Library databases provide access to students from home with passwords specific to the subscribing building. In a time like this, it is important to provide access to those databases from home easily. What is the best way to make this… Read More ›
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AASL Launches Second School Library Closure Survey; Reports Additional Results from First Survey
AASL has launched a second school library closure survey, which will close on Tuesday, April 21, at 5:00 p.m. Central. The data gathered from the survey will be used to track the changes in school librarians’ responsibilities and to collectively… Read More ›
Using Flipgrid for Face-to-Face Asynchronous Student Interactions
The Asynchrony of Remote Learning Not knowing when students are available online is one of the biggest challenges facing educators during this period of remote learning. Seeing other people is incredibly important when practicing physical distancing so that it doesn’t… Read More ›
Remote Learning Lessons PreK to 4th Grade
Let me start by saying I have never been a remote learning teacher before. This is not something that I have taken a class on or claim to be an expert in. Teaching elementary age students in this setting is… Read More ›
Thoughts about Navigating Our Strange New World
As president of AASL, it is an honor to have this space to share my thoughts with you. Please bear with me as I ramble through some of the thoughts and issues that are on my mind as we shelter… Read More ›
The New Virtual Reality: Surviving and Thriving as a School Librarian during a Pandemic
We are currently living through unprecedented times. The global pandemic of COVID-19 has led, in many places, to abandoned streets, empty store shelves, and shuttered school buildings. Even though your school library space may be closed right now, your library… Read More ›
COVID-19 School Librarianship – Part 2
[This is a three-part series. Read part 1 here.] Sunday March 15 When I left our MASL virtual meet-up, I felt inspired and energized by my professional community. I was still processing the message from our central office that I’d… Read More ›
The Virtual Heartbeat Is Your School Library
The relevant school library undertaking on everyone’s mind right now is distance library learning. How do you provide resources, assistance, and information to our students and teachers from afar? The state of our global community has plunged us all into… Read More ›
Comfort in Simplicity
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 ›
Journey with Jones: Leading Virtual Field Trips during COVID-19
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 ›