Article by Cathi Fuhrman, Ed.D., library department supervisor for the Hempfield School District, originally presented at a hearing before the state House Education Committee.
In the article she emphazises the important role of certified school librarians on students'futures, but also that this role is changing continuously.
This means school librarians need to evolve and keep up with the changes in education and the demands of society.

James Patterson, American bestselling author donates to school libraries. He says: "Libraries are the heart of the school, and the response from educators and parents alike to the first Great Library Pledge showed that there is much more needed to save them. That’s why I’m back with a new $1.75 million pledge to save school libraries across the country."
School libraries can apply for a grant and find more ways to support school libraries on the website

The IFLA library started in 2013 and contains all submitted IFLA WLIC papers. This repository reached over 550.000 downloads. Searching for "school libraries" shows 551 results. Interesting to check out if you're looking for WLIC conference papers on this topic.

Are schools and librarians ready for the future? Check out this site with video and factsheets to prepare yourself and your role in student success

Call for Papers: joint session Audiovisual and Multimedia and Information Literacy and School libraries section @IFLA2017, Wroclaw Poland

First Call for Papers European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) http://ecil2017.ilconf.org/ September 18-21, 2017, Saint Malo, France Co-organized by the Department of Information Management of Hacettepe University, Department of Information and Communication Sciences of Zagreb University and the IUT Paris Descartes, European Conference on Information Literacy (or ECIL) will take place in Saint-Malo, France from 18-21 September 2017. ECIL is an international conference under the patronage of UNESCO and IFLA. Paul G. Zurkowski is the Honorary Chair of the Conference. Conference committees include over hundred distinguished experts from over sixty countries. The language of the Conference is English. Aim & Scope Workplace Information Literacy being the main theme, ECIL aims to bring together researchers, information professionals, employers, media specialists, educators, policy makers and all other related parties from around the world to exchange knowledge and experience and discuss recent developments and current challenges in both theory and practice. Topics of the Conference include (but not limited with) the following: • Information literacy in the workplace • Information literacy and employability • Information literacy and workforce development • Information literacy and career readiness • Information literacy and developing critical and creative workers • Information literacy and 21st century workplace • Information usage in the workplace • Information literacy and organisational success • Information literacy and competitiveness • Critical perspectives on workplace information literacy • Information literacy and the neoliberal agenda • Information literacy and digital empowerment • Information literacy and trans/inter/multiculturalism • Information literacy and community engagement • Information literacy and social change • Information literacy and democracy, citizenship, active participation • Information literacy, libraries, the public sphere • Information literacy and lifelong learning • Information literacy in theoretical context (models, standards, indicators) • Information literacy and related concepts (transversal competencies, media literacy, data literacy, civic literacy, transliteracy, metaliteracy, e-literacy, digital literacy, computer literacy, scientific literacy, visual literacy, health literacy, multi literacy) • Information literacy research (research strategies, methodology and methods) • Information seeking and information behavior • Information literacy good practices • Information literacy policies and policy development • Information literacy and libraries Information literacy and LIS education • Information literacy and knowledge management • Information literacy across disciplines • Information literacy in different cultures and countries • Information literacy in different contexts (law, health, etc.) • Information literacy and education • Information literacy education in different sectors (K-12, higher education, vocational education) • Information literacy instruction • Information literacy for different groups (adults, children, young people, disadvantaged groups) • Information literacy and ethical/social issues • Information literacy and emerging technologies • Information literacy in the future Important Dates First call: 7 November 2016 Second call: 12 December 2016 Third call: 16 January 2017 Abstract submission deadline: 15 February 2017 Notification of acceptance for abstracts: 31 March 2017 Deadline for submitting final versions of abstracts: 15 April 2017 Authors’ notification on final decision on abstract category: 2 May 2017 Registration starts: May 2017 Full-text submission deadline: 15 May 2017 Notification of acceptance for full-texts: 15 June 2017 Deadline for submitting final versions of full-texts: 3 July 2017 Early registration deadline: 15 June 2017 Author registration deadline: 30 June 2017 Conference sessions: 18-21 September 2017 Paper Submission The conference is composed of several types of contributions, such as full papers, posters, PechaKucha, best practices, workshops, panels, invited talks, and doctoral forum, each of which has different requirements and restrictions regarding the length, time allocation and content. Contributions should be prepared using the templates available through the Conference web site and submitted electronically via the conference management system before the deadlines indicated under important dates. Contributions will be peer-reviewed. Detailed information about review process can be obtained from conference web site. At least one of the authors should register online via Conference web site and take part at the conference to make the presentation. Venue Le Grand Large – Palais des congrès de Saint Malo. 1, quai Duguay-Trouin. FR-35288 Saint Malo Webpage: http://www.pgl-congres.com/ Contact Abstract submission, review process & book of abstracts Sonja Špiranec, General Co-chair and Co-chair of ECIL 2017 ecil.ffzg@gmail.com Full-text submission, review process & proceedings book Serap Kurbanoğlu, General Co-chair and Co-chair of ECIL 2017 kurbanogluserap@gmail.com Local issues, registration, accommodation and tours Joumana Boustany, Co-chair for ECIL 2017 and Chair of the Local Organizing Committee ecilconference@gmail.com

The IFLA sections School Libraries and Section on Academic and Research Libraries held a joint session at the WLIC 2016 in Columbus, Ohio. You can find the links to the presentations here.