The Editor and Editorial Board highlight some of the best research and research-based publications available to the school library media community.
2006 Interview with Ester G. Smith
Ester G. Smith Responds to questions posed by former SLMR Editor Daniel Callison regarding fr two major state studies on the impact of school library media programs, for which she was the principal investigator. She elaborates on revisions of instruments used in other studies, the value of case study method, and what still needs to be investigated in future studies concerning the impact of school library media programs on student learning.
2005 Interview with Keith Curry Lance
Keith Curry Lance responds to questions posed by Daniel Callison, former editor of SLMR. Issues discussed include the need for more rigorous research methods beyond the limitations of correlation studies, and concerns that measures of current school media program impact have been limited to standardized test scores only. Such limited scope does not provide the research needed to test improvement of school library media programs that may address more fully the needs of learners and teachers, especially in collaboration with other academic disciplines.
This feature provides online access to full-text manuscripts from previous articles published in School Library Media Quarterly, Knowledge Quest, or School Library Media Research that are cited in the AASL national guidelines for school library media programs.
This feature is a summary of selected documents from the ERIC Clearinghouse relevant to issues in school library media management and instruction. The abstracts highlight documents written by practitioners and researchers.
A collection of links to Web sites that contain relevant research reports and other documents that may help practicing school library media specialists and researchers in the school media field.
A future feature that will provide abstracts of selected dissertations relevant to the school library media field. Dissertations will be selected based on quality of research method, relevance of questions addressed, and usefulness of conclusions reached. Dissertations may come from any field of study including management, education, psychology, instructional systems, reading education, as well as library and information science. The purpose is to provide guidance to examples of quality research and to model studies that future researchers may wish to follow.
Hosts Laura Bush and Dr. Robert Martin, a career librarian and Director of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, were joined by education, library, government, and philanthropic leaders from across the country to discuss the latest research on libraries, student achievement, and successful local programs.