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Advocacy & Support
Advocacy & Support
Libraries & Intellectual Freedom
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California Author and Illustrator Directory
Contains the contact information, publisher, and a short description of the kind of activities the author/illustrator will do in a school setting.
Intellectual Freedom Resources
A collection of documents in PDF format which can be used as guides when developing policies and procedures for selecting materials, responding to censorship challenges, dealing with pressure groups, and promoting access to all types of material and information for all school library users.
Standards for School Libraries
Developed by CSLA, it contains comprehensive guidelines and standards for strong school libraries, including resources, staffing, facilities, literacy skill levels, and models of excellence.
WASC/CDE Focus on Learning
Focus on Learning is a document for accreditation of high schools. This brochure is intended to guide library media teachers, administrators, and others to interpret, assess, and develop the library media program and to identifying Expected Schoolwide Learning Results (ESLRs). Its organizational design is focused in three types of groups or teams: Leadership Team, Focus Groups, and Home or Discipline/Stakeholder Groups.
The Paraprofessional in California Libraries
Print this brochure to hand to your site or district administrators, site councils and parent groups to help explain how a strong school library is staffed by a team of Library Media Teachers and paraprofessional clerical support. It is a free download in PDF format.
The Paraprofessional in California Libraries
Print this brochure to hand to your site or district administrators, site councils and parent groups to help explain how a strong school library is staffed by a team of Library Media Teachers and paraprofessional clerical support. It is a free download in PDF format.
CSLA Tool Kit for Advocacy and Action
Background
Q&A Brochure
PowerPoint Presentation for School Site Councils
Worksheet: Collecting Data for the School Library Plan
Template for the Single School Plan for Student Achievement
Curriculum
Using the Big6
Curriculum Tool Kit
WASC and PQR Documents
Ed Tech Resources
Peter Milbury's School Librarians Resource Links
California Guidelines for Technology Plans
Do You Know about the Digital California Project?
Information Technology Links
Student Media Festival Information
InfoPeople Training
CDE Resources
Online resources from the California Department of Education including the California School Directory, school library and education technology pages, and statistical information.
Research Links
California Educational Studies
National Educational Assessment Studies
Technology
Other State Educational Studies
Related Organizations
Other Professional Organizations
CSLA Research Update New
The CSLA Research Committee introduces its new Blog! This blog tracks research that can impact Library Media Teachers. Click here to visit the blog.
The CSLA 2.0 Team announces School Library Learning 2.0 Updated
For more information, click here.
School & Library Improvement Plan Tool Kit
School Libraries Do Make a Difference
Research Studies from 1993 to 2005 in Sixteen States | |
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| | ALA | Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q&A
URL: www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/basics/intellectual.cfm
| What is Intellectual Freedom? | Why is Intellectual Freedom Important? | What is Censorship? | How Does Censorship Happen? | Who Attempts Censorship? | What is the Relationship Between Censorship and Intellectual Freedom? | How Do Censors Justify Their Demands that Information Be Suppressed? | What Are the Most Frequently Censored Materials? | Aren't There Some Kinds of Expression that Really Should Be Censored? | What Is Obscenity? | What about Protecting Children from Pornography, Whether or Not It Is Legally Obscene? | How Do You Guide Children When You Can't Be with Them 24 Hours A Day? | Don't Librarians Censor Everything They Choose Not to Buy for the Library? | What If I Can't Find Something in My Library that Represents My Point of View? | If Materials are on a Library Shelf, Doesn't That Mean the Library Approves of Those Materials? | What Can I Do to Fight Censorship? |
ALA | Issues and Advocacy
URL: www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/issuesadvocacy.cfm
This brochure was created by the AASL Intellectual Freedom Committee in 2008 and is available for download, duplication, and distribution. It describes why intellectual freedom is important in a school library media program, the difference between selection and censorship, what to do before a challenge occurs, where to obtain assistance during a challenge, why schools filter and how it affects students intellectual freedom, and how the ALA Code of Ethics affects school library media specialists.
ALA | Office for Intellectual Freedom
URL: www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/index.cfm
Established December 1, 1967, the Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Association’s basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials.
Intellectual Freedom Resources
URL: www.csla.net/pub/freedom.htm
The CSLA Intellectual Freedom Resource Page has been prepared to assist librarians and other school personnel in dealing with intellectual freedom issues at their school sites. It is a collection of documents, which can be used as guides when developing policies and procedures for selecting materials, responding to censorship challenges, dealing with pressure groups, and promoting access to all types of material and information for all school library users. Many of the sample documents are presented in PDF format. They may be saved and edited as needed when preparing your own documents.
Anti-Censorship Center
URL: www.ncte.org/action/anti-censorship
NCTE offers advice, helpful documents, and other support at no cost to teachers faced with challenges to literary works, films and videos, drama productions, or teaching methods. NCTE’s Anti-Censorship efforts are currently only funded to provide a public service to members and nonmembers when they are facing challenges to literary works, films, and videos.
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