Advocacy for School Library Leaders: A Call to Action

For the Texas Association of School Library Administrators - 8 June 2011 - Austin, Texas

For Northwest ISD School Librarians - 20 August 2014 - Fort Worth, Texas

Updated 7 August 2014

References and Resources

Alliance. A Time for Deeper Learning: Preparing Students for a Changing World. Alliance for Excellent Education. 26 May 2011. Web. 7 Aug. 2014 <http://www.all4ed.org/files/DeeperLearning.pdf>.

American Association of School Librarians. Advocacy. AASL. N.D. Web. 7 Aug. 2014 <http://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy>.

American Association of School Librarians. Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs. Chicago: American Association of School Librarians, 2009. Print.

American Association of School Librarians. Strong Students: Infographic. AASL. 2013. Web. 7 Aug. 2014 <http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslissues/advocacy/AASL_infographic_strongstudents-2013.pdf>.

Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL). School Libraries, Now More Than Ever: A Position Paper of the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries. CISSL: Rutgers School of Communication. 2010. Web. 7 Aug. 2014 <http://cissl.rutgers.edu/>.

Coatney, Sharon, ed. The Many Faces of School Library Leadership. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011. Print.

Hartzell, Gary. "An Advocacy Mosaic." School Library Monthly 29.1 (2012): 31-32.

Hartzell, Gary. "The Dangers Of General Advocacy." School Library Monthly 29.5 (2013): 30-31.

Kaaland, Christie. "Creating A Districtwide Advocacy Plan, Part 1: Vision And Voice." School Library Monthly 28.3 (2011): 29-31.

Kaaland, Christie.  "Creating A Districtwide Advocacy Plan, Part 2: Visibility And Vigilance." School Library Monthly 28.4 (2012): 29-31.

Kachel, Debra E. et al. School library research summarized: A graduate class project. Mansfield, PA: School Library & Information Technologies Department. 2011. Web. 7 Aug. 2014 <http://sl-it.mansfield.edu/upload/MU-LibAdvoBklt2013.pdf>.

Moreillon, Judi and Rebecca McKee. Self-Assessment: Five Roles of the School Librarian. (Based on pages 16-18 in Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs. Chicago, IL: American Association of School Librarians, 2009). 2010. Download:Moreillon_McKee_EL_Five Roles of the School Librarian.pdf  

Moreillon, Judi. Testimonials. LS5443: Classroom-Library Collaboration. pbworks.com 2014. Web. 7 Aug. 2014 <http://ls5443.wikispaces.com/Collab_Testimonials>.

Moreillon, Judi. Testimonials. Two Heads Are Better than One: Influencing Preservice Classroom Teachers' Understanding and Practice of Classroom-Library Collaboration. 2008. Web. 7 Aug. 2014 <http://storytrail.com/TwoHeads/Post_Student_Teaching_Testimonials.htm>.

Reinsborough, Patrick, and Doyle Canning. Re:Imagining change. Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2010. Print

"Sara Estela Ramirez." TWU Pioneer School Library Wiki. pbworks. 2011. Web. 7 Aug. 2014 <http://twupioneerschoollibrary.pbworks.com/w/page/39149340/E_Ramirez>. 

TWU Pioneer School Library Wiki. pbworks. 2014. Web. 7 Aug. 2014 <http://twupioneerschoollibrary.pbworks.com>.

Zmuda, Allison. Six Steps to Saving Your School Library Program. School Library Monthly 27.5 (2011): 45-48.

Judi Moreillon, M.L.S., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

School of Library and Information Studies

Texas Woman's University

Denton, TX