• 21 Measurement Criteria for Michigan School Libraries For 21st Century Schools 
This tool is to be used to measure the quality of School Library programs within individual school buildings in Michigan. To achieve Qualified and Exemplary Status for their School Library program, completed criteria measurement evaluations are to be submitted to the Library of Michigan, an Office of the Michigan Department of Education. School administrators are to evaluate their building's School Library program in conjunction with their School Librarian and submissions require the signature of their District Superintendent. Status earned will be valid for two years. This tool is a companion to the Michigan School Library Media Program Guidelines approved by the Library of Michigan Board of Trustees in January 2007.

• 21st Century Media Center Video Download Site

• Oakland School Media Specialist Wins National “I Love My Librarian” Award

• School Libraries Count! National Longitudinal Study of School Library Media Programs 

• Michigan Reads!

• 21st Century Media Center Video on YouTube

• The Impact of Michigan School Librarians on Academic Achievement: Kids Who Have Libraries Succeed 

• Michigan Association for Media in Education - MAME

• The Impact of Michigan School Librarians on Academic Achievement: Kids Who Have Libraries Succeed (Flyer) 

• Library Research Service: School Library Section

• River of Words
Each year, in affiliation with the Library of Congress Center for the Book, River of Words conducts a free international poetry and art contest for youth on the theme of WATERSHEDS. The contest is designed to help youth explore the natural and cultural history of the place they live, and to express, through poetry and art, what they discover. The 2010 deadline is December 1, 2009.

• Letters about Literature

READ. BE INSPIRED. WRITE BACK.
The Michigan Center for the Book and the Library of Michigan participate in the annual Letters about Literature program from the Library of Congress, in partnership with Target Stores. This national reading-writing contest invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to write letters to authors of books that have changed their lives.