Committees, Editorial Boards, and Task Forces
Research & Statistics Committee
Chair: Barbara J. Ray 
Staff liaison: Allison Cline
To foster within the school library media field the identification of research needs, the encouragement for quality research studies, and the dissemination of research results; and to make available summaries of research on the worth of school library media specialists and school library media programs for a variety of audiences.
- Develop summaries of research on the worth of school library media specialists and school library media programs, in a variety of forms and products, and designed for use by AASL members with difference audiences of decision-makers.
- Identify research needs to coordinate research activities of AASL.
- Establish a liaison relationship with the ALA Research office.
- Inform school library media professionals concerning the value and application of research techniques applicable in their situations through articles in AASL publications and conference presentations.
- Provide advisory services concerning the collection, analysis, and dissemination of school library media statistics.
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