{"id":13017,"date":"2016-04-23T12:01:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T16:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=13017"},"modified":"2025-05-27T16:47:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:47:25","slug":"gimme-c-collaboration-standards-relate-interconnect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/gimme-c-collaboration-standards-relate-interconnect\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme a C (for Collaboration!): How Our Standards Relate and Interconnect"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past November, I saw a post on our
\nNorth Carolina State Library blog about the \"SPLC-Committee-Wordle-300x240-300x240\"<\/a>new Competencies for Librarians Serving Children in Public Libraries<\/a>. \u00a0After reading, I was curious\u00a0to see how they compared to our North Carolina School Library Media Coordinator Standards. \u00a0Similar to other states, our NC SLMC standards<\/a> are based on guidelines from AASL, ISTE, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, ALA\/AASL Standards for Initial Preparation of School Librarians<\/a> and other state standards.\u00a0 After reading this document and noticing that it is geared towards those serving ages birth to 14, I decided to also check out YALSA\u2019s Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth<\/a>* since I am in a high school setting.<\/p>\n

I wanted\u00a0to see if there were areas where we overlapped that might be used to promote more collaboration between school and public librarians. \u00a0I noticed that we had similar standards although some of our elements may come under different standard headings.\u00a0 Some key places for collaboration are education, resources and digital access, professional development and advocacy. \u00a0Below, I have listed standards from ALSC and YALSA that I felt\u00a0correlated with our NC school librarian standards.\u00a0 \u00a0You can match up your own state\u2019s school librarian standards where mine are listed.<\/p>\n

Educational Practices
\n<\/strong>ALSC Standard I.5.<\/em> Understands current educational practices, especially those related to literacy and inquiry.<\/p>\n

ALSC Standard II.2.<\/em> Instructs and supports children in the physical and digital use of library tools and resources, information gathering and research skills, and empowers children to choose materials and services on their own.<\/p>\n

YALSA Standard II.1.<\/em> Become familiar with the developmental needs of young adults in order to provide the most appropriate resources and services.<\/p>\n

YALSA Standard VII.5.<\/em> Instruct young adults in basic information gathering, research skills and information literacy skills \u2013 including those necessary to evaluate and use electronic information sources \u2013 to develop life-long learning habits.<\/p>\n

NC SLMC Standard 1.a.<\/em> School library media coordinators lead in the school library media center and media program to support student success.<\/p>\n

NC SLMC Standard 4.a.<\/em> School library media coordinators use effective pedagogy to infuse content-area curricula with 21st<\/sup> Century skills.<\/p>\n

In order to facilitate your local public librarians\u2019 ability to keep up with educational practices, make a point of sharing any new state educational guidelines that are issued and also any school improvement initiatives that your particular school is implementing.\u00a0 They may be able to facilitate your school meeting some of your initiatives.\u00a0 Each semester I have the public librarians and the college librarians come in to do a session with our seniors before they start their Graduation Projects.\u00a0 We instruct them on accessing the resources at the school library and also at the public and college libraries and review proper citation guidelines for using resources. \u00a0We are discussing also having them come in next year to do sessions with our juniors.<\/p>\n

Resources and Digital Access
\n<\/strong>ALSC Standard II. 1.<\/em> Creates and maintains a physical and digital library environment that provides the best possible access to materials and resources for children of all cultures and abilities and their caregivers.<\/p>\n

YALSA Standard VI. 5.<\/em> Be an active partner in the development and implementation of technology and electronic resources to ensure young adults\u2019 access to knowledge and information.<\/p>\n

NC SLMC Standard 3.a.<\/em> School library media coordinators develop a library collection that supports 21st<\/sup> Century teaching and learning.<\/p>\n

There are a number of public librarians from different states that are creating student access policies with school librarians so students can have easier access to digital and print resources.\u00a0 Charlotte-Mecklenburg in NC has successfully been running their One Access<\/a> collaboration format for a year now.\u00a0 Our county is looking into developing a similar program.\u00a0 Currently our high school librarians have worked with the public library to provide digital access for our students.\u00a0 If there is a resource that you think would benefit your students and it is something that your library cannot afford, see if it is available at the public library and if there is a way that your students may be able to access it.<\/p>\n

