Together Again It’s October of 2021 and I am in my 17th year as an educator, 12th year as a school librarian, and this was my 4th AASL National Conference. I find that right now I am more reflective than… Read More ›
AASL National Conference & Exhibiton
My #AASL21 Conference Experience
If you have ever been to an AASL National Conference, you know it can be a remarkable event. It is difficult to put into words just how impressive this conference can be for our professional growth. There are author visits,… Read More ›
Concurrent Session at #AASL21: Radical Inclusion in Every School Library
At #AASL21 in Salt Lake City I was honored to get to watch Meg Allison present “Radical Inclusion in Every School Library” in person. When I say we are better together, colleagues and friends like Meg are why I know… Read More ›
Librarians, Let’s Confer about Who We Are
This short volume of a post stands between bookends: #AASL21, which just occurred last week, and the upcoming #VAASL conference, which takes place next week. The word “confer” has been around for over five hundred years; its first known use… Read More ›
Concurrent Session at #AASL21: Evolving Practices in Creating a School-Wide Culture of Reading
Our Best of the Best Reading Promotion: Then & Now At the AASL National Conference in Salt Lake City this past weekend I attended “Evolving Practices in Creating a School-Wide Culture of Reading,” one of the concurrent sessions. The concurrent… Read More ›
Kekla Magoon Inspires School Librarians to be Revolutionary at #AASL21
Award-winning author Kekla Magoon spoke to school librarians during Saturday’s Author General Session at AASL National Conference. Her upcoming work, “Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People,” publishes next month and has already been longlisted… Read More ›
Digital Citizenship through Dystopian Literature
I enjoyed attending Dr. Kristen Mattson’s presentation on Digital Citizenship through Dystopian Literature. Teaching digital citizenship can be tough, especially when we as librarians are expected to find time between every other thing we do. If we’re honest with ourselves,… Read More ›
#BetterTogether: Creating Content and Communities
The community of school librarians is a community like no other. The PLN opportunities are endless and consuming information from our PLN is the most valuable part! What do you find yourself consuming from your PLN? Podcasts? Webinars? Wakelets? Or… Read More ›
The 2020 & 2021 AASL Research Grants Session
Did you know that each year, AASL has a research award competition that ABC-CLIO sponsors? The winners typically speak face-to-face at the ALA Annual Conference or the bi-annual AASL national conference. Naturally, COVID-19 disrupted conference plans and some of the… Read More ›
Read Romance, Fight the Patriarchy!
The session started off with kisses (of the milk and dark chocolate variety) and a playlist of Al Green and Barry White. The presenter, Lori Lieberman, said that she has become known as “That Romance Librarian” and that when she… Read More ›