Making An InvestmentMaking An InvestmentSLMS Programs Add to Academic Achievement

The highest achieving students come from schools with good library media centers.

Libraries are at the heart of the learning experience for almost 44 million elementary, middle and high school students in schools with library media centers.

Schools with higher rated libraries have 10 to 18 percent better test scores than schools with lower rated libraries.

School library media specialists across the country report that library funding for staff and materials is being dramatically cut back in financially troubled areas of the United States.

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Investment Needed to Investment Needed to Improve Social Studies Improve Social Studies ResourcesResources $800$800

Current Status of 900 Current Status of 900 CollectionCollection

- The average age of our collection is 1999

(recommended is 2004)

- The 900s section makes up 7.1% of the total media center collection

(8.5% is recommended)

According to the Colorado According to the Colorado State Library…….State Library…….

SLMCs average 28 volumes per student

(We have 34/ student)

Average expenditure per student for materials is $12.49

(This year is $5.55/ student)

“One of the

cornerstones

of No Child Left Behind

is teaching children

how

to read. School libraries

play a critical role by

providing children with

books and resources so

that they can improve

their reading skills and

achieve at high levels.”

—Margaret Spelling, Secretary ofEducation. Improving Achievementthrough School Libraries. July 2006.http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/factsheet.pdf

Less than $5 per student Less than $5 per student will make a big impact will make a big impact on the value of their on the value of their education.education.

“When effective school libraries are in place,

students do learn.

13,000 students can’t be wrong.”

— Ross J. Todd, Carol C. Kuhlthau, and OELMA. Learning through Ohio School

Libraries, 2004.

http://www.oelma.org/studentlearning/default.asp

Will you invest in the Will you invest in the future of our students?future of our students?

Resources………Resources………TitleWave Collection Analysis. Rep. Vol. Midland Elementary. Follett

Library Services, 2009. Print.

School Library Benchmarks: Colorado 2008. Publication. Library

Research Service, 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2009.

2008-09 Colorado School Library Statistics - State Ratios. Rep.

Library Research Services, Nov. 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2009.

Office of Governor Bill Ritter, JR. CALLING FOR SHARED SACRIFICE,

GOV. RITTER SUBMITS LEAN FY10-11 BUDGET.

WWW.COLORADO.GOV/GOVERNOR. 6 Nov. 2009. Web. 7 Nov.

2009.