The 2006-07 School Library Survey is now open. If you are a school librarian, you can fill it out at http://www.lrs.org/slsurvey. If you need your login information, call us at 303-866-6900. -Zeth lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us
In its October 2006 issue (page 12), Cable in the Classroom has just published an article by me entitled Five Power Roles for Librarians. The article is available online at: http://www.ciconline.org/AboutCIC/Publications/cicmagazine.htm. This article is based on the PowerPoint presentation, Five Roles for Empowering School Librarians, available at: http://www.lrs.org/impact.php. Keith Lance_K@cde.state.co.us
School librarians may be interested in a Field Initiated Study posted regarding Internet Filtering in public and private schools. A survey was posted to Survey Monkey by Leroy Smith, inquiring about the implementation and effectiveness of internet filtering in public and private schools. A summary of the survey results is available in our Field Initiated […]
As you probably already know, Barbara Dey has retired from the Colorado State Library (CSL) and Deb Gettings, the LRS Administrative Assistant, is the new coordinator for the CSL Jobline. With the change in regime, we thought this would be a good time to give the Jobline an update. We are moving Jobline to a […]
Yesterday, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released an ED TABS report, Public Libraries in the U.S., FY 2004. Today, NCES released the data file underlying that publication. LRS staff will begin to analyze these data and will produce issues of FAST FACTS as well as manuscripts to be submitted to library magazines and […]
We’ve added a new section to the public library statistical tools on the LRS-Interactive section of our site. Now it is possible to access–with the click of a single button–a set of selected statistics which summarize the general health of a public library. These “bell-weather” statistics were chosen based on the findings of a thorough […]
A new issue of FAST FACTS titled Special Library Salaries in Mountain Region Lag Behind Nation has been posted. This issue focuses on the special library sector and salaries as reported by the Special Libraries Association. http://www.lrs.org/documents/fastfacts/243_Special_Library_Salaries_w_KL_change.pdf Holly cole_h@cde.state.co.us
An article entitled Scientifically-Based Research on School Libraries and Academic Achievement will be included in the first edition of a new series, The Best of Knowledge Quest. Originally published in the May/June 2004 issue of Knowledge Quest–a journal of the American Association of School Librarians–the article was co-authored by Keith Curry Lance and Becky Russell […]
After months of reporting, reviewing, and verifying the 2005 Colorado Public Library Annual Report is complete and the data finalized. Look for the latest public library statistics on LRS.org at: Statistics and Input-Output Measures for Colorado Public Libraries http://www.lrs.org/asp_public/stats_2005.asp Colorado Public Library Interactive Statistics http://www.lrs.org/asp%5Fpublic/stats05/ And for a perspective over time, try the Colorado Public […]
On Monday, June 26, the American Association of School Librarians and Scholastic Library Publishing co-sponsored a national town meeting on the role of school libraries in school recovery in the Gulf coast states. School Libraries Work! Rebuilding for Learning featured a keynote speech by First Lady Laura Bush followed by a panel discussion in which […]
