81. Afterschool Alliance the Comprehensive Tobacco Use Cessation in Health Care centers program. alaska SchoolAge Alliance Your state has assumed responsibility for administration of http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/states/states_facts.cfm?state_abbr=AK

82. LD Newsletter Jan/Feb 2001 Texas News - Texas State Library study will contribute to the body of research on the value of school library mediacenters. Previous studies performed in Colorado, alaska, and Pennsylvania by http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/newsletter/2001/mar01/txnews.html

Services to Librarians Resources for Librarians Library Developments Newsletter A bimonthly publication of the Library Development Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission Texas Libraries in the News Two McAllen Public Library Branches Open Mayor Leo Montalvo wields the scissors while city council members and dignitaries look on at the opening of the Palm View Community Center and Branch Library in McAllen. (photo courtesy of Gerard Mittlestadt, Director, McAllen Public Library) The McAllen Public Library opened two new branch libraries in January 2001. The openings marked the culmination of years of planning and dedication on the part of library staff and administration, city administration and advisory boards, and hundreds of people in the local community. Groups of local school children, the mayor and city council members, the superintendent of schools, a representative of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and a mariachi band were among those on hand to celebrate the libraries’ grand openings. The Palm View Community Center and Branch Library and the Lark Community Center and Branch Library each include 31,5000 total square feet (11,000 for the library and 20,500 for the community center). The community centers each include a gymnasium, an arts and crafts room, and an aerobics room. Each branch library includes a collection of more than 10,000 books and 12 Internet-ready computers. Photos of the facilities can be viewed at

83. I Library, WellManaged Library media Programs that Sitter, Information Empowered TheSchool Librarian as of Academic Achievement in alaska (alaska State Library http://www.unocoe.unomaha.edu/ghartzell/library/I_impactevidence.htm

I. Evidence That Quality School Library Media Programs Positively Affect Student Achievement The evidence that quality school library media programs positively affect student achievement has not just emerged in the past few years. In fact, we have research reports spanning more than five decades indicating the power of library media in student learning. The problem has been that school librarians, like most professionals, write for each other and are published in the journals that describe their own field. They similarly present to each other at conferences attended almost exclusively by participants drawn from their own ranks. The result of looking inward instead of sharing research results where they will be seen by the board members and administrators who could operationalize their findings has been to cover the light of library contribution. As LaVerne Ireland points out, The problem is not lack of proof of the need for inclusion of professional school library services in any effort to provide adequate education, but a pervasive lack of awareness of this proof. Neither teachers nor administrators nor board members read such research.

84. Learning Resources Programs http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~l388k1/modules/research.html

LIS 388K.1 Learning Resources Programs UT iSchool Class Home About this Course ... Help Research Introduction Required Readings Krashen, Stephen D. The Power of Reading: Insights from the Research. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1992. (On Two Hour Reserve at PCL: Z1003 K917 1992). Lance, Keith Curry, et al. "Impact of School Library Media Programs on Academic Achievement." Teacher Librarian , 29:3, February 2002. Canada: Mitchell Press. (This article contains more recent research and acts as a nice companion to the piece above.) White House Conference on School Libraries, http://www.imls.gov/pubs/whitehouse0602/ whitehouse.htm . (In particular, check out the speeches by Keith Curry Lance and Dr. Susan Neuman.) Library Research Service, http://www.lrs.org/ Texas School Libraries, TEA Web site, http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/libraries/index.html Additional Readings and Resources School Library Media Activities Monthly , XVIII:10, June 2002. (This article is a nice annotated bibliography of the recent research on school library media centers.)

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