By Anne Mlod, Librarian, and Cinda Gilmore, 4th-Grade Teacher Four years ago, we were approached by a district administrator, asking if we were interested in participating in a one-week song-writing residency focusing on Harriet Tubman, with the internationally known folk… Read More ›
So many of us have been hearing the same litany of woes in the school library world that we are mostly numb and deaf to it at this point: there is no money, people think libraries are dinosaurs, everything is… Read More ›
What happens when a student wants the newest manga, another copy of Thirteen Reasons Why, or their book club’s next read, and nary any of these requests can be filled? This is a dilemma many librarians face every day. I… Read More ›
“I’m in love!” shouted a 4th-grade boy as he walked through my library. Had he just met one of my beautiful high school library aides? I wondered. But then he actually clarified: “I’m in love with all these books!” A… Read More ›
School librarians excel at stretching their budgets to meet the needs of their students and staff. Even so, from my own experience, I have found there are never enough funds left for promoting and marketing the library as well as… Read More ›
Our school library hosts a variety of events throughout that year that allow students to engage in authentic experiences, which helps to build a culture of learning. The Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School is a multicultural, New York City public school,… Read More ›
It is such an honor to be awarded the AASL School Collaboration of the Year Award. What I am most proud of is that our project, Dot Day: How do we work together as collaborators to make our mark?, truly… Read More ›
Inspiring students to be lifelong readers and learners is my passion, and as a recipient of both the AASL’s Inspire Collection Development Grant and the Inspire Special Event Grant, the students and teachers at Highland School of Technology in Gastonia,… Read More ›
Pine Grove Middle School Library is honored to the be recipient of the AASL Inspire Special Event Grant sponsored by Marina “Marney” Welmers. We are thrilled to have this funding to support our literacy outreach throughout the school year…. Read More ›
AASL has announced the recipients of its 2017 awards. AASL awards and grants recognize excellence and showcase best practices in the school library field in categories that include collaboration, leadership and innovation. Recipients of this prestigious program are celebrated for… Read More ›