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= NEW: Be your school's copyright expert with help from Naomi Bates: = ====Two presentations Naomi has done for professional development on copyright, fair, use and Creative Commons after reading Renee Hobbs //Copyright Clarity//. She gives us permission to adapt and use them!==== ====First link: https://goo.gl/zqLYyp====

Second link: @https://goo.gl/4MtHqn
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= NEW: School Library example of the Libraries Transform: The Expert in the Library is You! advocacy campaign: =

@http://www.ilovelibraries.org/librariestransform/article/students-can-also-be-experts-library
= NEW from AASL: President AASL President Audrey Church's Initiative =

(June 2017)
=School Librarians as Learning Leaders: An Administrator's Guide=

Annotated Resource Guide:
@http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslissues/advocacy/SLLearningLeaders_ResourceGuide_Administrators-FINAL.pdf

@http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslissues/advocacy/AASL_LearningLeaders_Admin_V2_FINAL.pdf
 * Infographic **

= ESSA and School Libraries: = =// NYS! Please comment on the ESSA Draft Plan by going to a regional workshop or commenting via e-mail or written comment by JUNE 16 to support school library language. Suggested comments here: //= =@https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qMuiem0pdNdlw8QHf3mBzA1HfASNgaMVFdq0ENPXiFU/edit?usp=sharing=

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 * AASL's //Knowledge Quest// ESSA coverage : **

ALA Washington Office. “[|Opportunities for School Librarians].” ALA's Office of Library Advocacy worked with AASL to launch a new "[|Library Snapshot]" tool for school librarians, which aligns provisions of ESSA with an infographic "snapshot." It launched on April 1, the start of School Library Month.

= NEW: Stanford researchers find students have trouble judging the credibility of information online: =

@https://ed.stanford.edu/news/stanford-researchers-find-students-have-trouble-judging-credibility-information-online

AASL's Position Statement on Effective School Library Programs


=//Knowledge Quest:// Advocate for your school library program with an annual report. = = BY [|SEDLEY ABERCROMBIE] on [|05/24/2017] = @http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/advocate-school-library-program-annual-report/ **What should be in an annual report?** There is no template per se, but you should tailor your annual report to meet your school’s needs. Be sure to include the good, the bad, //and// the ugly. Take this opportunity to blow your own horn, but also be honest about areas that need improving when setting goals for next year. //Some suggestions://
 * Mission statement
 * Vision statement
 * Snapshot of your collection
 * Circulation statistics
 * Highlight successful initiatives or collaborations
 * Include special programming
 * Photos of students working, special events
 * Usage statistics for digital resources
 * Goals for next year

= The Colorado State Library has prepared a document on the //[|Basic Provisions in ESSA for Libraries, Technology, and Digital Learning__]//:. [|http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/essasummaryrar]=

=Blog Post for SchoolLibraryAdvocacy.org=

ESSA: Leadership, Marketing and You --- Sara Kelly Johns
Burns, Elizabeth. “@Articulating an Impact on Student Learning.” Knowledge Quest Blog 3 Mar. 2016. [|U.S. Department of Education's ESSA web page]

= Resources for Promotion and Marketing: =

=Marketing Plan Worksheet (rev.)= ==

=Free Webinar: Use an Elevator Speech To Prove Your Value--#SLM17 = @http://www.ala.org/aasl/ecollab/elevator

=** NEW Pre-Service Toolkit for Principals and Teachers **= developed by the AASL Educators of School Librarians Section (ESLS). @http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/new-toolkit-offers-resources-highlight-instructional-role-school-librarians-pre-service-principals-teachers/

[|http://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy/tools/toolkits/promoting/resources_] especially the 
 * NEW ** AASL //Toolkit for Promoting School Library Programs// __ [] __

=== **//*Toolkit for School Library Media Programs//** with guidelines for developing a marketing plan (2003, ALA) [] ===



***School Libraries Transform Learning**: []


= Scholastic's School Libraries Work! (compilation of state studies on the value of school libraries) =

=*= =ALA Libraries Transform!= @http://www.ilovelibraries.org/librariestransform/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sluXEMATpRAkPNskjrBMjLfdfLckg_pg2xU68PFWoLo/edit#gid=804838795
 * A spreadsheet example of planning for reading celebrations:**

=** Jennifer LaGarde's "An Act of Justice: The School Librarian and Breaking the Cycle of Paverty" Keynote slides, May 2016 on the value of the school library and librarians **= @http://librarygirlpresos.weebly.com/keynote--an-act-of-justice.html

= Five Ways School Librarians Can Meet The Needs of Students in Poverty from Jennifer LaGarde, May 2016 = http://www.librarygirl.net/2016/05/five-ways-school-librarians-can-serve.html

