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@http://www.ala-apa.org/about/nlwd.html - Pay equity for library employees, focus of **National Library Workers Day, April 13, 2010**

=NEW! Talking points for ESEA reauthorization: = = **SLJ Article on the Budget Proposal: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1500052750.html AASL Press release on the President's Budget Proposal:** = []

Respond to the President's FY2011 Budget Proposal: Dear Editor,

The President’s FY2011 Budget Proposal to Congress, released on February 1, included a $400 billion investment into education but did not include specific funds for school libraries. Even more concerning, the budget called for a consolidation of programs including Improving Literacy Through School Libraries, taking these funds out of reach for most school libraries.

These policies would weaken our nation’s school by stripping funding away from one the most cutting‐ edge tools in our education system.

School librarians understand that all students are innately creative, curious, and motivated. The school librarian advances these characteristics through innovative strategies that develop students who think, create, share, and generate knowledge.

Our country needs strong school library programs to ensure our students graduate with 21st century skills that they will need to succeed in college and the workplace.

I call on **  ** to reject these proposals by the Administration and include school libraries in the education increase and protect the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program.

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 * Download [] and use the contents of this [|sample letter to the editor] to respond to the President's Budget Proposal. Contact your local media outlets, and encourage your parent and youth organizations to do the same.

APRIL IS SCHOOL LIBRARY MONTH! [|http://www.ala.org/aasl/slmm]

Works Cited:
AASL. //Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs.// Chicago: ALA, 2009.

AASL. //Standards for the 21st Century Learner.// Chicago: ALA, 2007. NOTE: Also available at: @http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards

ALA's Learning Roundtable. @http://alalearning.org/ (Accessed February 16, 2010).

Ballard, Susan. “Developing the Vision: L4L Job Description for the 21st Century.” //Knowledge Quest// 38.2 (2009): 78-82. Print.

Buzzeo, Toni. //Collaborating to Meet Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for// //7-12.// Worthington, OH: Linworth, 2002. Print. NOTE: Author has a K-8 version also.

Carr, Joanne, ed. //Leadership for Excellence: Insights of National School Library// Media //Program of the Year Award Winners.// Chicago, ALA, 2008. Print.

Grover, Robert. //Collaboration.// Chicago: ALA, 1996. Print.

Harada, Violet H., Carolyn H. Kirio, and Sandra Yamamoto. //Collaborating for Project-////Based Learning.// Worthington, OH: Linworth, 2008. Print.

Hartzell, Gary. //Building Influence for the School Librarian,// 2nd. Ed. Worthington, OH: Linworth, 2003. Print.

Kaiser Family Foundation. "Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8 to18-Year-Olds." Program for the Study of Media and Health. @http://www.kff.org/entmedia/mh012010pkg.cfm (Accessed January 10, 2010).

Kuhlthau, Carol C., Maniotes, Leslie K., Caspari, Ann K. //Guided Inquiry:: Learning in// //The 21st Century.// Westport, CT: Librarie Unlimited, 2007.

Martin, Ann. //Seven Steps to an Award-Winning School Library Program.// Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2005. Print.

McGhee, Marla W. and Barbara A. Jansen. //The Principal’s Guide to a Powerful Library// //Media Program.// Worthington, OH: Linworth, 2005. Print. NOTE: Recent revised edition.

Office of Library Advocacy. //Add It Up: Libraries make the Difference in Youth Development and Education. Web. @http://www.ala.org/additup (Accessed February 18, 2010).//

Reidling, Ann Marlow. “Collaboration.” //Information Literacy: What does it Look Like// //in the Library Media Center.// Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. 22-31. Print.

"Qualities of Successful Leaders." Library Leadership Network. @http://lln.lyrasis.org/node/286 Web. (A ccessed 16 February 2010).
//Teacher Librarian Virtual Cafe.// Web http://tlvirtualcafe.wikispaces.com/ Web. (Accessed February 20, 2010).

Valenza, Joyce Kasman. "A Call for New Librarianship." //NeverEndingSearch Blog. [] (Accessed February 16, 2010).//

Wallace, Linda, ed. //The Campaign for America’s Libraries Toolkit for School Library// //Media Centers: Messages, Ideas and Strategies for Promoting the Value of// //School Library Media Program and Library Media Specialists in the 21st// //Century//. Chicago: AASL, 2003.