n.d. Web. 1 Aug. 2016.
"Toolkit for Promoting School Library Programs." AASL. ALA, 2015. Web. 1 Aug. 2016.
Infographics offer school library advocates and the larger community great tools to explain what we do and why we work so hard in support of our students.
AASL. "School Librarians Transform Learning." American Libraries. Sept/Oct 2014. PDF file.
AASL. "Strong School Libraries Build Strong Students." 2013. PDF file.
Everhart, Nancy. "100 Things Kids Will Miss if They Don't Have a School Librarian in Their School." 2013. PDF file. Downloadable from Facebook.
Hand, Dorcas. "Advocacy Pyramid." Sept. 2015. PDF file.
Does Your School Have a Teacher Librarian? (New Jersey School Library Assn., 2015)
Libraries in the Internet Age (Common Craft, 2015)
School Libraries: Welcome to the 21st Century Classroom (New Jersey School Library Association, 2012)
Students need Libraries in HISD (East Early College High School, Houston Independent School District, TX)
Promoting Your School Library (Australian Library and Information Assn., 2013)
School Libraries Matter: The Changing Role of the School Librarian. (Capstone, 2014)
Teacher Librarians at the Heart of Student Learning (Washington State School Library Media Assn., 2013)
This variety of articles offers advocates both data and methods to demonstrate to administrators and communities why school libraries matter.
ALA. "College and Career Readiness = Reading Rigor." ALA. ALA, n.d. Web. 1 Aug. 2016.
Barack, Lauren. "Study Ties College Success to Students’ Exposure to a High School Librarian." Digital Shift. Library Journal, 20 Sept. 2014. Web. 1 Aug. 2016.
Kachel, Debra. "Inviting Legislators into School Libraries." Cover Story. InfoToday, Mar.-Apr. 2011. Web. 1 Aug. 2016.
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Lamb, Annette, and Larry Johnson, eds. "Advocacy: The Teacher Librarian as Advocate." The School Library Media Specialist. eduscapes, n.d. Web. 1 Aug. 2016.
Library Research Service. "School Libraries and Student Achievement." 2013. PDF file.
Little, Hannah Byrd. "Four Steps to Self-Advocacy." KQ. AASL, 7 Oct. 2015. Web. 1 Aug. 2016.
Moran, Mark. "Young Learners Need Librarians, Not Just Google." Forbes. Forbes, 22 Mar. 2010. Web. 1 Aug. 2016