The second week of School Library Month affords all librarians to make connections with educators and make connections as educators. The School Library Month committee has created several activity ideas that you can use during this week. What better way… Read More ›
School Library Month
Making Learner Connections in Your Library #AASLslm #slm18
School Library Month is celebrated every April and 2018’s celebration is shaping up to be one of the best yet. The theme this year is Making Connections at Your School Library and the School Library Month Committee has prepared four… Read More ›
School Library Month is Almost Here!
Our annual April celebration of AASL’s School Library Month begins in less than a week! This year the School Library Month theme is Making Connections at Your School Library. The committee chose this theme to express that school librarians do… Read More ›
Jason Reynolds calls school libraries “places of recognition for young people” in new PSA
A new public service announcement featuring New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds is now available from AASL as part of the 2018 celebration of School Library Month! In the PSA, Reynolds speaks to how school libraries are places of refuge and… Read More ›
AASL Celebrates 2018 School Library Month with Spokesperson Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds, author of “Ghost,” “Patina,” “Long Way Down,” and “Miles Morales: Spider-Man,” will serve as the national spokesperson for the 2018 celebration of School Library Month (SLM). Observed in April and sponsored by AASL, School Library Month celebrates school… Read More ›
Empowering Students with Dispositions
If you are familiar with Andy Weir’s novel The Martian, you know that the main character, Mark Watney, is a botanist and an astronaut. He is the Martian because, thinking him dead after a horrible storm, his fellow crew members… Read More ›
Celebrate #SLM17 with Flipgrid
Each year, school libraries celebrate #SLM17, or School Library Month. The hashtag #SLM17 is used to follow the conversation on social media, with the numerals changing each year. You may recall a post about the history of SLM in March… Read More ›
Andy Weir for School Libraries in New PSA
A new PSA featuring Andy Weir, author of the New York Times best-seller “The Martian,” and spokesperson for AASL’s 2017 celebration of School Library Month, is now available for view and download. In the PSA, Weir speaks to how school librarians empower learning… Read More ›
AASL Celebrates 2017 School Library Month with Spokesperson Andy Weir
Andy Weir, author of the New York Times best-seller “The Martian,” will serve as the national spokesperson for the 2017 celebration of School Library Month (SLM). Observed in April, SLM celebrates school libraries as approachable, equitable and personalized learning environments necessary… Read More ›
School Library Month and Intellectual Freedom
April is School Library Month and this year’s theme is “School Libraries Transform Learning.” The combination of a librarian, students, services, and resources magically (and through a lot of hard work) influence and inspire learning, not for one month, but… Read More ›