[LM_NET] GEN: AASL Longitudinal Survey closes Mar. 15; please fill it out

[Sara Kelly Johns <sarakellyjohns@YAHOO.COM>]

Hi,

This will result in important data for our field; please take the time to fill it 
out. It does matter. Your participation is great appreciated, Sara J

PS. You do not have to be an AASL member to fill out the survey (though we hope you 
will join if not) but you do need to be a working school librarian. A good idea 
before you take the survey is to look over the questions that are available as a 
PDF (students and educators can view this also).

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The second year of AASL's longitudinal survey, "School Libraries Count!" is rapidly 
coming to a close. The survey is open until March 15, 2008.
Participation is encouraged from everyone: public schools, private schools, school 
library media specialists, and library support staff. Participation from those who 
completed the survey last year is equally valuable this year.

This year's survey also poses an additional question about social networking and 
other electronic tools used in instruction by school library media specialists and 
their classroom teacher collaborators.

The purpose of the survey is to provide longitudinal data for advocacy at the 
local, state, and national level. This has already begun! The Washington Coalition 
for School Libraries & Information Technology was able to use data from last year's 
survey in its recent rally in Olympia, Washington. Data from the first year has 
also appeared in articles by eSchool News, Education Week, and several general 
newspapers.

This brief survey is online at http://www.aaslsurvey.org.

Please join in this advocacy effort by completing the survey by March 15.

Thank you,

Jonathan West
Manager, Communications
American Association of School Librarians
50 East Huron
Chicago, IL 60611
Toll free: (800) 545-2433, x4389
Direct line: (312) 280-4389
Fax: (312) 280-5276 

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Sara Kelly Johns
AASL 2007-08 President
Associate Editor for AASL Community, Knowledge Quest
Lake Placid Middle/High School LMC
34 School Street
Lake Placid, NY 12946
518-523-2474, ext. 4132
FAX: 518-523-4861
johns@northnet.org
SaraKJohns@aol.com
<http://fromtheinsideout.blogspace.com>

"Information is the currency of democracy." -- Thomas Jefferson

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