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National Standards

The 2017 AASL School Library Standards - The new standards have now been published, and they may be purchased at the ALA store. They are expensive.
Standards AASL - These are announcements of various standards related materials from AASL.
Standards Crosswalked by AASL Standards - AASL standards crosswalked with the Future Ready Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the ISTE Standards.
IFLA School Library Guidelines - Second edition
The Common Core Standards
Understanding the Common Core State Standards - This is help in understanding the standards from EduTopia.
AASL Action Brief on Common Core - The AASL has released an action brief to help school librarians support Common Core state Standards implementation Nov., 2013.
The Common Core Toolkit: September, 2013 - a collection of very helpful links on many aspects of the Common Core by Margaux DelGuidice and Rose Luna in Publishers Weekly, Sept., 2013.
What is STEAM - Standards for science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.
Library Privacy Guidelines for Students in K - 12 Schools - From the American Library Association. April, 2016.
Competencies for Librarians Serving Children in Public Libraries - by the Association for Library Service for Children, 2015
Teen Services Competencies for Library Staff - This set of competencies has been developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).
AASL Definition of an Effective School Library Program - June 25, 2016
AASL Position Statement on the Instructional Role of the School Librarian - July 25, 2016.

State and Province Standards

Alabama's School Library Media Plan for the 21st Century Learner - 2008. This is a pdf document.
K - 12 Library Media Curriculum - 2013. Arkansas Department of Education.
The Model School Library Standards for California - 2010.
Colorado's Highly Effective School Library Programs- The Colorado State Library.
Information and Technology Literacy Framework - The Connecticut State Department of Education. 2006.
Florida Library Media Standards
Florida's Library Research Model, FINDS
Illinois Standards Aligned Instruction for Libraries (I-SAIL) - From the Illinois School Library Media Association. 2016.
The 21st Century Teacher Librarian - From the Iowa Department of Eduction.
Kansas Curricular Content Standards for Library/Information Technology - 2016
Beyond Proficiency @ Your Library - By the Kentucky Department of Education, 2010.
Guidelines for Library Media Programs in Louisiana Schools - October, 2017
Maine School Library Handbook
Standards for School Library Media Programs - Maryland State Department of Education, 2000.
Massachusetts School Library Media Program Standards and Rubrics
Measurement Benchmarks for Michigan School Library Media Programs - 2013.
Mississippi School Library Guide
Missouri Standards for School Librarians - April, 2012.
Montana Library/Media Content Standards - 2008
Standards for New Mexico School Libraries - 2004. This is in pdf format.
The Empire State Information Fluency Continuum - From the New York City Schools.
North Dakota Library and Technology Content Standards - 2012.
Ohio Guidelines for Effective Library Media Programs
Oregon School Library Standards - January 22, 2015.
Model Curriculum for Pennsylvania School Library Programs
Building Information Literacy - Prince Edward Island Department of Education.
Achieving Exemplary Libraries - South Carolina
Texas School Library Standards and Guidelines - 2017
Library Media Standards and Core Curriculum - State of Utah.
Library and Media Services Virginia Department of Education
Teacher-Librarian Standards - State of Washington.
Library Media Content Standards and Objectives - State of West Virginia. 2006
Wisconsin Standards for Information and Technology Literacy - State of Wisconsin, 2017.
A History of School Library Standards - By Caywood Cornelius

School District Standards and Curricula

School Library Media Curriculum - Grades 6 - 8. Harford County MD Public Schools, 2010.
Library Media Learning Expectations - Cambridge, MA, Public Schools.
Information and Technology Literacy Standards - Minneapolis, MN Public Schools. This is in pdf format
The Empire State Information Fluency Continuum - From the New York City Schools.
Library Standards - North Allegheny School District, Pittsburgh, PA.

Information Literacy Websites and Research

What is Information Literacy - From the Courtright Memorial Library.
Assessments of Information Literacy - a list of links to assessment sites by Jon Mueller.
7 Resources for Much Needed Information Literacy Skills - from eSchool News April, 2017
Where do Schools Fit in Information Literacy - This site is from the Information Literacy Group. Take a look at the sheets at the Resource Sheets. These may be downloaded for your use.
Five Essential Steps to Teach Information Literacy in Middle School - by Chris Zook, April 5, 2018.
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education - Information literacy standards for college students by ACRL, 2016.
How Today's College Students Use Wikipedia for Course Related Research - A study by Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg, March, 2010. "Wikipedia meets the needs of college students because it offers a mixture of coverage, currency, convenience, and comprehensibility in a world where credibility is less of a given or an expectation from today’s students".
The Information Literacy Movement of the School Library Media Field: A preliminary survey of the research - By David V. Loertscher and Blanche Woolls, 1997. An extensive look at the history, research and practise of information literacy in school libraries since the 1980's.

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