The RSL Research Group has completed a three-year study of the contributions of community college libraries and librarians to student success in North Carolina.  The project web page is http://www.edgecombe.edu/librarians-and-student-success.  It includes links to the full study report, a four-page … Continue reading →

On March 29, 2017, The Chicago Tribune published a commentary by Sam Weller entitled Without School Librarians, We’re On a Dystopian Path.  On March 31, 2017, Stephen Krashen responded with a letter to the editor entitled Libraries and Librarians: What … Continue reading →

In response to President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget, cutting all funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and other cultural organizations (Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities), Margaret Willison presented an impassioned … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Marie L. Radford on the 2017 Libraries Unlimited (ABC-CLIO) publication of the sixth edition of their Research Methods in Library and Information Science. It is an honor to be cited in it four times: … Continue reading →

The ninth edition of the LJ Index of Public Library Service and its Star Library ratings is the November 2016 cover story of Library Journal.  This edition adds circulation of electronic materials (i.e., downloadable e-books, audio and video) to the … Continue reading →

In August 2016, the University of Delaware’s Institute of Public Administration–working with Bill Wilson of Himmel and Wilson Consulting–published the Delaware School Libraries Master Plan. Early in this document (pages 6-9), they refer frequently to three of our most recent … Continue reading →

Reading expert and scholar Stephen Krashen published a letter to the editor in Education Week, in which he cites the school library impact studies, including our work as well as his own work with colleagues.  Here is the full text … Continue reading →

Today, School Library Journal posted an article co-authored by Karen Gavigan and me.  Titled SC Study Shows Link Between School Librarians and Higher Test Scores, it is a short summary of the findings of the 2014 school library impact study … Continue reading →

  The eighth edition of the LJ Index of Public Library Service and its Star Library ratings is the November 2015 cover story of Library Journal.  While co-author Ray Lyons and I had hoped to add circulation of electronic materials … Continue reading →

Scholastic Library Publishing has just released the 2016 edition of School Libraries Work! A Compendium of Research Supporting the Effectiveness of School Libraries. Sign up here to receive a download of this new report. The first update of this valuable … Continue reading →