= May, 2016 study from EBSCO about students' higher ed success with or without a school librarian: = @http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2014/09/k-12/good-research-habits-pay-study-ties-college-success-librarian-teacher-research-training-high-school/

= Dr. Joette Stefl-Mabry and Michael Radlick's study at SUNY Albany = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> "The School Librarian Effect on Student Academic Achievement in New York State: //Statistical Causal Modeling and the Effect of School Librarians on Academic Achievement: Moving beyond Descriptive Statistics and Simple Correlations"// ======

= NEW: Patrick Sweeney's advocacy messaging articles for the DEMCO "Ideas and Inspirations" blog: @http://ideas.demco.com/author/patricksweeney/ =

Part III: Getting your Message Out
= September 2015, from AASL: = =**Toolkit Messages, ideas, and strategies for communicating the value of school library programs and school librarians in the 21st century**= @http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslissues/toolkits/AASLToolkitforPromotingSLP_082715.pdf = =

= GREAT compilation of advocacy resources--Bag the Web (Donna Baumbach) Some are already here but many are not! =

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= NEW (7.13.15): Op-ed by Deb Kachel =

"The Calamity of the Disappearing School Librarians" in //The Conversation//
@https://theconversation.com/the-calamity-of-the-disappearing-school-libraries-44498

My interview on NPR's The Takeaway with John Hockenburger that resulted from Deb's article:
@http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/why-we-need-school-libraries-digital-age/

= My Pinterest Page on School Library Advocacy with more resources: = @https://www.pinterest.com/sarakellyjohns/school-library-advocacy/

=MARKETING RESOURCES--Reading and Research: North Country Regional Library Conference, June 8, 2015=

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 * School Library Marketing 101: It's About Students Not Stuff--Jennifer LaGarde **

*AASL School Libraries Transform Learning Infographic


[|http][|://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/05/arlen-kimmelman-build-agents-change-inaugural-ruth-toor-grant]
 * AASL Ruth Toor Grant for Strong Public School Libraries.** Funding for the creation and implementation of a local public awareness/marketing campaign that promotes and positions the school library as a necessary resource in the community. The grant includes $3,000 for project creation and implementation and $2,000 for both the school librarian and a school official to attend the AASL National Conference.

====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">*[|Campaign for America’s Libraries Toolkit for School Library Media Programs] ====

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SLJ article on WLMA Advocacy
[|http://][|www.slj.com][|/2013/10/advocacy/follow-the-leaders-][|washington][|-states-stellar-advocacy-model/#]_

*FlipGrid Elevator Speeches. Joyce Valenza's //Neverending Search// blog, "Let's test FlipGrid; Share your Elevator Speeches, Oct. 12, 2013
@http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2013/10/12/lets-test-drive-flipgrid-please-share-your-own-elevator-speech/

*Paige Jaeger's SMART GOALS FOR VISIBILITY from her //Library Door Blog://
====[|http://][|librarydoor.blogspot.com][|/2014/03/smart-goals-for-][|visibility.html]====

*Seth Godin Marketing to the Organization post
@http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2015/06/marketing-to-the-organization.html

====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Johns, Sara Kelly. "What can Teacher-Librarians do to promote their Work and the School Library Media Program? Offensive Formula: P+M=A//." Teacher Librarian// Dec 2008: 30-31. ====

= GREAT article by Ann M. Martin and Kathleen Roberts, "Digital Native does not equal Digital Literacy," that was published in NAESP's //Principal// magazine is downloadable here:= @http://www.naesp.org/principal-januaryfebruary-2015-literacy-and-reading/digital-native-does-not-equal-digital-literacy

=Carl Harvey's " What Should An Administrator Expect a School Librarian to Be? " //LMC// infographic from 2009 stands up well!= @http://www.abc-clio.com/uploadedFiles/Content/promo/Linworth_and_LMC_Files/LMC_Oct09_HandsOnHandout_102209.pdf

= =  Advocacy Revisited: Newer Insights based on Research and Evidence  by Ken HaycockThe Seventh Follett Lecture, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Dominican University, 9 February 2011 []

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Why Digital Natives Prefer Reading in Print: @http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/why-digital-natives-prefer-reading-in-print-yes-you-read-that-right/2015/02/22/8596ca86-b871-11e4-9423-f3d0a1ec335c_story.html

@http://libraryschool.libguidescms.com/5531

 * NJASL Study: The Value of School Libraries, 2012 **[[file:2012_NJASLStudyOverview.pdf]]

