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• Gimme a C (for Collaboration!): More Info about ONE Access

  By Allison Barney, Chair of Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation on 07/27/2018 • ( 1 )

  

  By Mara Rosenberg The Collaboration Toolkit published this spring highlights successful collaborations between school and public libraries. One of these programs is ONE Access in Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. As outlined in the toolkit, students in participating schools use their… Read More ›

• Gimme a C (for Collaboration!): Collaborate to Stop Summer Slide

  By Allison Barney, Chair of Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation on 05/29/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  By Katie Klein As the school year wraps up and summer reading approaches, now is a perfect time to collaborate with your local school and public libraries. We all know how important it is for students to maintain reading skills… Read More ›

• Gimme a C (for Collaboration!): The Public Library & School Library Collaboration Toolkit Is Here!

  By Allison Barney, Chair of Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation on 04/05/2018 • ( 1 )

  

  By Shannon Harris The AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation (SPLC) is pleased to announce the publication of the Public Library & School Library Collaboration Toolkit. This toolkit is the result of a three-year collaborative effort with members of… Read More ›

• Gimme a C (for Collaboration!): Fine Free

  By Allison Barney, Chair of Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation on 03/02/2018 • ( 1 )

  

  By Marcia Melkonian The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) system have created a system-wide collaborative effort similar to those discussed in the now completed Public Library & School Library Collaboration Toolkit. There… Read More ›

• Gimme a C (for Collaboration!): Reach Across the Aisle for Partnerships that Transform Youth Services

  By Allison Barney, Chair of Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation on 01/25/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  By Judi Moreillon Through school-public library collaboration, librarians support one another in expanding and nurturing their communities’ literacy ecosystems. Patricia Jimenez is the school librarian at Sunnyslope High School (SHS) in the Glendale (Arizona) Union High School District. At the… Read More ›

• Gimme a C (for Collaboration!): Lessons Learned from a Waldorf School Partnership

  By Allison Barney, Chair of Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation on 12/22/2017 • ( 0 )

  

  By Natalie Romano In summer 2017, my branch library was invited to host seven on-site storytimes for The Denver Waldorf School (DWS), a local, private school whose philosophy aligns with the teachings of Rudolf Steiner. The agreement was for my… Read More ›

• Gimme a C (for Collaboration!): Creating a Winning Team

  By Allison Barney, Chair of Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation on 11/28/2017 • ( 0 )

  

  By Jody Howard During my first years as a school librarian, I worked at a junior high with a group of dynamite classroom teachers. “Collaboration” was a word that we used in discussions and also put into practice. One English… Read More ›

• Gimme a C (For Collaboration!): Coding, Collaboration, & Community

  By Allison Barney, Chair of Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation on 09/29/2017 • ( 0 )

  

  by Robin L. Gibson Earlier this year, the Westerville Public Library was awarded an LSTA Summer Library Program Grant through the State Library of Ohio that allowed us to purchase robots (Kibo, Dash & Dot, and Sphero SPRK+) to extend… Read More ›