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Research

School Library Impact Studies (Includes links to major state studies by Lance and Todd/Kuhlthau) http://www.lrs.org/impact.asp

School Library Media Centers: Selected Results From the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005302

CISSL: Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries http://cissl.scils.rutgers.edu/

CISSL: Research Reports http://cissl.scils.rutgers.edu/Resources/resources.htm

Presentations

If a Tree Falls: Joyce Valenza's presentation on proving your library's impact http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/treefalls.ppt

Doug Johnson's Presentations and Workshops (includes Doug's wonderfully useful handouts!)

http://www.doug-johnson.com/pres.html#Librarian

About Evidence-Based Practice

Annette Lamb. Evidence-based Programs and Practice http://eduscapes.com/info/achievement.html

Links to articles and other publications

Articles by Doug Johnson (including Becoming Indispensable)

http://www.doug-johnson.com/articles.html

This Man Wants to Change Your Job (Mike Eisenberg and Danielle H. Miller, School Library Journal)

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA240047

10 Reasons to Hug Your School Librarian, Classroom Connect, May 2004 (Valenza)http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/hug.pdf

School Librarians: A Field Guide to an Evolving Species--Cover Classroom Connect April, 2002 (Valenza)http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/connectednewsletter/librarians.jhtml

Save the School Librarian (Library Video Company--Liz Shemeley) http://www.libraryvideo.com/articles/article17.asp

Strategies: Local

Strategies: State and National

AASL Advocacy Toolkit http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/toolkits/aasladvocacy.htm

AASL: Issues and Advocacy http://www.ala.org/aasltemplate.cfm?Section=aaslissues

Colorado Library Consortium Advocacy Toolkit http://www.clicweb.org/Advocacy.html