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I am the media coordinator at Eugene Ashley High School in Wilmington, NC. I have had positions at elementary, middle and high school libraries during my career. I am a past president of NCSLMA. Currently I am serving as the Communications Chair for NCSLMA and a member of AASL/ALSC/YALSA School/Public Library Cooperation.

• Professional Development Ideas for Summer Break

  By Joann Absi on 06/02/2016 • ( 0 )

  

  The end of the school year is quickly approaching and we are all looking forward to some rest and time to recoup from our busy year. Probably the last thing we want to think about at this moment is putting… Read More ›

• “Gimme a C (for Collaboration!)”: How Our Standards Relate and Interconnect

  By Joann Absi on 05/03/2016 • ( 0 )

  

  This past November, I saw a posting on our North Carolina State Library blog about the new Competencies for Librarians Serving Children in Public Libraries that were just issued. After reading the blog post I followed the link to the… Read More ›

• AP Exams Are Right Around the Corner

  By Joann Absi on 04/08/2016 • ( 3 )

  

  High school students who are taking AP classes are getting ready to take their exams in May.  I like to have resources available for our students to use for studying besides their class content.  One of the pages on my media center… Read More ›

• Career Options : Meeting the Needs of the Other Half of Our Student Population

  By Joann Absi on 03/04/2016 • ( 1 )

  

  A lot of time and resources are focused on our juniors and seniors in preparing them to attend four-year colleges. Honor and AP classes are offered, admission officers from universities and colleges come to our schools for visits and information… Read More ›

• Let’s Get Together Thursday: Freedom Riders Exhibit Provides an Opportunity for Interschool Collaboration

  By Joann Absi on 02/04/2016 • ( 0 )

  

  This January in preparation for the study of Black History month our high school and two of our feeder middle schools joined together to host the Freedom Riders exhibit created by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.  The librarians… Read More ›

• Reaching Out: Including Parents in Your Program throughout the Year

  By Joann Absi on 01/05/2016 • ( 0 )

  

  As January begins, don’t forget about your parent stakeholders. There is always a push in the fall to include parents in opening school days but sometimes during the year we forget to get the message out about what the library… Read More ›

• Getting Both Sides of an Issue and Preparing for the 2016 Elections

  By Joann Absi on 12/02/2015 • ( 1 )

  

  I’ve come across a few free sites that I have linked on my library website for faculty and student use.  They provide either a balance of opinions on current issues or do some fact checking.  We have a subscription of Ebsco’s… Read More ›

• Let’s Get Together Thursday : Collaborating With Your Peers on Literacy

  By Joann Absi on 11/05/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  In September, I had the opportunity to take part in a three day professional development seminar titled “How Library Media Specialists Can Support Literacy.” The program was created by the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT).  It… Read More ›

• Let’s Get Together Thursday – It Takes a Team to Get Seniors Through Their Graduation Projects

  By Joann Absi on 10/08/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Each semester we get a new group of seniors into the library to start the research section of their Graduation Project or Capstone Project as some of you call it. They are usually a mixed group of students who either… Read More ›

• Let’s Get Together Thursday – Expanding Your PLN

  By Joann Absi on 09/03/2015 • ( 1 )

  In 2004, a group of librarians got together to form a PLN.  We didn’t call it that at the time, as the term has been a recent development.  What is interesting about this group of librarians is that we are… Read More ›