CLASS II is an IMLS-sponsored project engaged in the first phase of a research agenda proposed in the white paper, Causality: School Libraries and Student Success. The project’s ultimate goal is to explore possible causal relationships between the work of effective… Read More ›
Research
Information Literacy Lessons Crucial in a Post-Truth World
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 ›
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 ›
Working Together as AASL
What an honor and privilege it is to have been elected to serve as your president for 2016-2017. Thank you for your confidence in me as we work together to further the mission of AASL, “to empower leaders to transform… Read More ›
It Came Full Circle: Connecting with an Author Changed Everything
Have you ever had a lesson that just worked! A lesson that truly left its mark. I would like to say this happens all the time, but if I am honest with myself I think those really “special” lessons are… Read More ›
Pull Up Some Rug…It’s Plagiarism Storytime
Forget the groundhog. At my school we have our own harbinger of spring. It happens during a Community Meeting – our morning, all-school gathering where announcements for the day are made. She puts up her hand and waits to be… Read More ›
What Do They Want? An Open Discussion with Colleagues
In an informal, open discussion I have begun with educational friends and colleagues, I posed these questions: What do you want from your School Library Media Specialist? What skills do your students need? I was surprised that their responses all bordered around… Read More ›
There’s no such thing as a library without a librarian soooo….#SaveOurLibrary
I was about to be another lost librarian in the Chicago Public Schools system when I got my dismissal letter a month ago. But my students surprised me with a “read in” protest at DuSable (three small high schools in… Read More ›
December’s Featured Learning Commons: Candace Aiani’s USIC at Taipei American School
Photo from TAS USIC website Knowledge Quest readers will recognize the librarian at the helm of this month’s featured learning commons, as her article on international schools and intellectual freedom was an online exclusive in the Sept/Oct 2015 issue. I… Read More ›
Getting Both Sides of an Issue and Preparing for the 2016 Elections
I’ve come across a few free sites that I have linked on my library website for faculty and student use. They provide either a balance of opinions on current issues or do some fact checking. We have a subscription of Ebsco’s… Read More ›