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Evidence-Based Practice in School Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians

Discover the importance of evidence-based practice (EBP) in school libraries through this comprehensive guide by Keith Curry Lance. Explore core beliefs about EBP, challenges faced by school librarians, and essential actions to implement effective research in your library. Learn how to improve student outcomes by integrating evidence into daily operations, building research capacity, and communicating the value of libraries. Gain insights on tools, mentorships, and advocacy to enhance the role of school libraries in promoting educational excellence.

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Evidence-Based Practice in School Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians

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  1. Cut-to-the-Chase ResearchWhy & How to Pursue Evidence-Based Practice in Your School Library Keith Curry Lance

  2. Core beliefs about evidence-based practice • Challenges ahead • Key actions to be taken Evidence-Based Manifesto for School Librarians2007 Leadership SummitSchool Library Journal, April 2008

  3. Fusion of learning, info & technology presents challenges • School libraries essential to addressing standards, learning & quality teaching • Certified librarians best equipped to apply research to practice • School libraries equip all students to achieve & learn more • Library instructional interventions help students transform info into knowledge Core Beliefs

  4. Value of school libraries can be (& has been) measured • Existing evidence is not seen or understood • Accountability is essential to sustain development of school librarianship • Requires shift of focus from process to outcomes • If we do not show value, we will not have a future More Core Beliefs

  5. How to make research-based evidence more accessible & applicable? • How to build stronger participation in research? • How to share & accumulate local evidence? • How to deal with negative evidence? Challenges

  6. How to build commitment to EBP? • How to train librarians in EBP? • How to address “not enough time” perception? • How to persuade administrators to support EBP by librarians? • Does librarian need “authority” to engage in EBP? More Challenges

  7. Shift from advocacy to outcomes focus • Just do it • Share outcomes rather than seek permission • Establish EBP mentorships, partnerships Key Actions To Be Taken by School Librarians

  8. Gain access to test score data • Get involved with school improvement • Build research into practice • Work within school’s data structures More Key Actions To Be Taken by School Librarians

  9. Make advocacyevidence-based • Construct evidence portfolio • Identify professional development needs More Key Actions To Be Taken by School Librarians

  10. Evidence-Based Practice ModelTodd’s School Librarianship & EBPin Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2009

  11. CISSL’s SLIM (School Library Impact Measure) Toolkit • Nancy Miller’s IMPACT Excel-Based Software EBP Evidence-Building Tools

  12. Demonstrated how NJ libraries helped students become • More skillful &confident as info seekers • More engaged, interested &reflective learners • More critical thinkers about info sources & purposes • Use SLIM’s 4 guided-inquiry instruments to document how students • gain practical skills in inquiry-based learning & independent info seeking • experience conceptual change regarding info The Impact of School Libraries on Student Learning (NJ)SLIM (School Library Impact Measure) Toolkit

  13. Communicate value of what you do via: • Collaborative planning • Information literacy • Links to state standards • After you record units of instruction and teaching you have been doing, this Excel-based software transforms what you do into charts • Also collapses data across schools to provide district overview • http://www.LMCsource.com IMPACT! Documenting the LMC Program for Accountability

  14. Familiarity with, use of published research? • Usage data you collect for library program? • Engagement with test score data? • Observations you make of teacher & student users of your library? • Outcome data you collect? • Outcome data you could be collecting? • What outcomes are you intending? What You Are Already Doing?

  15. Articles and Books About Evidence-Based Practice http://www.oelma.org/EBPBiblio.htm • American Association of School Librarians, Crosswalk of the Common Core Standards and the Standards for the 21st-Century Learnerhttp://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/commoncorecrosswalk Other EBP/Action Research Resources

  16. Daniel Callison, Action Research, School Library Media Activities Monthly, June 2007 • Lesley S. J. Farmer, How to Conduct Action Research: A Guide for Library Media Specialists. Bottom Line series. American Association of School Librarians, 2003. • Carol Gordon, A Study of Three-Dimensional Action Research: A Training Model for School Library Media Programs. School Library Media Research9, 2006. http://www.ala.org/aasl/SLMR • David V. Loertscher with Ross J. Todd, We Boost Achievement! Evidence-Based Practice for School Library Media Specialists. Hi Willow, 2003. • Leslie Preddy,SSR with Intervention: A School Library Action Research Project. Libraries Unlimited, 2007. • Judith A. Sykes, Action Research: A Practical Guide for Transforming Your School Library. Libraries Unlimited, 2002. More EBP/Action Research Resources

  17. If being an effective school librarian was a crime, would there be enough evidence to convict you? Closing Thought

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