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Benjamin Franklin includes a library in plans for his academy.
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Between 1835-1879, 19 states had passed some sort of law designed to promote public school libraries by allocating funds to build collections.
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The American Library Association (ALA) was created by librarians.
First issue of "Library Journal" was published.
An extensive report titled: "Public Libraries in the United States of America: Their History, Condition, and Management" was issued by the U.S. Bureau of Education. -
The bill was passed in 1892 and it allowed for the growth of school libraries in New York State and served as a model for library legislation in other states.
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New York Sate formed it School Libraries Division within the Department of Public Instruction.
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The National Education Association (NEA) created its Library Section due to work done by John Cotton Dana (then the president of the ALA) and Melvil Dewey.
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A tentative standard was issued for libraries in elementary schools for the first time.
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Served as an employee in Eramus Hall His School in New York City as the school librarian.
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The ALA created a committee to cooperate with NEA's Library section by founding its own School Library Section.
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New York's board of education adopted regulations that made salaries of qualified high school librarians comparable to those of teachers and also recommended that prospective librarians should be graduates of a one-year course in an approved library school.
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The Winnetka Plan, the Dalton (Massachusett) Plan, and many others grew from the influence of John Dewey and his progressive education movement that emphasized the need in schools for a variety of educational materials which resulted in growth of school libraries.
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The Certain report created the first national school library standards for secondary schools and provided an evaluation tool for libraries
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Created the first standards for Elementary school libraries
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"School Libraries for Today and Tomorrow" is developed by the ALA Committee. These standards reflect a progressive and forward-looking view concerning the role of the school library.
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The "Standards for School Library Programs" were developed by the AASL and published but the ALA. Made an impact on development and expansion of state and local standards
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It is considered one of the greatest periods of school library growth.
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the National Defense Education Act of 1958, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965 provided more funds for school library development
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The first joint standards called "Standards for School Media Programs" are developed by AASL & DAVI and they stressed the necessity of unified media programs administered through a school library media center.
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resulting document of two joint task forces that were created by the AASL and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), placed emphasis on the media center's role in planning and executing the school's instructional program instead of being a passive support service
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the first White House Conference on Library and Information Science was held in Washington which resulted in 64 recommendations that ranged from the passage of a national library act to the guarantee of adequate media services in each public school
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the Court limited the power of public school officials to remove books simply because they found them objectionable.
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the result of an alliance between AECT and AASL, "Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Programs" was published. It was designed to be a guideline for quality school media programs and focused on the definition of the roles of school media specialists and the redefinition of the mission of the school media program as it relates to physical and intellectual access to information utilizing technology.
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The 1990s were a period of rapid technological growth for school media centers. At the end of the decade, the majority of school media centers were automated and Internet access was commonplace.
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The second White House Conference on Library and Information Services was held on July 9-13, 1991 by the NCLIS in Washington DC. Total attendance was 2,000 and 97 recommendations were drafted.
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standards that focus on information literacy skills
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an AASL Task Force for the Recruitment of Media Specialists to the profession was formed address the expected gap in people to fill jobs in the field.
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The Children's Internet Protection Act was upheld by the Supreme Court in June 23, 2003. It requires schools receiving federal funding to install blocking filter software on all online workstations.
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approximately 525 participants from 47 states came to Washington, DC to talk to congresspeople about library issues
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Book launched at the AASL Conference which focuses on the learning process rather than information literacy skills
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Book published for the purpose of implementing a national plan to launch the learning standards and the guidelines by identifying key audiences to address, communication strategies to gather feedback, and ways to evaluate or sustain the process.
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includes indicators, benchmarks, models, and assessments to support the first book.
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book that covers more aspects of the library media program and is designed to be a guideline for media specialists to follow in the future