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The article "Building Relationships: The Foundation of School Librarianship" emphasizes the importance of building relationships in the field of school librarianship. The author acknowledges the challenges faced by school librarians, such as the global pandemic and misinformation, and highlights the need to connect with learners, communities, and colleagues. The article provides advice on how to build relationships, including starting small, being patient, and celebrating positive growth. The author also encourages library patrons to engage with the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) to further develop their connections and gain knowledge in various areas, including relationship building. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the art which has two parts, the strategy and knowledge of the book, and it does not have to be direct knowledge. It discusses that reality is a reminder that every school library should have a certified school librarian on site to curate the collections and talk books; and mentions that creating a variety of approaches to talking about individual or a group of books is like having multiple tools in a toolbox.

The article discusses school library collections and collection development. It presents the author's views on what she has learned and ways she has applied this to her school library to create more equitable experiences for her students, staff, and community and how she gets her collections to be more diverse.

The article focuses on March 2020 has kicked off a period of unprecedented change and new experiences for all of us, but for one group of school librarians, the months to follow would be incredibly unique. Topics include the imagine is embarking on an exciting job as a school librarian and beginning this journey between March 2020-March 2021 and the elementary school librarians share their experiences as brand-new school librarians at the exact moment in time when the school library profession.

An introduction is presented in which the author discusses the various topics within the issue like the lack of diversity in school librarianship, the need to empower students to become active and engaged citizens, and lessons to promote civic engagement among students.

The article discusses the impact of the 2018 National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries on library practice. Topics covered include a set of professional dispositions that the school librarian can embody, and the need for school librarians to engage the skills of both educator and information professional in performing their duties.

The authors share their ideas for developing activities related to the Explore Shared Foundation. Topics covered include the ways that school librarians can help learners develop through experience and reflection, strategies to stimulate learners to construct new knowledge, and activities that can help school librarians foster learners' personal curiosity.

The article highlights experience of Karla B. Collins and Jen R. Spisak in school library profession. Topics discussed include challenges and pleasures experienced in professional life, transition from Pre-K–12 schools to higher education, and importance of creating a new professional network as higher education faculty, library educator. It also mentions school librarianship program to support students career.

The article offers information on the how to start with the big picture, a mission and vision, and end up with a task list for a typical day. It discusses that understanding the difference between leadership and management is essential for organizing and sometimes delegating the tasks associated with the many roles school librarians fulfill—even within own libraries, wear so many hats.

The article offers information on the maneuvering within older libraries spaces and around the obstacles they contain can be difficult, and when a school librarian wants to implement a makerspace their library's layout and furnishings can add another level of challenge. It discusses that getting feedback from librarian and educator networks about what works well in their libraries, classrooms, and maker learning areas.

The article discusses the 2015 revised edition of the "IFLA School Library (SL) Guidelines" from the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) that offer universal principles and highlight current research, practice, and conditions of school librarianship. The elements of a SL that are emphasized in the guidelines include the definition of a SL, the education of a school librarian, and the leadership aspect of his or her role.

The author reflects on the benefits of practical experience as a school librarian. Topics discussed include his efforts as a graduate student to mitigate the first-day terror of school librarianship, his experiences that both shaped his beliefs and illuminated realities about libraries and the services they provide, and his advice to library science students, full-time teachers, library science professors and practicing school librarian.

The article examines the school librarians' use of the three-dimensions of evidence-based practice (EBP) advanced by Ross J. Todd, associate professor in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. Topics discussed include the need for research on EBP, the consequences of applying EBP to student learning in the context of school librarian retention, and the support given by library and information science (LIS) to the school librarians' application of EBP.

The author describes a framework for applying evidence-based practice (EBP) to school librarianship. Topics discussed include the role of school librarians as transformation agents who collect evidence from their everyday work, the impact of school library programs on student learning, and the integration of evidence for practice, evidence in practice and evidence of practice in library science.

The article discusses various aspects of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system of classifying library books in 2013. Background is presented on some librarians' desire to stop using DDC and adopt a genre-based system of classification. It says librarians can use the DDC to deal with problems and issues related to library book classification. It highlights the benefits of using captions and relative index terms and semantic relationships in DDC.

The article discusses how the author used a genre-based system of classification to organize her school library's collection of fiction books. The author describes the problems and limitations of the school library's previous computer-based classification and organization system including students' frustration when they could not immediately find books they needed. The steps taken by the author in reorganizing the library collections are discussed including the creation of new categories.

The article discusses the core competences of librarianship by the American Library Association (ALA) and its connection to the school librarians bill of responsibilities. It states that the former encompasses the basic knowledge expected to all professionals regardless of their specializations while the latter frames the position statements and standards in the activities of librarians. It also highlights the relevance of school libraries in the development of student's intellectual capacities.

