By Mary Keeling, Chair, AASL Standards and Guidelines Implementation Task Force, and Marcia Mardis, Chair, AASL Standards and Guidelines Editorial Board Who has ever had a sleepless night before the first day back at school? I’ll bet most of us have! Anticipation frequently… Read More ›
S&G Revision
The Wait Is Over!
I will confess: I had barely returned from the 2015 National Conference & Exhibition in Columbus when I started looking forward to 2017 in Phoenix. Truly the only national conference devoted solely to the needs of school librarians, it is… Read More ›
Challenges and Celebrations: Time to Reflect and Share
Summer sun to fall leaves to cold winter mornings, July to December–having served five months as president of AASL, it is time to think back on challenges and celebrations and to reflect and share. Challenges: As I reflect, I am… Read More ›
Informing School Library Standards with Evidence: An Executive Summary of the Standards & Guidelines Editorial Board Process
As many of you know, AASL’s Standards and Guidelines Editorial Board is diligently working to update and align learner, school librarian, and program standards to current practice and future needs. This process has been deliberate and thoughtful; we’ve embarked on… 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 ›
Editorial Board Releases Infographic on Standards and Guidelines Research to Date
Remember when Nancy Pelosi became the first woman Speaker of the House? How about when the Colts won the Super Bowl or when the Dixie Chicks had the album of the year? If you dimly remember these events, then you… Read More ›
AASL Names Members of Standards & Guidelines Implementation Task Force
AASL has named the members of its new task force responsible for developing a plan to support states, school systems and individual schools preparing to implement the association’s new learning standards and program guidelines. Chair Mary Keeling will be joined by… Read More ›
AASL Launches Survey to Inform New Learning Standards & Program Guidelines
In preparation for the upcoming review and revision of its learning standards and program guidelines, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has launched an online survey to assess attitudes and perceptions about the current AASL standards and guidelines documents…. Read More ›
Your Profession, Your Standards, Your Voice
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is currently in the process of evaluating and revising its learning standards and program guidelines. This is a critically important project to both the association and the profession. These publications define a direction… Read More ›
AASL Seeks School Librarians for Standards and Guidelines Implementation Task Force
AASL is seeking school librarians to serve on an implementation task force for a new iteration of the association’s learning standards and program guidelines slated to launch in the fall of 2017. The task force will be responsible for developing… Read More ›