Resource Links

Stimulus Funding

Federal Resources

• www.recovery.gov
• www.grants.gov

ALA’s Know Your Stimulus Site

• www.ala.org

The Stimulus and Private Schools

• www.capenet.org

Proposed Title 1 Stimulus Dollars by District

• www.ed.gov

Library Advocacy

AASL Toolkit

• www.ala.org

Effectiveness of School Libraries

Research Summary from AASL (includes links to many state studies, books and more)

• www.ala.org

Why Care About School Libraries

• www.fundourfuturewashington.org

Illinois Study

• www.islma.org

Massachusetts Study

• web.simmons.edu

Michigan Study

• www.michigan.gov

North Carolina Study

• www.rburgin.com

Ohio Study

• www.oelma.org

Oregon Study

• www.oema.net

Evaluation of the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries federal grant program

• www.schoollibraryjournal.com
• www.ed.gov

Access

Children’s Rights to Excellent Reading Instruction

• www.reading.org

International Reading Association (IRA) supports adequate school library funding and access.

• www.reading.org

Importance of Reading

The Nation’s Reading Report Card 2007

• nces.ed.gov

Time Spent Reading and Reading Growth

• www.jstor.org

The Importance of Reading to Second Language Learning

• www.jstor.org