Why Librarians Are More Crucial Than Ever In the aftermath of the US presidential election, I’ve been reflecting on what it means to live in a post-truth world. I was shocked to read several accounts explaining that a majority of… Read More ›
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Jobs of the Future
How school librarians can prepare students for jobs that don’t yet exist: What If? I often wish that I could see into the future so that I could prepare students for the next great thing. However, my MLIS degree did… Read More ›
Curation and Pathfinders
The Back-to-School Goal and the Conversation That Ensued At my school, we are having a long overdue conversation about types of library materials and the organization of library materials (print versus electronic… Dewey or Don’t we, etc.). This conversation began… Read More ›
Dive Right in…the Information’s Fine
Mrs. Selinsky just hosted her annual Plagiarism Storytime, complete with cookies and milk. Which can mean only one thing. It’s research paper season! Juniors research learning differences. Sophomores tackle the French Revolution. Eighth and ninth graders explore the seven wonders… Read More ›
September’s Featured Learning Commons: Pam Harland at Sanborn High School
For this month’s featured Learning Commons, I interviewed Pam Harland from Sanborn High School in New Hampshire. Besides being a librarian extraordinaire, she is the AASL Board of Director Liaison to Knowledge Quest. Her answers to my interview questions were… Read More ›
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Thinking Outside the (Search) Box – Part 2
In which students get permission to play on Wikipedia! Many of the students I work with have non-verbal learning disorders. This presents a number of learning and social challenges. One of the biggest is that many of the students think… Read More ›