Main Library Pages
- School Library
Funding
Beginning in 2005-06, funding for the California Public School Library Act (School Library Materials) program is included in the School and Library Improvement Block Grant, established by Assembly Bill (AB) 825, Chapter 871, Statutes of 2004. - CDE
Online School Library Survey
The annual online survey will open in late October 2008 to collect information from individual schools about their libraries in 2007-2008. Information about prior year surveys is available any time. - Frequently Asked Questions
Information about state funding, additional funding sources, and staffing. - NEA Foundation Grants (Outside Source)
The National Education Association (NEA) Foundation makes $1,000 awards to public schools serving economically disadvantaged students to purchase books for school libraries as part of Books Across America Library Book Awards. The NEA Foundation makes these awards in collaboration with the National Education Association. The new application process has not been announced. Other grants are available. - Laura
Bush Foundation for America's Libraries (Outside Source)
Grant opportunity. The Laura Bush Foundation will make grants of amounts up to $5,000 to school libraries. Funds are to be used to update, extend, and diversify the book collections of those libraries. Watch this site for an announcement of the new grant period. - Improving Literacy Through School Libraries (Outside Source)
Grant Opportunity. View the list of FY 2008 grant awards and abstracts. - Statistics About California School Libraries
Number of books per students, staffing ratios, and more. - Research Related to School Libraries
Current research about the impact of a quality school library on student achievement. - School Library Policies
Sampling of resources for districts and schools for developing and revising policies for selection, intellectual freedom, acceptable use, privacy, and weeding.- Weeding the School Library - a brochure (PDF; 280KB; 2pp.)
- Literature Links
CDE recommended literature lists and more from libraries and educational associations.
Teacher Librarians
A teacher librarian is a person who possesses both a California teaching credential and a California Teacher Librarian Services credential. Other states frequently refer to this as "library media specialist." Find a program to become a Teacher Librarian.
Legislation to change credential title from library media teacher to teacher librarian became effective on January 1, 2008 (SB 132, Chapter 730, SEC 16).
Requirements as defined by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTCC).
- Basic
Credential Information (Outside Source)
(see "Service Credentials") - Regulation
Information (Outside Source)
(see "Coded Correspondence 00-0013")
Statistics on Teacher Librarians
- CBEDS and Library Media Teachers
Professional staffing patterns in California school libraries are profiled from this report.
Assessing Your School Library
Tools for assessing your school library.
- Check It Out
- Looking at the School Library (PDF; 120KB; 3pp.)
School and Public Library Cooperation
Activities between school libraries and public libraries.
- "Joint Use" Public/School Libraries (Outside Source)
Public and School Libraries: Issues and Options of Joint Use Facilities and Cooperative Use Agreements, Christopher Berger, California State Library. - Library of California (Outside Source)
A network of California libraries.
Key Connections
- Key Connections
Professional library associations, research assistance, and CDE Web pages frequently used by the CDE library consultant.
