HIT: Reading/Library Statistics & Quotes

[Susan Payne <Payne@AHSD25.N-COOK.K12.IL.US>]

LM_NETers,

The actual address for the ABC News article on school libraries  is:
http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/dailynews/school_libraries000203.html  (T
hanks, Kim!)

 Howard Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education (Thanks, Cindy, Hilda
and Linda!) is the source for the following quote:
>>"What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks of
>>education."

(Thanks also to the many who pointed out the grammar mistake in the
original posting - it should be "its" not "it's")

Many requested HITS on all the information I had located.  As I am going
out of town for the rest of the week, I'm posting all I have found or been
sent so far.  If people have more tips, send them and I will gladly post
another HIT next week.

The http://www.lrs.org site is by far the best (Follow the links to Fast
Facts, then 1999, then #164 for a excellent summary of the recent Colorado,
Pennsylvania and Alaska studies - Thanks Sue)!  The lrs site also has other
documents for downloading - be sure to browse under School Library Media
Centers.

The a summary of the original Colorado study is available on the SLMR site
at http://www.ala.org/aasl/SLMR/slmr_resources/select_lance.html

The Keynote Address at the 1998 Summit on School Libraries given by Keith
Lance (author of the Colorado studies) is available at:
http://library.sos.state.il.us/news/sls/keith/html

An NYPost article on school libraries is available at
http://www.nypost.com/news/9166.htm

Many library quotes are available at
http://www.quotelady.com/subjects/libraries.html

I haven't located it YET, but someone also suggested that:
>>About 1 1/2 to 2 years ago, School Library Journal had an excellent article
>>about the correlation between great libraries and student achievement.
>>Hopefully you can use a magazine index to find it.


My favorite quote is in my email signature. Thanks for all the help and
good luck to everyone else who has to present to their Board of Education!

Susan

Susan Payne - LMS
Thomas Middle School, Arlington Heights, IL
Payne@ahsd25.n-cook.k12.il.us
"A love of reading is the greatest educational gift you can give a child -
better than a private-school education, better than a computer, better than
even a degree from Harvard.  A love of reading changes everything." --Mary
Leonhardt

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