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• Comfort in Simplicity

  By Laura Long on 04/02/2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Supporting Students and Teachers in Remote Learning As I write this post, I am working from home. I am thankful for health, yet disappointed that I am not at school in my Highland library. In a short time school librarians… Read More ›

• Avoiding Information Overload During COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Orders

  By Hannah Byrd Little on 04/01/2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Overcoming the abundance of beautiful and free information offers Every time I get an offer from an author or vendor about a complimentary service or item, it makes me feel so good. I noticed the very first offer during the… Read More ›

• School Library Month 2020 Celebrates School Librarian Resilience

  By Shannon DeSantis Gile, SLM Committee Chair on 04/01/2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Well, this will be a School Library Month for the record books. Like most of you, I have been uprooted from my school library and have set up a remote library headquarters from my dining room where I wrestle new… Read More ›

• Minding Mental Health during COVID-19

  By Brandi Hartsell on 03/31/2020 • ( 0 )

  

  As schools across the country are closing for weeks, months, and some for the rest of the year, school librarians (and other educators) are undoubtedly experiencing waves of emotion. We are sad because we miss our students and colleagues. We… Read More ›

• Worksheets for Online Reading

  By Maureen Schlosser on 03/31/2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Are you looking for online reading lessons to share with your learning community? If so, I am creating worksheets for books available online. My hope is that the worksheets will help remote learners respond to literature. This is a work-in-progress…. Read More ›

• Journey with Jones: Leading Virtual Field Trips during COVID-19

  By Amanda Jones on 03/30/2020 • ( 1 )

  

  On March 13, 2020, at 1:10 p.m., during the middle of a school day, the governor of Louisiana announced that all public schools in Louisiana would be closing until April 13, 2020. While I had a small inkling that we… Read More ›

• Picture Books and Primary Sources: Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island by Jennifer Thermes

  By Tom Bober on 03/27/2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Occasionally there is a picture book that I know will work well with a certain format of primary sources before I even open it. That was the case with Jennifer Thermes book Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island. There… Read More ›

• #infodemic: Why #SchoolLibraries Are, More Than Ever, A #NecessityNotALuxury

  By Steve Tetreault on 03/26/2020 • ( 4 )

  

  Humans, Information, and Behavior People by and large are not stupid (despite what some might claim based on the state of the world). But people are easily misinformed, and we tend to make decisions based on our feelings. As trained… Read More ›

• Add a Live Chat to Your Website

  By Becca Munson on 03/26/2020 • ( 2 )

  

  My school district in Kansas announced that we will go to online learning soon (no set date yet) in lieu of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a high school librarian, I have so many questions. What is our role in a… Read More ›

• Copyright Implications in the COVID-19 World

  By Emily Wagner on 03/25/2020 • ( 2 )

  The next CopyTalk is a timely one: how to manage copyright when everything is suddenly “only digital” for libraries, schools, colleges, and universities that are closed due to the global pandemic. The webinar will include information on Section 108 (the… Read More ›

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