Professionals: Barb Stripling

Presently Director of Library and Literacy for New Visions for Public Schools, NY. http://www.newvisions.org/

• Former President of the American Association of School Librarians.
• Former co-editor of the School Library Media Quarterly.
• Former Director of Instructional Services at Fayetteville, AR.
• Candidate for 2005 ALA President (Michael Gorman, CA State University was elected)

Articles & Documents Online:
Confessions of a Mad Librarian: ALA Presidential Candidate Barb Stripling (Interview  by the Nominating Committee of NMRT as posted to NMRT-L)
http://edwards.orcas.net/~misseli/blog/archives/000077.html

Stripling, Barbara K. & Coatney, Sharon. Dispelling the Myths. Learning Quarterly, School Library Journal, Sept. 2003.
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA319393
Adapting to a bombardment of information, literacy in the 21st century encompasses sophisticated thinking skills, reading for understanding, and persuasive writing.

Stripling, Barbara K. Fostering Literacy and Inquiry. Learning Quarterly, School Library Journal, Sept. 2003.
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA319394
Students must evaluate sources, find main ideas and supporting evidence, draw conclusions, write creatively and persuasively, and use reading and writing to learn independently. To develop those abilities, students need instruction and guided practice in reading, writing, speaking, and listening throughout their school years.

Stripling, Barbara K. Learning-Centered Libraries: Implications from Research. School Library Media Quarterly; 23(3), Spring 1995.
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/editorschoiceb/infopower/selectstripling1.htm

Selected Books:
Stripling, Barbara K., Ed. Learning and Libraries in an Information Age: Principles and Practice. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999.

Stripling, Barbara K. & Hughes-Hassell, Sandra (Eds.). Curriculum Connections through the Library: Principles and Practice. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2003.

Stripling, Barbara K. & Pitts, Judy M. Brainstorms and Blueprints: Teaching Library Research as a Thinking Process. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1998.