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The Teaching Librarian Volume 10, no. 3 11 SCHOOL LIBRARY RESEARCH: STUDIES AND RESOURCES The Ontario School Library Association Check out the Links section. www.accessola.com/osla The Ontario Library Association Check out The Issues - School Libraries. See espe- cially School Libraries in Ontario. Facts, Links and References, which takes you to the School Libraries Toolkit. This toolkit contains a wealth of links to every- thing from articles about the crisis in Ontario's school libraries to Lance's research studies. www.accessola.com SLiP, School Library Information Portal: The Canadian connection to School Library documents Check out SLiP's Research section for links to interest- ing Canadian documents. slip.cla.ca/research.htm American Association of School Librarians Check out the links to studies and articles in the "Student Achievement" section of the "Issues and Advocacy" page. If you're interested in build- ing a professional collection on the topic of libraries and student achievement, go to the "Professional Tools" page of the AASL site, scroll down to "AASL Resource Guides for School Library Media Program Development" and select the "Student Achievement" guide. http://www.ala.org/aaslhome Template.cfm P r o fe s s io n a l c o n n e c t io n s T L TThhee EEvviiddeennccee ffoorr SScchhooooll LLiibbrraarriieess LMC Source Check out the "School Library Media Programs and Academic Achievement: a Bibliography and Availability List", which goes well beyond the Colorado studies, as well as the "Book Extensions" for Powering Achievement (avail- able for both editions, includ- ing the actual PowerPoint slides used in the book). www.lmcsource.com/tech/ reviews.html International Association of School Librarianship The IASL site is always worth checking, no matter what it is you're looking for. The "Research in School Librarianship", "School Library Resources on the Internet", and "School Librarianship Documents" sections will be of particular interest. www.iasl-slo.org Library Research Service Keith Curry Lance is the Director of Library Research Service, so it should come as no surprise that the LRS site is an excellent starting point for anyone looking for the state studies on the impact of school libraries. This URL will take you directly to the School Library section of the LRS site. Check out both "Impact Studies" and "Research Projects". http://www.lrs.org/School_lib. html There's an incredibleamount of schoollibrary research. And all of the research on the impact of school libraries on student achievement con- cludes that school libraries do, in fact, have a positive impact on student achieve- ment and learning. We know this. The research proves it. It's our job to make sure this research comes to the atten- tion of educators, administra- tors, politicians, civil servants, parents, and stu- dents. We must make it clear that our advocacy is focused on the needs of our students and this research is helping us do that. Our students need and deserve good school libraries and they need and deserve to have us work to make those school libraries a reality. z