Research Publications 2004-2007:

Kuhlthau, C., Caspari, A. & Maniotes, L. (2007). Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century.  Libraries Unlimited. To be published October 2007.

Kuhlthau (2007). "Information Search Process" became an entry in the 3rd edition of the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, edited by Marcia Bates and Mary Niles Maack. To be published fall 2007.

Todd, R. (2007).  Chapter "Evidence Based Practice and School Libraries: From Advocacy to Action" in Harada, V. & Hughes, S. (eds.).  Principles & Practice Volume 3 "School Reform and the School Library Media Specialist", Libraries Unlimited.

Lu, Ya-Ling and Carol Gordon, “Reading Takes You Places: A Wired Summer Reading Program,” in the Proceedings of the Annual Conference of International Association of School Librarianship (IASL), Taipei, Taiwan, July 2007.

Todd, R. (2007).  From Learning to Read to Reading to Learn: School Libraries, Literacy and Guided Inquiry. In Papers from the 35th Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship.

Heinström, J. (accepted for publication fall 2007). Enjoying the flow –motivation, personality and feelings of uncertainty in information seeking. Information Processing and Management.

Gordon, C. (2006).  “A Study of a Three-Dimensional Action Research Training Model for School Librarians.” School library media research online, 9. Available at http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume9/actionresearch.htm

Gordon, C. (2006). “Making the familiar strange.” Synergy, 4 (2), pp. 39-46.

Todd, R. (2006). Ross to the Rescue - Rutgers’ Ross Todd’s Quest to Renew School Libraries.  School Library Journal, Cover, p 44-47.  Available at: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6320013.html

Todd, R. (2006).  School Librarians Supporting Student Achievement. Scan, 25(1), pp. 26-27.

Todd, R. (2006).  It’s All About Getting A’s.  Update Magazine, 5 (1-2), 34-36.  Available at:  http://www.cilip.org.uk/publications/updatemagazine/archive/archive2006/january/toddjan06.htm

Todd, R. (2006). "School Libraries & Best Practice". Scan, 25 (3), pp. 28.

Todd, R. (May 2006). "Students as Information & ICT Users". Scan, 25 (2), pp. 18-19.

Todd, R. (2006). "From information to knowledge: charting and measuring changes in students' knowledge of a curriculum topic" Information Research, 11(4) paper 264. Available at http://InformationR.net/ir/11-4/paper264.html

Heinström, J. & Todd, R. (2006). Uncertainty and guidance: school students’ feelings, study approaches, and need for help in inquiry projects,Scan, 25 (3), pp. 28–35.

Heinström, J. (2006). Psychological factors behind incidental information acquisition, Library & Information Science Research, 28 (4), pp. 579 – 594.

Heinström, J. (2006). Broad exploration or precise specificity: two basic information seeking patterns among students.  Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57 (11), 1440-1450.

Heinström, J. (2006). Fast surfing for availability or deep diving into quality - motivation and information seeking among middle and high school students. Information Research, 11 (4).  Available at http://InformationR.net/ir/11-4/paper265.html

Gordon, C. (2005). “A study of action research: A three-dimensional model.” Synergy, 3(2), 36-49.

Kuhlthau, C. C. (2005). Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries. School Library Media Activities Monthly, January 2005.

Tepe, A. E. & Geitgev, G. A. (2005). Student Learning through Ohio School Libraries, Introduction: Partner-Leaders in Action, School Libraries Worldwide, 11 (1), 55-62.

Todd, R. & Kuhlthau, C. C. (2005). Student Learning through Ohio School Libraries, Part 1: How Effective School Libraries Help Students, School Libraries Worldwide, 11 (1), 63-88

Todd, R. & Kuhlthau, C. C. (2005). Student Learning through Ohio School Libraries, Part 2: Faculty Perceptions of Effective School Libraries, School Libraries Worldwide, 11 (1), 89-110.

Heinström, J. (2005). Fast surfing, broad scanning and deep diving: the influence of personality and study approach on students' information-seeking behaviour. Journal of Documentation, 61 (2), 228-247.

Todd, R. (2004) Interventions that matter:  Student learning through effective school libraries. Synergy,  2(1), 32- 41. 

Todd, R. (2004) Learning through information technology:  Insights from ‘Student Learning Through Ohio School Libraries’ research study. Scan, 23(3), 29-35. 

Todd, R. (2004) How effective are school libraries? Students' perspectives from Ohio. Orana, 40(1), 9-21.

