Standards & Guidelines

American Association of School Librarians. Standards for the 21st Century Learner. Chicago: American Library Association, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8389-8445-1 (bundle of 12 pamphlets).

Here is the latest publication from AASL on information literacy standards. It revises the 1998 publication, Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning. School library media specialists will want to have and retain all three documents listed here.

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American Association of School Librarians and Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning. Chicago: American Library Association, 1998. ISBN 0-8389-3471-4

To assist you in collaboration and to bolster advocacy for your program, the new standards are also available separately in a companion publication, Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning. This inexpensive publication is designed for distribution to your partners in information power--teachers, principals, parents, boards, and administrators. Available from the ALA Online Store or call 866-SHOP ALA (866-746-7252).

PDF file of Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning: Standards and Indicators is available for distribution under a Creative Commons License.

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Content Knowledge - 4th edition

New edition of the Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning's (McREL) online compendium of standards and benchmarks for K-12 educators

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Haycock, Ken, ed. Foundations for Effective School Library Media Programs. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1999. ISBN 1-56308-720-0 (cloth), 1-56308-368-X (paperback)

The 39 articles in this collection, reprinted from recent issues of Emergency Librarian (now Teacher Librarian), discuss learning theories, flexible scheduling, new technologies, thematic units, new partnerships, etc.

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International Society for Technology in Education. National Educational Technology Standards for Students: Connecting Curriculum and Technology. Eugene, Ore.: ISTE, 2000.

The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Project is an ongoing initiative of ISTE and a consortium of partners and co-sponsors, including AASL. To order call 800-336-519.

Examples of State Standards and Guidelines:

• Alabama's Literacy Partners: A Principal's Guide To An Effective Library Media Program For the 21st Century (PDF)
• Indiana Professional Standards Board's Teachers of Library and Media Standards
• Kentucky's Beyond Proficiency: Essentials of a Distinguished Library Media Program
• Guidelines for Library Media Programs In Louisiana Schools (PDF)
• Standards for Missouri School Libraries
• New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards
• Standards for New Mexico School Libraries (PDF)
• Library/Technology Literacy Standards for the State of North Dakota (PDF)
• Rhode Island's School Library and Information Literacy Framework
• School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas
• Additional state standards are accessible from the Developing Educational Standards Web site