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">NEW: //Imagine the Possibilities// YouTube video from British Columbia:
@http://youtu.be/A_QnbQxnNCI

====<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">*NYLA/SSL Conference and AASL School Library Month 2014 "Flip the Switch"" webinar resources: ==== From Jill Hurst-Wahl, Director of the MSLIS and School Library programs at Syracuse University’s iSchool []

=*Sue Kowalski's Annual Report LibGuide, a model of being accountable for a school community.= @http://pinegrove.libguides.com/annualreport2013_14

=<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">AASL13: Links to the Make an Impact at your School Board Meeting wiki and the Why Common Core Standards Matter wiki for: =

<span style="background-color: #fffafa; color: #303030; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',arial,sans-serif;">Be Visible! Advocate for Your Library at a School Board Meeting! (S1-R27)
<span style="background-color: #fffafa; color: #303030; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">One of the most powerful advocacy weapons librarians possess is the creation of a presence at school board meetings. A school board presentation is the perfect vehicle for delivering an evidenced-based message that links properly funded library programs, staffed by certified school librarians, and student achievement. Use our advocacy techniques to visibly showcase your impact on student achievement and the Common Core State Standards.

<span style="color: #c41917; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**Be sure to check out the "Help Yourself" page--and add your ideas and hints to it!**
**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HINT: become a member, then subscribe to get additions and changes via e-mail ** ! On the "edit' bar (which lets you add resources for us all), click to see more options, and click on "notifiy" for the whole wiki, not just one page, and e-mail notifications for page edits and discussion..

====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Campaign for America’s Libraries Toolkit for School Library Media Programs] ==== <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">***AASL's advocacy toolkits** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">__ [] __

=*Sue Kowalski's Leadership In & Through the School Library Smore:= @https://www.smore.com/g490t

= *Jennifer LaGarde, :Library Girl's graphic, Perception vs Reality =

Originally posted on Jennifer’s blog and licensed to share []

[|http://][|www.ala.org][|/advocacy/][|advleg][|/][|advocacyuniversity][|/][|additup]

@http://www.ala.org/aasl/slm

Jessica Duffy, April 2012: School Library Advocacy movie [] (5min, 36 seconds)

"Follow the Leaders: Washington State’s Stellar Advocacy Model," __School Library Journal__, Oct., 2013 [|http://][|www.slj.com][|/2013/10/advocacy/follow-the-leaders-][|washington][|-states-stellar-advocacy-model/#]

*FlipGrid Elevator Speeches. Joyce Valenza's //Neverending Search// blog, "Let's test FlipGrid; Share your Elevator Speeches, Oct. 12, 2013
@http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2013/10/12/lets-test-drive-flipgrid-please-share-your-own-elevator-speech/

Colorado Association of School Librarians (CASL)/ Survive and Thrive campaign: [|https://][|sites.google.com][|/site/][|caslsurvive][|/home]



Jennifer LeGarde's Library Marketing Plan [|http://][|www.librarygirl.net][|/2013/04/school-library-marketing-101-its-about.html]

*Deb Kachel, DEVELOPING TALKING POINTS AND MORE , School Library Monthly, March, 2014. @http://www.schoollibrarymonthly.com/articles/Kachel2014-v30n6p26.html

[[image:SMARTgoalsVisibilityPaige.jpg width="527" height="296"]]Paige Jaeger's SMART Goals for *Visibility
[|http://][|librarydoor.blogspot.com][|/2014/03/smart-goals-for-][|visibility.html]

AMS Library Animoto Videos for quarterly reports:
Quarter 1: [|http://animoto.com/play/][|X1hw2PN3KSFa9atIR9SPRw] Quarter 2: []



=<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">* = =<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"> Principals Know: School Librarians are the Heart of the School, video, 5 min., 15 sec. =

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">** Published on Apr 4, 2014 **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7273px;">Principals Know: School Librarians are the Heart of the School was crowdsourced by Dr. Judi Moreillon and Dr. Teresa Starrett using funds provided by the Texas Library Association, Demco, and the Dean's Research Funds (College of Professional Education, Texas Woman's University).

