As we head toward the new year, I am already looking ahead to update and set some goals for 2021. As a new member of the ALA Library Ecosystem Subcommittee (a subcommittee of the ALA Committee on Library Advocacy (COLA)),… Read More ›
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Transforming Your Island into a Peninsula
As each new school year approaches we are all thinking about what we want to change and improve on and setting new goals for ourselves. For many years I have heard the ideology that our school library positions are an… Read More ›
For the Record | AASL Councilor’s Report – ALA Midwinter 2019
Serving on ALA Council as the division representative for AASL is an honor, and I am grateful I was able to represent AASL and its members in Seattle. There were many resolutions that came to council to be voted on…. Read More ›
5 Conference Tips and Tricks from an Overplanner
Last summer, I wrote about “How to Make a Game Plan for Your Next Conference.” If you haven’t read that one yet, I highly recommend checking it out, as it’s some of my best overall advice for attending large conferences… Read More ›
ALA President Calls for All Librarians to Advocate for School Libraries
In his March/April column for American Libraries magazine, ALA President Jim Neal calls for all librarians to join in the fight for school libraries. He writes: “Libraries constitute an ecology of educational, research, and community services. In this environment of… Read More ›
ALA Opens Application Period for Libraries Ready to Code Grants
The American Library Association (ALA) has opened the application period for grants to develop public and school library programming that promotes computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) among youth. The grant opportunity, announced last month, is the latest phase of the Libraries Ready to… Read More ›
How to Make a Game Plan for Your Next Conference
Are you off to ISTE, ALA, or another major conference in the next few months? Congratulations! Going to a national conference can be exciting and thrilling. Unfortunately, it can also be overwhelming and exhausting. I’ve been to ISTE three times,… Read More ›
#ASKinUAE: Connecting School Librarians Around the Globe
In November, we journeyed over 7,000 miles across the globe on a non-stop 15-hour flight all the way to the United Arab Emirates. Why? We traveled to share the power of libraries with fellow librarians at the Sharjah International Book… Read More ›
School Library Magic in Orlando
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 ›
Is there more than learning and socializing? Reflections on ALA midwinter
As I shared in a recent post, I enjoy reading (and sometimes participating on) the writing boards at conferences and in libraries. I found the one below on one of the welcome walls at Midwinter in Boston. ALA sponsored conferences… Read More ›