The author reflects on the need for library media specialists to promote the importance of proper punctuation to student success of school library media programs in the U.S. She suggests that library media specialists must take time and effort to enlist the support of their stakeholders. She recommends that media specialists must promote the essential role of a library program, lead the movement to gain supporters, and refuse to give up advocating for the library or student success connection.

The article provides information on the annual reports of librarians to the principal. It cites that annual reports are important to determine the success of library programs and they also provide key improvements through the problems identified in the programs. The list of the contents of the annual report is presented and ways towards effective annual report are provided.

The article reports on the impact of evidence-based practice (EBP) on school librarianship. It cites that EBP is widely used among professionals in various fields and that the concept of EBP first occurred in 1990s in Great Britain in medicine and health care services. The Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education has adopted the concept of EBP. The article provides information on the appraisal of EBP in school librarianship and its outcome.

The article discusses the importance of the new curriculum-enhanced (CE) cataloging called Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) in school libraries. FRBR has three groups including bibliographic relationships, cataloging terms and user tasks which are needed to organize related materials. Moreover, it offers an organized perception of cataloging with an easy-to-understand vocabulary in determining library materials.

The article discusses how school administrators become library media advocates. It cites that principals who understand and value the library are more likely to be library advocates. It also suggests that practicing administrators should have information on library impact before they become education professors. Moreover, it is noted that administrators, who were once librarians, are more effective than most administrators in evaluating library programs and librarians.

The article discusses the role of school librarians as advocates. It offers character traits for librarians to become successful library advocates who validate, anticipate, lead, understand, and educate. Moreover, it suggests that advocacy is a developed skill, and the learning experiences of advocates in professional organizations help them master those five character traits.

The article discusses the worldview of teacher-librarians in the U.S. It cites that the responsibility of teacher-librarians is to serve as advocates for young people who support for their access to ideas and information. Moreover, it is stated that it is important to keep teacher-librarian positions in schools because they have an integral role in student learning and achievement.

The inaugural article of what is to be an on-going column about Curriculum-Enhanced MARC (CE-MARC) is presented. CE-MARC provides information on curriculum-enhanced (CE) cataloging and it is used daily in K-12 standards-based classrooms. Libraries have always created itemized, classified lists of materials used in the library; the new challenge is to include key education-specific elements to the cataloging process. Some of these new CE-MARC field tags are included in the article.

The article presents the author's views on the journal "Knowledge Quest." The journal is devoted to offering substantive information to assist building-level library media specialists, supervisors, library educators, and other decision makers concerned with the development of school library media programs and services. The topics discussed in the journal address the integration of theory and practice in school librarianship and new developments in education, learning theory, and relevant disciplines. The articles in the journal have steadily increased and now represent 50 to 60 percent of the publication. INSET: Focus Questions for the 2005-2006 Cycle..

Provides information on the author's use of the I-Search, a less traditional approach to the research paper, in making I-piphany which focused on elementary librarianship. Parts of the I-Search paper; Requirement of immersion in a unit of learning theory; Opportunity for students to think about their own thinking; Need for graduate-level papers to be written from the third-person formal point of view; Development of information literate students who understand the research process.

The article discusses various aspects of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system of classifying library books in 2013. It highlights the book "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by the author including a scenario highlighting how a hologram of a Bengal tiger should be classified. It describes how the DDC was created by librarian and educator Melvil Dewey. The importance of the DDC system in library management and classification of books is discussed.

The article discusses developments related to library science and management and the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) in 2013. It cites the call of some librarians for the elimination of the Dewey Decimal Classification system as a means of classifying and organizing library books. The author discusses most librarians' passion for freedom to read as a part of a free society. The traditions and changes in the library organization are also discussed.

The article discusses the application of just-in-time philosophy in school libraries to fulfill the role of school librarians as program administrators. The author explains that just-in-time librarianship requires librarians to provide resources the patrons deserve at their individual points of need. Moreover, by embracing this philosophy, librarians are given the chance to ensure that students acquire the resources and materials they need in accessible formats.

The article discusses the role and value of librarians. It states that in order to achieve effective advocacy, one should integrate the planning, teaching, and assessing of information skills in every subject area. Moreover, one should sustain a participatory culture and innovation to boost the authority and credibility of the librarian profession.

Discusses the issue of information literary in school library media programs in the United States. Impact of information literacy and teacher collaboration on student search habits; Criticism of information literacy; Reason why information literacy is actually harmful.