@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bihGT7LoBP0&feature=youtu.be

Video from Washington Library Media Association, “Teacher Librarians at the Heart of the School" []

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
 * AASL Legislative Committee's Strong School Libraries Build Strong Students infographic: **

@http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslissues/advocacy/AASL_infographic_strongstudents-2013.pdf

== =Jennifer LeGarde infographic, "The Times they are A'Changing @http://www.librarygirl.net/2011/07/librarians-are-ready-are-you.html and, the Donna Baumbach ThingLink version here: http://yourteacherlibrarian.wikispaces.com/Are+You+Ready%3F=

**School Library Impact Studies (state studies):** @http://www.lrs.org/impact.php

=*Deb Kachel's Advocacy Guide to the State Studies--A Mansfield SL & IT Graduate Class project= **Rev. Ed., 2013**: @http://sl-it.mansfield.edu/upload/MU-LibAdvoBklt2013.pdf

= NEW! =

GREAT school library advocacy LiveBinder from Judy Kaplan, the University of Vermont school library coordinator:
@http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1014077&backurl=/shelf/my

= Need to get ** radical ** ? Check out the Urban Libraries Unite's // Rally-in-a-Bo // x! = = AND = =**Rules for Radicals** | Saul D. Alinsky=

= **Checklist for effective legislative advocacy from advocacy guru Stephanie Vance** = MORE great advice from Stephanie: http://www.advocacyguru.com/

GREAT advocacy series by Dr. Christie Kaaland and others, //School Library Month,// on Articles page, scroll down to "Advocacy."
@http://www.schoollibrarymonthly.com/articles/index.html

=Follow the Leaders: Washington State’s Stellar Advocacy Model--Marta Murvosh, SLJ, Oct. 7, 2013= http://www.slj.com/2013/10/advocacy/follow-the-leaders-washington-states-stellar-advocacy-model/#_

AMS Library Animoto Videos from 2011-2012:
Quarter 1: http://animoto.com/play/X1hw2PN3KSFa9atIR9SPRw Quarter 2: http://animoto.com/play/OcVf3mMZEnERnyO0UfTeBA

=Frontline Advocacy for School Librarians= http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/advocacyuniversity/frontline_advocacy/frontline_school#faeveryday Flash cards for each type of library: @http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/advocacyuniversity/frontline_advocacy/everyvoice

=NYS Schools Need School Librarians video (3 minutes)= @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN-snhOEDKw&feature=share

=Download 2012 Horizon Report from the New Media Consortium--free with registration= @http://www.nmc.org/

2011 K-12 Horizon Report [[file:2011-Horizon-Report-K12.pdf]]
=April is School Library Month!= @http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslissues/slm/schoollibrary

**<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">What do Teacher-Librarians Teach from Joyce Valenza and Gwenyth Jones **<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">

**<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">David Loertscher's advocacy site ** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">The purpose of this site is to provide resources for School Librarians engaged in advocacy efforts - some of those immediate, but most effective only over a long period of time.@http://eduscapes.com/sms/advocacy/index.htm

==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dorcas Hand <span class="wiki_link_ext">Making Progress by Fives ==

=Peggy Barber's " Contagious Marketing" //American Libraries//. February, 2014. = @http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/contagious-marketing

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**The School Library Section of the New York Library Association's Crisis Toolkit:** = <span class="wiki_link_ext">@http://www.nyla.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=422

**NYS School Library Systems - Advocacy Toolkit** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">__ [] __.

=**Colorado Association of School Librarians' Survive and Thrive resources**= @https://sites.google.com/site/caslsurvive/

Dr. Gary Hartzell challenges the school library education programs to engage educational administration programs:
The Need to Shift and Widen School Library Advocacy Efforts

=__**Interactive Resources:**__=
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Sample Year End Reports In Web 2.0 Formats: http://schoollibrarywebsites.wikispaces.com/Reports ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Doug Johnson's //Head To The Edge Blog// - Information on how to create an Advisory Committee for your school library: [] ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Doug Johnson's //Blue Skunk Blog// - Information on building influence with community groups: [] ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Doug Johnson's //Blue Skunk Blog// -"Four Rules of Library Advocacy" http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2011/9/12/4-rules-of-library-advocacy.htm ====




 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**AASL Advocacy Brochures: School Library Programs Improve Student Learning**@http://www.aasl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/brochures/advocacybrochures.cfm ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**From an AASL Advocacy Tip of the Day** (subscribe now!)Elected officials react to the voice of those casting votes. Getting others to deliver your message can be an important strategy. Consider the following list of individuals and groups that legislators might listen to: library trustees, Friends, and patrons; financial donors and backers; electronic media and the press; colleagues and other office holders; community leaders; university deans, alumni, senior administration officers, and staff; family, personal friends; staff; voting blocs representing jobs and organized interests; coalitions of organizations; educational and cultural groups; and business groups, chambers of commerce. ====
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">//Library Advocacy: Influencing Decision Makers// **by the Illinois Library Association and the American Library Association.** ===
 * ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Seth Godin** The atomic method of creating a PowerPoint presentation ==

