Professionals: David Loertscher
Professor at San Jose State University, School of Library and Information Science.
David V. Loertscher has degrees from the University of Utah, the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. from Indiana University. He has been a school library media specialist in Nevada and Idaho at both the elementary and secondary school levels. He has previously taught at Purdue University, The University of Arkansas, and The University of Oklahoma. He served as head of the editorial department at Libraries Unlimited for ten years and is President of Hi Willow Research & Publishing (distributed by LMC Source at www.lmcsource.com). He is a former president of the American Association of School Librarians.
Faculty Website at San Jose State University:
http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/people/loertscher.htm
Personal Website: http://www.davidvl.org/
Articles, Documents & Presentations:
Lance, Keith Curry & Loertsher, David. School
Libraries: What the Research Shows. Presentation at “Summit
on School Libraries, Toronto, CA, May 2002.
http://www.accessola.com/summit/school_lib.html
Loertscher, David. Building Knowledge-Rich Environments for Youth: A Worldwide Challenge for Schools and School Librarians. Keynote Address at IASL Conference, Aug. 2002.http://www.iasl-slo.org/conference2002-loertscher.html
David Loertscher Speaks. An interview by Cyndi Phillip, 2002.
http://michiganteacher.net/pdf/w03phillip.pdf
Related website:
A Weekend with David Loertsher by Cyndi
Phillip.
http://michiganteacher.net/pdf/s02philip.pdf
Loertsher, David V. & Woolls, Blanche. The
Information Literacy Movement of the School Library Media Field:
A Preliminary Summary of the Research.
http://witloof.sjsu.edu/courses/250.loertscher/modelloer.html
Selected Books:
Loertscher, David & Champlin, Connie.
Indiana Learns. San Jose, CA: Hi Willow Research and Publishing, 2002.
Excerpts at http://www.indianalearns.org/introduction.asp
Loertscher, David. Reinventing Your School’s Library in the Age of Technology: A Guide for Principals and Superintendents. San Jose, CA: Hi Willow Research and Publishing, 2002.
Loertscher, David. Taxonomies of the School Library Media Program (2nd Ed.). San Jose, CA: Hi Willow Research and Publishing, 1999.
Loertscher, David V. & Achterman, Douglas. Increasing Academic Achievement through the Library Media Center: A Guide for Teachers. San Jose, CA: Hi Willow Research and Publishing, 2002.