AASL Resource Guides for School Library Media Program Development
Flexible Scheduling
 AASL Position Statement on Flexible Scheduling
"Executive Summary: Findings from the Evaluation of the National Library Power Program" See "Flexible Scheduling," pages 10-11.
Flexible Access Library Media Programs Bibliography
Compiled by Donna Shannon of the University of South Carolina College Library and Information Science; revised March 3, 2004.
Logan, Debra Kay. Resources for Developing a Collaborative Integrated Instructional Program .
Bibliographies developed for the presentation "Flexible Scheduling, Collaborative & Integrated Instruction" (aka "Flexible Scheduling as a Subversive Activity"):
Joy McGregor, Ph.D. Flexible Scheduling: Implementing an Innovation. School Library Media Research, Vol. 9, April 2006 NEW!
Public Education Network and American Association of School Librarians. The Information-Powered School. Edited by Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Anne Wheelock. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001. ISBN 0-8389-3514-1
Contains more than 40 templates and model forms, all tested in actual Library Power sites. Outlines a specific plan for school library media specialists and teachers to share the responsibilities of planning, teaching, and assessing student learning and offering a truly coherent curriculum. Includes tips from experienced practitioners on gathering the support of teachers and principals, on managing new roles and responsibilities, and on leading the charge to integrate information literacy and technology into curricula. See chapter 8, "Flexible Access: Essential to Active Learning." Available from the ALA Online Store at http://www.alastore.ala.org/aasl or call 866-SHOP ALA (866-746-7252).
Putnam, Eleonor. "The Instructional Consultant Role of the Elementary School Library Media Specialist and the Effects of Program Scheduling on its Practice." School Library Media Quarterly 25, no. 1 (Fall 1996): 43-49.
Originally published in School Library Media Quarterly, the article has been reprinted online in School Library Media Research.
Shannon, Donna M. "Tracking the Transition to a Flexible Access Library Program in Two Library Power Elementary Schools (in central Kentucky)." School Library Media Quarterly 24, no. 3 (Spring 1996): 155, 158-163.
Although education reform and restructuring efforts make flexible access library programs more important than ever, fixed schedule library programs remain the norm in elementary schools. This study describes how participants interpret the process of implementing flexible access library programs in elementary school settings and how these programs evolve over time. Originally published in School Library Media Quarterly, the article has been reprinted online in School Library Media Research.
Van Deusen, Jean Donham, and Julie I. Tallman. "The Impact of Scheduling on Curriculum Consultation and Information Skills Instruction, Part I." School Library Media Quarterly 23, no. 1 (Fall 1994): 17-25.
This first part of the 1993-94 AASL/Highsmith Research Award study focusing on the consultation and teaching roles of library media specialists examines relationships between the methods of scheduling students into the library media center and the consultation activity and information skills instruction performed by library media specialists. Originally published in School Library Media Quarterly, the article has been reprinted online in School Library Media Research.
Zweizig, Douglas L., and others. Lessons from Library Power: Enriching Teaching and Learning. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1999. ISBN 1-56308-833-9
Offers practical ideas from Library Power, including flexible scheduling. Compiles research findings of the project as documented in surveys of library media specialists, principals, and teachers and through direct observation in case studies across the United States.
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