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Collaborative work between school librarians and educators leads to effective school library programs and the best integration of 21st century skills. Although these partnerships can be welcome at the school level, they can be ignored on a national stage. Governments and national educational groups often develop curricula, standards, and programs and set spending priorities, without inviting school librarian collaborators to the table. A number of projects are currently underway in various parts of the world, including a push for national curricula in the U.S. and Australia.
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Invited Guest or Wedding Crasher?School Librarians’ Involvement
in National Initiatives
Dr. Nancy EverhartFlorida State University
Brisbane, Australia September 29, 2010
Florida State University
President, American Association of School Librarians
Diversity Challenge Resilience: School Libraries in Action
The 12th Biennial School Library Association of Queensland,
the 39th International Association of School Librarianship Annual Conference
incorporating the 14th International Forum on Research in School Librarianship,
Brisbane, QLD Australia, 27 September – 1 October 2010.
Brisbane, Australia September 29, 2010
filmcritic.com
National Initiatives
� Australia
� Hong Kong
� Botswana
� United States
� Germany
� Brazil
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� France
� Norway
Farmer, L.S. & Henri, J. (2008).
Information literacy assessment in K-12
settings. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
Hong Kong
� The Role of a Teacher-librarian in the New Senior
Secondary (NSS) Curriculum
– Promoting Extensive Reading to Support
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– Promoting Extensive Reading to Support
Teaching and Learning of Various Subjects
– Developing Information Skills to Create a
“Learning to Learn” Culture
United States
� Common Core
Standards
� National Educational
Technology Plan
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Technology Plan
� Equity and Excellence
Commission
Australia
� School libraries and teacher librarians in
Australian schools
� Australian national curriculum
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� Australian national curriculum
Similar themes and phrases
U.S. and Australia � Already doing this
� Building-level
leadership
All students
� Expands upon
� Higher-order skills
� Models
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� All students
� Social responsibility
� Reduces barriers
� Aligned, mapped
� Unique position
� Across the curriculum
� Inquiry-based
� Resources
� Differentiated
Norway
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Power Base of School Libraries
PowerPower
Legality LegitimacyLegality Legitimacy
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Legality LegitimacyLegality Legitimacy
Statutes, certification Learning, joyStatutes, certification Learning, joy
Lessons Learned: How College Students
Seek Information in the Digital Age
� Google!
� Research coaches
� Avoid interacting with librarians
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� Avoid interacting with librarians
� Become overwhelmed
(Head & Eisenberg, 2009)
Media coverage
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Local celebrities
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Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan
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What might work?
� Formal communication
� Comments and feedback
� Requests
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� Requests
� Guerilla advocacy
� Social media
� Walking the walk
Germany
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Programme for
International
Student
Assessment
(PISA)
2006
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OECD Programme for International
Student Assessment (PISA: 2006 data).
2006
Top performers
in science
The Future
� Brazil
� South Asia
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Thank you!
Contact
Nancy Everhart
Brisbane, Australia September 29, 2010
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