If you’re participating in the Library 2.014 conference, don’t miss this session to be presented by David V. Loertscher and Carol Koechlin. The session description from the Library 2.0 website follows: For many years researchers like Keith Curry Lance and … Continue reading
The Colorado State Library is the lead sponsor of an exciting event coming up next summer: the Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL). Mark your calendar for July 27-30, 2015, and plan on several days of thought-provoking, skill-building, … Continue reading
It’s that time of year again: following the annual release of new national public library data by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), work has begun on the annual America’s Star Libraries/Library Journal Index of Public Library Service … Continue reading
The State Library of North Carolina has funded a study of the impact of community college libraries and librarians and student success. The first SLNC grant of Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds covers the first year of the … Continue reading
In the June 1, 2014, Washington Post Magazine, there’s an infographic based on data from the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service/Star Libraries project. Its URL is: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/2014/05/22/1f619b80-e200-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_graphic.html. Thanks to Kathleen Reif, Director, St Mary’s County Library (Leonardtown, MD) for … Continue reading
In October 2013, the Robert Gordon University team of Dorothy Williams, Caroline Wavell, and Katie Morrison published their latest review of school library impact studies, Impact of School Libraries on Learning. In the February 2014 issue of Teacher Librarian, there … Continue reading
According to Swampscott Patch, middle and high schools in that Massachusetts community are having recently cut librarian positions restored. The multi-year plan will restore librarian positions at middle and high school levels first, then restore elementary librarian positions that were cut … Continue reading
In the November issue of the South Carolina Association of School Librarians newsletter, Media Center Messenger, one of the cover stories is the announcement that they have contracted with my RSL Research Group colleagues and me to conduct the next … Continue reading
If you will be attending the American Association of School Librarians national conference in Hartford, CT, on November 15, don’t miss the 3.15pm session on Limitless Libraries, the subject of this year’s impact study by the RSL Research Group. Stephanie … Continue reading
Today–November 1, 2013–two articles were posted on the Library Journal website regarding this year’s edition of the LJ Index of Public Library Service and its Star Library ratings. The main annual article appears at: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/11/managing-libraries/lj-index/class-of-2013/americas-star-libraries-2013-top-rated-libraries/. A companion article proposing two new … Continue reading