Discusses the issue of evidence-based practice in school library media programs in the United States. Correlation between how frequently the teacher librarian communicates with the administrator about the budget and the library's budget allocation; Frequency and types of information literacy instruction; Resources and activities in support of reading and literature.

Discusses the issue of reading promotion and storytelling in school library media programs in the United States. Increase in confidence, pride, reading fluency and respect for others; Need to find fun stories with many character roles; Role of storytelling and puppetry in stimulating a greater interest in reading particular books or in creative writing.

The article presents information on several books that are part of library science courses. "Build Your Own Information Literate School," by Carol Koechlin and Sandi Zwaan, offers a remarkable approach to teaching information literacy across grade levels and disciplines. The user looks for an appropriate skill, such as analysis or synthesis, and is presented with suggestions for teaching novices, apprentices, and info stars. "The Strangest Dinosaur That Never Was," by Marilyn Arnone is Libraries Unlimited's first collaborative planning pack teaches Web site evaluation to primary-age children using a narrative with engaging characters. Each pack contains one cloth and one paper copy of the storybook and an educator's guide to facilitate collaborative planning.

Evaluates primary sources on the Internet. Availability of digital archival resources through the Internet; Reproductions of primary resources contained in digital library collections; America's Story From America's Library; Electronic Texts and Primary Sources; National Archives and Records Administration Digital Classroom.

Discusses the significance of the National Board Certification for library media in the United States. Inclusion of the certified candidates to the professional community of National Board Certified Teachers; Lessons learned from the electronic discussion list of library media certification candidates; Perspectives of Paula Galland, retired Brunswick, Georgia High School library media specialist, on the Standards Committee of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards.

The author discusses the importance of playbooks in achieving goals. He cites the creation of the "National School Library Standards" by an editorial board of several members of the American Association of School Librarians for school librarianship. He also acknowledges the important contributions of several members to the creation of the standards, including Susan Ballard, Marcia Mardis, and Elizabeth Burns.

The article explores the aspects of an effective school library program listed by the nonprofit organization American Association of School Librarians (AASL) on services of personalized learning environments and offer of equitable access to online resources. These fundamental aspects of an effective school library program includes the recruitment of state-certified school librarians, support funding for digital, participatory and inquiry learning and use of digital and print materials.

The author discusses the new policies and programs which would be implemented in U.S. schools and libraries this year(2014) and the changes in the core values of school librarianship. Earlier in libraries, there would be Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, but now they maintain databases, so that students could easily search and access. There would not be any out dated books, as its' up-to-date version would be available in the websites. Reading would help students become better citizens.

The article offers information concerning the aspect of the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) School Library Program Health and Wellness Toolkit, which helps in identifying community supporters and crafting community messages in the U.S. It relates that the toolkit provides resources to build stakeholder support and advocacy. Moreover, it highlights guidelines included in the toolkit in setting goals and objectives for the library media program.

The article discusses the resolution process of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) which support school and community libraries. English teachers have advocated legislators and school officials to provide funding for credentialed librarians in elementary and secondary schools and to increase funding for books and online resources. It is stated that the NCTE Resolutions Committee would welcome school librarians to submit a resolution in any school librarianship aspects.

Discusses the impact of technology on school library media programs in the United States. Use of information filters; Kind of access to information; School districts' lack of money to purchase the newest equipment to support the newest technology.

Discusses ethical issue in school library media programs in the United States. Need to respects the principles of intellectual freedom; Issues of privacy; Importance of information to a democratic society.

Discusses the issue of leadership in school library media programs in the United States. Role of library leaders in the professional learning community; Characteristics of a good leader; Need to develop a responsible and self-sufficient citizenry who possess the self-esteem, initiative, skills and knowledge to continue to learn throughout life.

Discusses the issue of reading strategies in the school library media programs in the United States. Role of the library media specialist in reading; Rationale for the creation of keymasters in the library profession; Importance of library media center collection to support literacy.

This article focuses on the works of P. Craig Russell. P. Craig Russell is a master fantasist, and his works are an important addition to any library's graphic novel collection. His work crosses a variety of genres and has something to offer readers both young and old. His "Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde," and "Jungle Book Stories," are excellent choices for readers of all ages and elementary library collections in particular. The masterful P. Craig Russell's drawings and use of color have earned him a reputation as an "artist's artist."

Provides answers to questions about the Cataloging in Publication (CIP) data from the Library of Congress (LC) which is an important cataloging tool for library media specialists. Items that are ineligible for CIP; Reason for the difference in the title of the CIP and the title on the book's title page; Questions about standards of reading levels to be considered by LC; Reason why the Dewey Decimal number is incorrect on some CIP.