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 ›
Awards Spotlight
Engaging Manga Club Students with Hands-On Experiences through AASL Inspire Special Event Grant
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 ›
School Librarianship: Collaboration Is Key
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 ›
AASL Inspire Grants: Inspiring a Culture of Reading at Highland School of Technology
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 ›
Grant Funds Help Pine Grove Middle School’s Bookapalooza Kick Things up a Notch
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 Announces 2017 Award Recipients
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 ›
Baltimore County Public Schools named National School Library Program of the Year
Baltimore County Public Schools, serving all public schools in Baltimore County, Md., is the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 2017 National School Library Program of the Year (NSLPY) Award recipient. Sponsored by Follett, the NSLPY Award annually recognizes a… Read More ›
If You Feed Them, They Will Come and Other Insights on Winning the Ruth Toor Grant
About a year ago, I read an article about a high school English teacher who was improving reading scores by challenging his students to read a million words “for fun” during the school year. With that idea in the back… Read More ›
Reflect, Connect, and Jump: What I Learned from the Frances Henne Award
When I received news that I was selected for the Frances Henne Award, though I was excited and honored, I was also beset with a strong case of imposter syndrome. I didn’t share the news, and I wasn’t quite sure… Read More ›
Building on Others’ Contributions: The Story of AASL’s 2016 Collaborative School Library Award
Being selected as winners of the AASL 2016 Collaborative School Library Award has been such an honor and a career highlight! “Brotherhood, a Novel: Making Connections to Richmond (Virginia) from Reconstruction through Present Day” is a collaborative lesson that was… Read More ›