McCarthy, Amy, and Deborah Lines Andersen. “Homeschoolers at the Public Library: Are Library Services and Policies Keeping Pace?” JLAMS 3, no. 1: 5-44.
You can find this article here (pdf document, scroll to page 5 to find article). This is an excellent article: well thought-out, well-researched, informative. It’s a must-read for librarians interested in learning more [...]
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Research on Library Services to Homeschoolers
May 1, 2007Research Articles?
May 16, 2006Fisher, Jeffrey C., and Don A. Wicks. “Bookmobile Services to Homeschoolers in Ohio.” Bookmobiles and Outreach Services 7, no. 1: 7-28.
There are many problems endemic in research and writing by and about librarians and homeschoolers, and this article is a perfect example. (Sadly, it’s not freely available online, so you’ll have to use your mad [...]
Report from the National Center for Education Statistics
May 7, 2006It’s hard to get statistics on homeschoolers for all sorts of reasons: many guard their privacy, the definition of “homeschooling” varies from state to state (and even district to district), and it’s hard to get a statistically significant sample together. That said, the National Center for Education Statistics has an interesting report on homeschoolers and [...]
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