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School Library Mission Statements, Strategic Plans, Action Research, and Annual Reports

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Today it seems that accountability is the hot topic in educational reform. It will become increasingly important for school library media specialists to demonstrate the importance of their media center to the school, and also be able to demonstrate how effectively they are doing their job. Busy adminstrators like numbers and well organized reports to demonstrate progress.

School Library Mission Statements

Your mission statement declares what you propose to achieve.

• The Library Bill of Rights and its Interpretations - The American Library Association
• How to Write a Mission Statement - From WebJunction.
• Pingry School Libraries - Short Hills, NJ
• Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School Library - Rockville, MD
• The Pittsburgh Public Schools Library Network - Vision statement and mission statement for the teacher librarians and administrative staff of the Library Services department of the Pittsburgh School District.

Strategic Plans

Strategic plans detail the steps needed to achieve your mission and defines how you will evaluate your progress.

• Strategic Planning for Libraries - Guides from the Massachusetts Library System.
• Natick School Libraries Strategic Planning - August, 2019.
• Boston Public School Library Services Strategic Plan 2017 - 2021
• Highly Effective School Library Program Action Plan 2012 - 2013 - From Ryan Elementary STEAM School.
• School Library Action Plan - Dedham Public Schools. This chart is for year 4 of a 5 year Action Plan.
• New Jersey Association of School Librarians Strategic Plan 2021 - 2022
• The Library of Congress Strategic Plan - 2024 - 2028

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Action Research

• Data Crunching Proved That This School Library Program was Crucial - Research in Omaha School Libraries to prove that the program is useful. This is an article in School Library Journal by Stacy Lickteig and Jo O'Garro, July 8, 2016. Available to subscribers
• Action Research - Stop Wasting Money - A project by Brenda Anderson at the PSLA conference, 2009. A comparison of the prices of book vendors.
• Booktalks Increase Circulation of Special Sections in the Library - A project by Angie S. Jones, Spring, 2009.
• What Makes a School Library Good: An Action Research Casebook Study - By Carol A. Gordon,

Annual Library Reports

Annual reports provide a very effective way to demonstrate to the adminstration that you are improving the educational process.

• The Annual Report as an Advocacy Tool - A short introduction to getting started on your annual report. From the Kansas Association of School Librarians.
• Annual Reports - Make Them Matter - Some very helpful tips here.
• Managing Your School Library Annual Report - From the Services to Schools of the National Library of New Zealand.
• It's Annual Report Season! Here Are Some Tips To Help You Effectively Tell Your Story - The big idea here is to focus on student learning in annual reports. This is from the Library Girl Blog.
• School Library Annual Reporting in a Digital Age - By linda Hoiseth. This article has a good list of items which you can include in your annual Report.
• Edward Harris Jr. Middle School Library Annual Report, 2014 - 2015
• Hills Elementary School Library Annual Report 2015 - 2016 - A video on YouTube.
• Indian Hill School Library Annual Report 2015 - 2016
• Pen Argyl High School Annual Report 2020-2021
• Shacklette Elementary School Library Annual Report 2019 - 2020
• Waggener High School, Annual Report 2023-2024 - Louisville, Ky
• Weston High School Library Annual Report 2015

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