Todd, R.  (2004) From information to knowledge: The key to constructing communities of learning and literacy”.  In J. Bales and K. Bonnano (eds.) Constructing communities of learning.  ASLA Online Conference Proceedings.  ASLA, Zilmere, Qld, 7-21.

Todd, R., Kuhlthau, C., & Tepe, A. (2004). 13,000 students tell their story:  “Yeah,  the school library rocks”.  In:  P. Moore et al (eds.) From Aesop to e-book:  The story goes on….  Selected papers from the 33rd Annual conference of the International Association of School Librarianship and the 8th International Forum on Research in School Librarianship.  Erie, PA:  IASL, 94-108.

13,000 Kids Can't be Wrong
Professor Todd is featured on the cover of the February 2004 School Library Journal. The cover story, "13,000 Kids Can't be Wrong", presents the findings of the Ohio Research Study.

Irrefutable Evidence
Professor Todd's article about how school library media specialists boost student achievement is featured in the April 2003 edition of School Library Journal.

Books:

Todd, R. (2007).  Chapter "Evidence Based Practice and School Libraries: From Advocacy to Action" in Harada, V. & Hughes, S. (eds.).  Principles & Practice Volume 3 "School Reform and the School Library Media Specialist", Libraries Unlimited.

Gordon, C. A. (in press). The pedagogy of independent learning. Lanham (MD): Scarecrow Press.

Todd, R (2006).  Chapter 5 “Negotiating the Web: Language, Critical Literacies and Learning” in Gibbs, D. & Krause, K. (eds.)  Cyberlines 2.0 Languages and Cultures of the Internet (2nd edition), James Nicholas Publishers.  ISBN: 1 875 40842 8.

Todd, R. (2006).  Forward for “Making the Writing & Research Connection with the I-Search Process: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Teachers & School Librarians (2nd edition) by J. I. Tallman Adams, H., Robert E. Bocher, Carol A. Gordon, and Elizabeth Barry-Kessler. (2005). Privacy in the 21st century: Issues for public, school, and academic libraries. Westport (CT): Libraries Unlimited.

Gordon, C. (2005). Forward to Every student reads: Collaboration and reading to learn. Chicago: American Library Association.

Seeking Meaning: A Process Approach to Library and Information Services
The second edition of Professor Carol Kuhlthau's book is now available through Libraries Unlimited, a member of the Greenwood Publishing Group.

From the publisher: "First published in 1993, this book presents a new process approach to library and information services. It gives a detailed description of the model of the information search process (ISP) and a framework for a process approach to library and information services. The author has completed substantial new work that expands the concepts and applications of the user-centered process approach presented in the first edition."

We Boost Achievement: Evidenced-Based Practice for School Media Specialists
By David V. Loertscher with Ross J. Todd
From Hi Willow Research & Publishing: "Want to collect the evidence that you boost the achievement in your school with your LMC program? This book provides a multitude of techniques to collect evidence concerning reading, information literacy, collaborative planning, and technology. And like throwing pebbles in a pool causing a ripple effect, these measures not only document what you are doing, but suggest changes in your program to maximize your impact. The various measures in the book follow what is titled the triangulation of data. That is, if one were to measure impact on reading, data would be collected at the learner level, the teaching unit level, and the organization level. Both direct and indirect measures would be created. Because no thermometer can be stuck in a reader's mouth to see whether there is a 98 degree 'capable and avid reader,' the variety of measures taken approximate the 'duck test' (if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck... it must be a duck). An essential guide in times when achievement is the bottom line!"

Research Reports:

Reports of the Delaware School Library Survey 2004:

Facts, Findings, and Recommendations (Part 1)
Part 1 is the beginning of the Report of the Delaware School Library Survey 2004 and is an executive summary of the findings and recommendations.

Survey Instrument and Data of the Delaware School Library Survey, 2004 (Part 2)
Part 2 is the remainder of the Delaware School Library Survey 2004 and includes details and data from the survey.

Student Learning through Ohio Libraries: The Ohio Research Study
Dr. Ross J. Todd, Dr. Carol C. Kuhlthau and CISSL are pleased to present the findings of the Ohio Research Study, which took place from October 2002 to December 2003. The study, conducted on behalf of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA) and funded by the Ohio State Library and the Leadership for School Libraries, confirmed that school libraries, their services and school librarians play a major role in helping students learn. The results of the study can be found at the OELMA website: Student Learning through Ohio Libraries: The Ohio Research Study.