As I write this last blog post as President of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) during what has been a challenging year, I want to extend my gratitude to so many people including: AASL Staff AASL Board Members… Read More ›
intellectual freedom
Supporting Our Learners’ Right to Read
Thank you to everyone who came to the AASL President’s Program: Freedom to Read Ambassadors at ALA Annual. And a huge thank you to the amazing panelists: Kelly Yang, Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul, Amanda Jones, and Becky Calzada who all spoke… Read More ›
AASL President’s Program: Freedom to Read Ambassadors
If you will be at ALA Annual, you will not want to miss the AASL President’s Program: Freedom to Read Ambassadors. All of us are aware of the huge increase in book challenges, the onslaught of laws to limit school… Read More ›
Working Together, Standing Together, Supporting Each Other: Advocacy
I’m very proud of AASL’s work on the reintroduction of The Right to Read Act by Senator Reed and Representative Grijalva and the endorsement of the bills by ALA, AASL,the National Education Association (NEA), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), National… Read More ›
Soft Censorship Scenarios – What Would You Do?
Last month, the AASL/ALSC/YALSA Joint Committee shared soft censorship self-reflection questions to help us to gauge our understanding and feelings about censorship and self-censorship. This month, we’re offering scenarios to think through and prepare for these types of situations. We… Read More ›
Every Day is Right to Read Day!
Monday, April 24 was “Right to Read Day”- the first day of National Library Week and a national day of action to defend, protest, and celebrate the right to read in the United States. The issues of having access to… Read More ›
Equity of Access to Certified School Librarians
Happy National School Librarian Day (April 4th) and School Library Month (April) ! I am so honored to be a part of the school library profession and want to acknowledge the great work of school librarians across the nation working… Read More ›
The Kids Are Alright: Highlighting Children’s Books with Characters Who Stand Up to Censorship
It has been a rather long while since I’ve been in this space, since I’ve put pen to paper or fingertips to keyboard. You may be wondering: “Well, where have you been?” Since truly and completely answering such a query… Read More ›
School Library Month, ALA Elections, & More!
I love School Library Month! School Library Month is a wonderful opportunity to focus on all the great things going on in my school library and all the school libraries across the nation and CELEBRATE! Including stakeholders in this celebration… Read More ›
Holding Out for a Hero Who Can Bring The Noise
“Welcome to the Jungle” We all know that school librarianship has come into some dark times. Small but vocal national groups are making a lot of noise about titles they have personal objections to. Their playbook includes personal attacks vilifying… Read More ›