Applications for AASL’s 2017 awards season are now available. AASL members are encouraged to nominate a colleague or themselves to be lauded for their outstanding talent and dedication to the profession as part of this prestigious program. AASL awards and… Read More ›
If knowledge is in fact power, then, school librarians ought to be the most powerful group in the nation. We are the keepers of the books. We are the guardians of the resources. We are super heroes. We are powerful…. Read More ›
Sylvia Norton, AASL Executive Director, and Marci Merola, ALA Director for the Office of Library Advocacy, came to Michigan on September 17 to lead a workshop on unpacking the school library provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Provisions… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
Anyone who works for libraries knows that library magic is the result of WORK, lots of people working together to cause change. Yes, ALA Annual in Orlando was like that – but AASL Division Councilor Diane Chen led the effort… Read More ›
Books have defined my life in many ways, so explaining the excitement of winning the AASL National School Library Program of the Year Award can best be explained through literature. As a little girl, I read the fairy tales where… Read More ›
From the moment I received word that Wilson Southern Middle School’s “Children of the Holocaust/Holocaust Hall of Memories” was awarded the 2016 Roald Dahl Miss Honey Social Justice Award, I could not contain my excitement! The notification arrived on the… Read More ›
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) recently announced that its school library standards and program guidelines will be revised and that school librarians will have a chance to provide input. On the heels of this announcement comes another from… Read More ›