Resources

This page contains various resources, ranging from websites, books, articles and videos that cover the many support staff who help make the school library a central hub of learning.

=Websites= @http://eduscapes.com/sms/administration/volunteers.html This excellent web site from School Library Media Specialist outlines how volunteer programs can be developed; who makes a good volunteer; who supervises volunteers. The site has links to articles published in School Library Journal as well as several PDF links to school library manuals to help get volunteers started and outlining duties and responsibilities. @http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/manage.html The Resources for School Librarians provides a vast array of links covering various topics on running a school library, including sections on community and student volunteers. @http://library.wrdsb.ca/teach/collaboration-and-support/ This site is part of the Waterloo, Ont. School District and provides information on library clerks and volunteers. [] This site offers an example of a student library volunteer training program. (from the University of Southern Alabama)

=Books =  Expand your library services with limited resources! Demonstrating how a dynamic student assistant program can be integrated into the school's educational program, this book offers practical guidance in planning, setting up, managing, and evaluating the program, always relating media center tasks to the curriculum and learning. Bard goes beyond the conventional approach of using students to help with circulation and reshelving materials to explore such exciting possibilities as casting students in the role of peer teachers and engaging assistants in library promotions. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
 * ===Bard, Therese Bissen.(1999). //Student assistants in the school library media center//. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1999. ===

The entire text is devoted to the topic of managing volunteers in libraries. There are eleven (11) chapters of which ten are informative and useful. Some topics of interest are orientation and training and types of volunteer programs. This text has six (6) chapters devoted to the topic of volunteers in libraries. Some chapters of interest are volunteer rules and regulations, volunteer recruitment, and awards and recognition. This guide provides tools and strategies for recruiting, managing, and using paraeducators in schools. This text contains five chapters which provides information on various issues involved in the use of volunteers within a library program. Some topics are - where to find volunteers; prons and cons of using volunteers and dealing with different volunteer types from the difficult to the know it all personality. Only pages 125-127 in chapter 8 and pages 154- 156 in chapter 9 provide information on managing personnel within the library. Nonetheless, the information presented provides an overview of how to recruit and manage volunteers as well as describe how the relationship between volunteers and permanent staff should be structured.
 * ===Bonnie,F.McCune.,& Nelson,T.Charlezine .(1995). //Recruiting and managing volunteers in libraries//.NY: Neal-Schuman.===
 * ===Diggers,Preston.,& Dumas,Eileen.(2002). //Managing library volunteers: A practical toolkit//.Chicago: American Library Association.===
 * ===French, Nancy K. Managing Paraeducators in Your School: How to Hire, Train, and Supervise Non-certified Staff. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2003. Print.===
 * ===Reed,G.Sally. (1994) //Library volunteers-worth the effort! A program manager's guide//.NC:McFarland and Company.===
 * ===Toor, Ruth.,& Weisburg,K.Hilda.(2007). Advocacy and you. In //A school library media specialist's guide to success//(pp.125-128). Chicago: American Library Association.===

=Professional Journal Articles=

Suellentrop, T. (2007). Step Right Up. // School Library Journal // v. 53 no. 12 (December 2007) p. 24

O'Neill, C. (2010)  Pupil Librarians : The Pros and Cons of Volunteer Students in School Libraries. // The School Librarian // v. 58 no. 4 (Winter 2010) p. 201-2

Fullner, S. (2005). Library Foundlings. // Library Media Connection // v. 23 no. 4 (January 2005) p. 48-9

Miller, P. (2003). Shelve, Shelve, Shelve Those Books. //School Library Media Activities Monthly// 20 no2 31, 39 O. Retrieved from Education Full Text database.

Schipman, M. (2006). It's Cool to Work in the Library...Student Library Aides. //Library Media Connection//, //25//(3), 26-7. Retrieved from Education Full Text database.

 Thelen, T. (2001). Volunteer Magic: Finding and Keeping Library Volunteers. //School Library Media Activities Monthly// 18 no3 22-5 N. Retrieved from Education Full Text database.

Fullner, S. (2004). PERKS, REWARDS, AND GLORY: The Care and Feeding of Volunteers. //Library Media Connection//, 22(4), 38-39. Retrieved from EBSCO//host//.

Smith, J. A. (2010). Six Lessons I Didn't Learn in Library School. //AALL Spectrum//, 14(6), 8-11. Retrieved from EBSCO//host//.

Franklin, P., & Stephens, C. (2006). Managing Clerical staff in the Library Media Center. //School Library Media Activities Monthly//, 23(3), 46-47. Retrieved from EBSCO//host//.

McGown, S. W. (2007). Valuable Volunteers: How to Find, Use, and Keep Them. //Library Media Connection//, 26(2), 10-13. Retrieved from EBSCO//host//.

Library media paraprofessionals - We can't live without them! Pawlowski, C., & Troutman, P. (1993). Library media paraprofessionals--we can't live without them!. //Book Report//, 12(2), 19. Retrieved from EBSCO//host//. Videos ﻿﻿media type="custom" key="8587184" This video is about the role of the library assitant and how they are at the hub of the learning commons.