KQW
Knowledge Quest Web Edition
September/October 2007

Advocacy: A Test of Character

Because these tough times for school libraries are occurring during a golden age of grassroots involvement, we have a rare opportunity to build an inclusive participatory culture. 
Debbie Abilock

Advocacy Tools

• Letters to the Editor - Angela Long
• Radio: I am Your Child's Teacher - Sharon Ewers
• Television: Promoting Your Library Program - Cecelia Freda
• Literacy Organization Resolution: Being Hailed, Being Heard
  - Carol Jago
• ALA Resolution: The Dance of Leadership and Advocacy
  - Barbara Stripling

Columns

• Guest Editors' Column 
  •  Is There a Teacher-Librarian Worldview?
    - Ann Ewbank and Judi Moreillon
• Homepage
  • The Heart of the Game -  Debbie Abilock
• President's Column
  • Advocacy: AASL Puts the Puzzle Together - Sara Kelly Johns
• CBC Meet the Author/Illustrator
  • A Test of Character - Ying Chang Compestine
• PBS Teaching and Learning Resources
  • Focus on Citizenship - PBS Teachers' Staff
• Homerun Research
  • Accelerated Reader: Once Again, Evidence Lacking
    - Stephen Krashen
• Tough Choices
  • Can I Achieve Excellence as a School Librarian
    Even if I'm not Naturally an Enthusiastic Extrovert?
    - Gail Dickinson
• Curriculum Enhanced MARC
  • FRBR:Cataloging's Future is Closer Than You Think! - Tom Adamich
• Series Sense
  • Why Kids Need Series Books - Amy Goldsmith

Features

• Telling Our School Library Story - Gail Bush
• From Small Things Large Things Grow - Margaret Spillman
• CSLA Web 2.0 - Advocating for Change - Connie Williams, Rob Darrow, Jackie Siminitus
• The Winning Formula  - Alice Robinson
• Dandelion Through the Crack: A Review - Ken Umbach
  • Interview with Kiyo Sato - Ken Umbach
• Advocating Leadership: Project Lead  - Nancy Everhart, Eliza Dresang
• Offer Them More Than Circulation Statistics - Arlen Kimmelman
• School Library Media Certification: A Question of Readiness 
  - Susan McNulty 
• Collaboration: Advocacy for School Change - Cynthia Strong
• Professional Pages Book Reviews
  • Create a Virtual Visit with the Ninth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators
    When a Favorite Author Isn’t Coming to Your Town
       - Reviewed by Margaret Jefferies 
  • A Global History of Architecture - Reviewed by Lauri Vaughn

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