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 ›
AASL’s newest recognition program, Social Media Superstars, honors school library professionals who enrich the profession and its work on behalf of students by sharing information, expertise, ideas, encouragement, dialog and inspiration widely via a variety of social media channels. After reviewing… Read More ›
Acknowledging the role social media plays in school library promotion, AASL has launched a new recognition program – Social Media Superstars. Nominated and endorsed by their peers, the program will recognize school library professionals who enrich the profession and its… Read More ›
All you can eat pancakes at IHOP! 75% off holiday decorations! Act now to upgrade your data plan or to buy that new car at 0% financing! As the new year begins, opportunities abound, and, while we don’t have pancakes,… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Reposted with permission from Hilda K. Weisburg’s blog. On Saturday, June 25, I was honored at the AASL Awards Program to receive the 2016 Distinguished Service Award. As part of the presentation, I had the opportunity to speak and I addressed… Read More ›