Voices of Decision-Makers

Citation

Lance, K. C., Kachel, D. E., Breevoort, L., Gerrity, C., & Ellis, D. (2023, August). Voices of decision-makers: how district & school leaders decide about school librarian employment. SLIDE: The School Librarian Investigation—Decline or Evolution? https://libSLIDE.org/publications/voices

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• Executive Summary
• Table of Contents and List of Tables, Charts, and Maps
• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Methodology
  • Types of Factors
• Thematic Analysis of Interviews
  • Interviewees – Profiles
  • Instruction Topics & Instructors
  • Other Decision-Makers
  • Decision Results, Factors, & Co-occurrence
    • Co-occurrence of Factors in Decisions to Add School Librarians
    • Co-occurrence of Factors in Decisions to Reduce School Librarians
  • What Decision-Makers Said
    • Decisions to Add or Restore Librarians
    • Decisions to Reduce, Eliminate, Combine, or Reclassify Librarians
  • Tradeoffs/Advantages & Disadvantages of Decisions
  • Interactions of Interviewees with Librarians
• Summary of Findings & Conclusion
  • Decision-Making Themes for Positive Staffing Decisions
  • Decision-Making Themes for Negative Staffing Decisions
  • Volatility of Librarian Staffing
• Recommendations
  • Future Research 
• References
• Appendix A. Voices of Decision-Makers Author Roles 
• Appendix B. SLIDE Project Interview Recruitment Form
• Appendix C. SLIDE Interviewer’s Report Form
• Appendix D. Contexts of School Librarian Employment (abstract and link)
• Appendix E. Perspectives on School Librarian Employment in the United States, 2009-10 to 2018-19 (abstract and link)
• Appendix F. The COVID-19 Pandemic & Inequities in Access to School Librarians: A SLIDE Special Report (abstract and link)
• Appendix G. The School Librarian Equity Gap: Inequities Associated with Race and Ethnicity Compounded by Poverty, Locale, and Enrollment