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Broaden Your Audience Using Web 2.0 Tools__ = > ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] == > ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] == > ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] == > ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] == > ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] == > Joyce Valenza on FlipGrid: @http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2013/10/12/lets-test-drive-flipgrid-please-share-your-own-elevator-speech/ > > == ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Voicethread - ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Animoto - ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jaycut - ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prezi - ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Slideshare - ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FlipGrid- http://flipgrid.com ==

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__**Visiblity & Invisibility - Useful Resources...What Message Are You Sending?**__ =
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Notes From The Bullet Train: Communication As Key To Administrative Support[] ====
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">LaRue, James. "The Visibility and Invisibility of Librarians ." Library Journal: Library News, Reviews and Views. November 15, 2010. []
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Loertscher, David, ed. "Advocacy and the Teacher Librarian." //Teacher Librarian// 36, no. 2 (December 2008). ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Johns, Sara Kelly. "What can Teacher-Librarians do to promote their Work and the School Library Media Program? Offensive Formula: P+M=A//." Teacher Librarian// Dec 2008: 30-31. [[file:P+M=A.pdf]] ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Kenney, Brian. "What Does Excellence Look Like?: A New Study shows the Role of School Libraries in Learning." @http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/printissue/currentissue/891938-427/what_does_excellence_look_like.html.csp ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Hartzell, Gary N. //Building Influence for the School Librarian: Tenets, Targets & Tactics,// 2nd ed. Worthington, OH: Linworth, 2003. ====
 * Johnson, Doug. "Who Doesn't Get It?" //Library Media Connection//. Oct 2011: 98. Abridged version located on the "Blue Skunk Blog" at <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]
 * Woolls, Blanche and David V. Loertscher. //The Whole School Library Handbook//, 2nd ed. Chicago IL: ALA Publications, 2013. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__**Advocacy Resources:**__ = > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Library Advocate’s Handbook (PDF) ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The YA Advocacy Action Plan Workbook (PDF) ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">School Library Systems Advocacy Toolkit ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">National Council for the Social Studies Toolkit ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">AASL School Library Program Health and Wellness Toolkit ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">AASL Crisis Toolkit ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|New York State School Library Media Program Rubric (SLMPE)] ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Knight Commission Report] (Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age) ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">School Libraries Count survey and previous years' reports ==== > ==== **Position paper from Ross Todd and Carol Gordon from CISSL.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> It cites five decades of research proving that school libraries help boost <span class="UIStory_Message" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">[|student achievement]: //School Libraries, Now More than Ever//. Download it from: @http://cissl.scils.rutgers.edu/index.html ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//**Instructional Classification Toolkit** to support the classification of SLMSs as educators.// ==== <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Horizon Report on K-12 Education** =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__MORE!__ = > Authors are natural allies of libraries. They are passionately speaking out on the importance of not only sustaining but increasing support for libraries. Spread the word; share these videos and messages with your friends, family, and those who can make a difference.
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Advocacy Toolkit ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**LEGISLATIVE ACTION CENTER- direct link to contact your Senator: []** ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Add It Up** Research and statistics to help advocates make the case for libraries at every stage of youth development and education. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Advocating in a Tough Economy Toolkit** includes talking points, outreach activities, checklists, and resources. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**School Library Funding Press Kit** includes links to Google Map of library cuts, current news/articles, tweets, etc., plus talking points to use. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**State of America's Libraries Report 2010:** School Libraries ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Value of Libraries. Includes links to articles, resources, and calculation tables.** ====
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Our Authors, Our Advocates:

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Evidence:__ = > ** View the findings from the NJASL-funded ** **CISS**L **Study of New Jersey School Libraries**
 * ==**Effective School Library Programs Positively Impact [|Student Achievement].**==
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Article from //School Library Journal// on Data Driven Library Programs: []
 * Tools for Real - Time A <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">ssessment of Library Skills "TRAILS" Test: [|http://www.trails-9.org]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Library Research Services: Research and statistics about school libraries including the state studies on school libraries.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Common Core and the School Library--NYC ** : "Common Core College and Career Readiness Skills Learned Through the School Library Instructional Program" [[file:Common Core College and Career Readiness SkillsHandout.docx]] **

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__ **Videos:** __ = =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Missing Librarians =

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__**Grants and Other Sources of Funding:**__ = > ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] === @http://www.loislenskicovey.org/6.html > @http://libraryschool.campusguides.com/aecontent.php?pid=244879&sid=2284972.
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Donors Choose.Org: ===
 * =Lois Lenski Covey Foundation for books:=
 * =From Deb Kachel's Mansfield LibGuide, her "Grants' link:=

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__**Usefu****l Websites:**__ = >
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">National School Boards Association - [] ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">American Association of School Administrators - [] ====
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">National PTA - []