SELECTED RESOURCES

Leverage Your Library Program: Collaborate!

Virginia Department of Education Technology Leadership Conference

December 2003

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Baughman, James C. School Libraries and MCAS Scores: A Paper Presented at a Symposium sponsored by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts. 26 October 2000. 15 May 2002 <http://web.simmons.edu/~baughman/mcas-school-libraries/>.

Burgin, Robert and Pauletta Brown Bracy. An Essential Connection: How Quality School Library Media Programs Improve Student Achievement in North Carolina. June 2003. 24 September 2003 < >.

Buzzeo, Toni. (2002) Collaborating to Meet Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for K-6. Worthington, OH: Linworth.

Buzzeo, Toni. (2002) Collaborating to Meet Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for 7-12. Worthington, OH: Linworth.

Church, Audrey P. (2003) Leverage Your Library Program to Help Raise Test Scores: A Guide for Library Media Specialists, Principals, Teachers, and Parents. Worthington, OH: Linworth.

Hughes-Hassell, Sandra and Anne Wheelock, ed. (2001) The Information-Powered School. Chicago: American Library Association.

Kearney, Carol A. (2000) Curriculum Partner: Redefining the Role of the Library Media Specialist. Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Lance, Keith Curry and David V. Loertscher. (2001) Powering Achievement: School Library Media Programs Make a Difference: The Evidence. San Jose, CA: HiWillow.

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Lance, Keith Curry et al. (2000) How School Librarians Help Kids Achieve Standards: The Second Colorado Study. San Jose, CA: HiWillow.

Lance, Keith Curry et al. (2003) How School Librarians Improve Outcomes for Children: The New Mexico Study. San Jose, CA: HiWillow.

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Lange, Bonnie, Nancy Magee, and Steven Montgomery. (2003, June) Does Collaboration Boost Student Learning? School Library Journal/Learning Quarterly 49:6, supp. 4-5.

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Loertscher, David V. (1999) Reinvent Your School's Library in the Age of Technology : A Guide for Principals and Superintendents. Castle Rock, CO: HiWillow.

Loertscher, David V. and Douglas Achterman. (2002) Increasing Academic Achievement Through the Library Media Center: A Guide for Teachers. Castle Rock, CO: HiWillow.

Loertscher, David V. with Ross J. Todd. (2003) We Boost Achievement! Evidence-Based Practice for School Library Media Specialists. Castle Rock, CO: HiWillow.

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Rodney, Marcia J. etal. (2002) Make the Connection: Quality School Library Media Programs Impact Academic Achievement in Iowa. Bettendorf, IA: Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency.

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Audrey Church coordinates the School Library Media Graduate Program at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. A building-level library media specialist for twenty years, Audrey is past president of VEMA, the Virginia Educational Media Association, and a frequent presenter at regional, state, and national conferences. Her book, Leverage Your Library Program to Help Raise Test Scores: A Guide for Library Media Specialists, Principals, Teachers and Parents was published by Linworth in early 2003.

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