April is School Library Month, and students and staff around the globe continue to celebrate all month long! This year, library staff at Nags Head Elementary School are commemorating the occasion by promoting the library and all it has to… Read More ›
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School Administrators and the Power of School Librarians
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ― Lao Tzu (n.d.) I love our profession. Look around… Read More ›
Recognizing School Librarians in April and All Year Long
School Library Month April is one of my favorite months. My mom was born in April. April showers bring May flowers. Spring is in full swing and the winter blahs are being chased away by the promise of warmer weather,… Read More ›
School Library Month 2020 Celebrates School Librarian Resilience
Well, this will be a School Library Month for the record books. Like most of you, I have been uprooted from my school library and have set up a remote library headquarters from my dining room where I wrestle new… Read More ›
Learner-Ready School Librarians for a Community of Readers!
Celebrating what we have chosen to do for our life’s work is steeped in both reflection and joy. School Library Month reminds us to pause in our busy school librarian lives and contemplate for a few minutes what we do… Read More ›
Highlights from AASL’s School Library Month 2018 Celebration
School Library Month is AASL’s annual celebration of school librarians and libraries. Every April school librarians are encouraged to host activities to help their school and local community celebrate the essential role that strong school librarians and libraries play in… Read More ›
Making Global Connections at Your School Library #AASLslm #slm18
How to Make Global Connections in Your School Library One of the highlights of this school year was partnering with a class of fourth graders to read the novel Fenway and Hattie by Victoria Coe. For six weeks, we were… Read More ›
Making Community Connections during School Library Month #AASLslm #slm18
During the third week of AASL’s School Library Month it is essential to reinforce the importance of making and sustaining community connections at your school library. Therefore, the AASL School Library Month committee has created a series of activities that… Read More ›
Making Educator Connections during School Library Month #AASLslm #slm18
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 ›
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 ›