Programming
\n<\/strong>ALSC Standard III.7.<\/em> Delivers programs outside or inside the library to meet users where they are, addressing community and educational needs, including those of unserved and underserved populations.<\/p>\n

YALSA Standard VII.3.<\/em> Provide a variety of informational and recreational services to meet the diverse needs and interests of young adults and to direct their own personal growth and development.<\/p>\n

NC SLMC Standard 4.c.<\/em> School library media coordinators promote reading as a foundational skill for learning.<\/p>\n

Who doesn\u2019t want help with running a special program or author visit to your school.\u00a0 Public librarians are also good sources for book talks, helping with Battle of the Books events or collaborating on a makerspace activity, especially if you haven\u2019t created one of your own yet.\u00a0If your public library is located where your students live, see if you can help with afterschool programs or a weekend program, that way your students can see you in a variety of libraries and become aware that both librarians are there to support them.<\/p>\n

Professional Development
\n<\/strong>ALSC Standard VII.9.<\/em> Participates in local, state, and national professional organizations to strengthen skills, interact with fellow professionals, promote professional association scholarships and contribute to the library profession.<\/p>\n

YALSA Standard III2.<\/em> Develop relationships and partnerships with young adults, administrators and other youth-serving professionals in the community be establishing regular communication and by taking advantage of opportunities to meet in person.<\/p>\n

NC SLMC Standard 5.b.<\/em> School library media coordinators link professional growth to their professional goals.<\/p>\n

We all enjoy going to conferences, in part\u00a0to exchange ideas with fellow librarians. But there is often the issue of lack of time and funds.\u00a0 Why not set up a local one-day conference\u00a0and invite local\u00a0school, public and academic librarians? \u00a0I am a member of the Azalea Coast Library Association which covers several area counties; we are about to have our first one-day conference with participants from all types of libraries including librarians from our local hospital.\u00a0 No one has very far to travel and the very low registration fee includes lunch. \u00a0Another idea is to set up an after-school or workday coffee break with your public librarians to share information about what is taking place in your libraries.<\/p>\n

Advocacy
\n<\/strong>ALSC Standard V.6.<\/em> Communicates and collaborates in partnership with other agencies, institutions and organizations serving children in the community, to achieve common goals and overcome barriers created by socioeconomic circumstances, culture, privilege, language, gender, ability, and other diversities.<\/p>\n

YALSA Standard III.3.<\/em> Be an advocate for young adults and effectively promote the role of the library in serving young adults, demonstrating that the provision of services to this group can help young adults build assets, achieve success, and in turn, create a stronger community.<\/p>\n

NC SLMC Standard 1.c.<\/em> School library media coordinators advocate for effective media programs.<\/p>\n

Working by yourself to advocate for a strong library program may be difficult at times but working with all local librarians together could\u00a0provide opportunities to showcase the benefits to the community of not only the school library program but also the public library program.\u00a0 By collaborating on joint ventures, you will be better able to make the community aware of how library use from toddlers through young adulthood creates life-long learners, which benefits the community as a whole.<\/p>\n

If you are the only librarian in your school you may sometimes\u00a0feel (with budget and time constraints) that you have a difficult time meeting your own standards for evaluation.\u00a0 Remember that there are also public librarians you can collaborate with to make it easier for both of you to meet your own individual goals.\u00a0 Look through ALSC\u2019s and YALSA\u2019s competencies to find areas that you both share and that would benefit your program.\u00a0 There are many more standards that overlap with our own school librarian standards. Comment with any ideas that you have for connecting one of your school librarian standards with ALSC\u2019s and YALSA\u2019s standards. Or, if you are a public librarian point out a standard that you feel you would be able to collaborate on with a school librarian easily.<\/p>\n

*YALSA\u2019s revised standards are due to be published in the summer of 2016. Visit this link<\/a> to see a draft of the updated competencies.<\/p>\n

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Joann Absi <\/strong>is the media coordinator at Eugene Ashley High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. She\u00a0is a member of of the<\/em> AASL\/ALSC\/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School-Public Library Cooperation and currently blogs for Knowledge Quest.\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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