Here you will find links to over 10 years worth of research that provides scientific proof of the positive relationship between high quality library programs and student achievement. Here you will find the evidence you need to promote (and defend) your school library media program!

Essential Research: School Libraries Matter!

IMSA seeks to generate a 'ripple effect' of knowledge about 21st Century Information Fluency Skills. We see the school librarian / media specialist as the key person to promote these skills. Here you'll find links to articles categorized into three areas of concern and chosen to provoke your thinking about the profession.

Advocates for Change

Collaboration

The Changing Role of Librarians

The Information Fluency Virtual Toolkit is comprised of all of the materials brought to you on the IMSA Information Portal. What follows are direct links to some of the IMSA Portal's most popular tools. Feel free to bookmark them as needed.

Information Fluency Virtual Toolkit

Curriculum content appropriate for the Elementary grades

Search Resources

Websites to help you develop effective search strategies.

Introduction to the Internet

Invisible Web Resources

Search Tutorials

Evaluation Resources:

Web tools, tutorials, and guides to help you evaluate web resources.

Critical Thinking

Evaluation Tutorials

Hoax Sites

Rubric Resources

Integrating Digital Resources

Articles & Online Tools to help you put it all together with technology.

Accommodation, Inclusion, Mainstreaming

Child Safety

Citations

Copyright, Fair Use, Plagiarism

Engaged Learning

Online Video Databases

Teaching to Standards

Web Publishing

Web Design

Wiseman Tech