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School Librarians and Next Generation Advocacy : = Gaining Power and Influence Through the Development of Social Capital.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	School Librarians and Next Generation Advocacy :/
Reminder of title:	Gaining Power and Influence Through the Development of Social Capital.
Author:	O'Bryan, Charles R.
Description:	1 online resource (146 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-01(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-01A(E).
Subject:	Library science. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355197617

School Librarians and Next Generation Advocacy : = Gaining Power and Influence Through the Development of Social Capital.
O'Bryan, Charles R.

School Librarians and Next Generation Advocacy :Gaining Power and Influence Through the Development of Social Capital. - 1 online resource (146 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-01(E), Section: A.

Thesis (D.Bibl.)

Includes bibliographical references

The positive impact of school libraries on student achievement is documented in a robust body of literature. Despite this evidence, the number of certified school librarians is declining nationally, and concerted advocacy efforts on the part of the American Library Association, the American Association of School Libraries and individual teacher librarians have been unsuccessful in reversing this trend. School librarians are being challenged to justify the very existence of their programs.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355197617Subjects--Topical Terms:

561163
Library science.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

School Librarians and Next Generation Advocacy : = Gaining Power and Influence Through the Development of Social Capital.
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520 $a Narrative inquiry methodology was used to conduct semi-structured, in-depth interviews of 29 school library system directors in New York State, with subsequent coding and thematic analysis of interview transcripts. Additional surveys were administered to capture demographic information and to illuminate technical aspects of social capital development, utilization, relevance, and value within school library systems in New York State.
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