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The goal of a school library or media center is to ensure that all members of the school community have equitable access "to books and reading, to information, and to information technology". [1] A school library or media center "uses all types of media . . . is automated, and utilizes the Internet [as well as books] for information gathering." [2]
The American School Library was a set of books published by Harper & Brothers in 1838 and 1839 on behalf of the American Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. [1] The Society was incorporated in the State of New York on May 16, 1837 at the urging of the Reverend Gorham D. Abbott . [ 2 ]
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is a division of the American Library Association (ALA) [1] that has more than 7,000 members and serves primary school and secondary school librarians in the U.S., Canada, and even internationally. Prior to being established in 1951, school librarians were served by the School Library Section ...
R.R. Bowker sold SLJ and Library Journal in 1985 to Reed International (later merged into Reed Elsevier). In 2006 School Library Journal had a circulation of 38,000 subscribers and more than 100,000 readers. [citation needed] Reed sold the two journals in 2010 to Media Source Inc., owner of the Junior Library Guild and The Horn Book Magazine. [1]
He identifies how such existing sites as "Kathy Scrhock's Guide for educators", [2] the Springfield Township High School Virtual Library, [3] and the Wissahickon High School Virtual Library [4] which have been modeled to create PreK-12 virtual school libraries such as the Florida Virtual School Virtual Library.
In May 2007 the SLA launched a project in which it acted as facilitator for a Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) initiative called Boys into Books 11–14, delivering 20 free books to all qualifying state schools in England [5] with an accompanying reading guide. [6]
A teacher-librarian, also known as a school librarian or school library media specialist (SLMS) is a certified librarian who also has training in teaching.. According to the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), the official title for a certified librarian who works in a school in the United States is school librarian.
Library instruction began in the nineteenth century in the United States. [2] In 1880, Justin Winsor, president of the American Library Association (ALA), redefined the role of the librarian as also a teacher. [3] In a 1912 ALA survey, 57% of respondents offered required or elective library instruction courses. [4]