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 ›
School Library Month
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 ›
Celebrate School Library Month
Your library supervisor or school administrator asks what you are doing to celebrate School Library Month. Panic immediately sets in – you have never heard of this. What should you do? Remain calm and read on. What “School Library Month… Read More ›
Monday Means Leadership: Showcasing Your Program During School Library Month
April is School Library Month and this year’s theme, Your School Library Where Learning Never Ends, once again gives us opportunity to highlight and showcase how our school library media and instructional technology programs impact student achievement. How will you… Read More ›