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2022 ALA Emerging Leaders-Team D – American Association of School Librarians, 2024
To support school librarians as they strive to develop learners who critically curate their own resources and include multiple perspectives, American Association of School Librarians (AASL) tasked a 2022 American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leaders team with developing a guide for school librarians based on the Curate Shared Foundation in…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Library Instruction, Library Services
2024 ALA Emerging Leaders-Team A – American Association of School Librarians, 2024
To help school librarians develop learners' abilities to contribute to teams that can capitalize on a diversity of thinking and perspective, AASL tasked a 2024 ALA Emerging Leaders team with creating a guide for school librarians based on the Collaborate Shared Foundation in the "National School Library Standards." Working effectively in…
Descriptors: Librarians, School Libraries, Media Specialists, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Odin L. Jurkowski – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2024
For school librarians, technology is an essential component of their work. To meet the growing need in this area, Odin Jurkowski first wrote Technology and the School Library in 2006. To address the technological advancements, Jurkowski provides an overview of the types of technologies used in school libraries, from traditional low-tech options to…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Automation, Library Development, Library Networks
Casey Grenier; Lauren Lynn – Knowledge Quest, 2022
Grenier and Lynn present collection development strategies that include student voice, diversity audits, and the value of weeding.
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Materials, Library Services, Student Participation
Liz Philippi; Becky Calzada – Knowledge Quest, 2022
Calzada and Philippi approach the topic of collection development by using Kerby's (2019) four steps, including (1) knowing your standards, (2) knowing your learners, (3) knowing the curriculum, and (4) identifying your selection criteria.
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Materials, School Libraries, State Standards
Susan D. Ballard; Sara Kelly Johns – ALA Editions, 2023
What is your school library's brand? This book will help school librarians improve their practice and strengthen their influence within their learning communities, increasing positive perceptions of school libraries through developing a brand in alignment with the AASL Standards. Branding isn't just for companies and celebrities. Your school…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Marketing, Reputation, Library Development
Rachel Altobelli; Nancy Jo Lambert – Knowledge Quest, 2022
Altobelli and Lambert reflect on recent attacks on the LBGTQ+ community and the tendency to assume representing this community in a school library collection isn't necessary. They ask readers to consider, what about learners whose identities a school librarian may or may not know. They offer both LGBTQ+ term definitions as well as collection and…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Inclusion, Library Materials, Library Services
Ashley Hope Pérez – Knowledge Quest, 2022
YA author Pérez offers encouragement and insight into book challenges today, which are about much more than just a book. Offering tips for how to prepare for challenges and amplify student voices, the reader will also find ideas to help marginalized learners still find their way to targeted books.
Descriptors: Books, Censorship, School Libraries, Intellectual Freedom
2023 ALA Emerging Leaders-Team A – American Association of School Librarians, 2024
This activity guide provides scenarios, questions for further discussion, and sample activities for each of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards Frameworks--Learner, School Librarian, and School Library--across the four Domains--Think, Create, Share, and Grow. These engaging activities will support school librarians in…
Descriptors: Guides, Inquiry, Learning Activities, School Libraries
Kerby, Mona – ALA Editions, 2019
Applying an informal and practical approach, Kerby provides beginning librarians with the essential steps to effectively manage a vibrant school library collection. Kerby argues that building a quality collection is no longer enough and offers strategies to ensure that learners actively engage with the materials. Supported by the "National…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Materials, School Libraries, Library Policy
Elisabet Kennedy – ALA Editions, 2023
School librarians have always connected learners' life experiences, cultures, and communities to materials, projects, and processes. As schools look to make these connections within the classroom and to the curriculum, school librarians are perfectly poised to lead and model meaningful steps toward a culturally responsive mindset. "Embracing…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Culturally Relevant Education, Librarians, Role
Carstensen, Angela – ALA Editions, 2018
Teen literature expert Carstensen, creator and editor of "School Library Journal"'s Adult Books 4 Teens blog, presents this comprehensive resource for serving the reading interests of teens in all types of libraries. Moving far beyond merely offering lists of book titles, this RA guide specifically helps librarians and educators in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Public Libraries, School Libraries
American Association of School Librarians, 2018
Stemming from an American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Chapters concern, the 2018 American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leaders team was charged with creating a guide for AASL to support school librarians in addressing challenges related to censorship and patron privacy issues, particularly with LGBTQ+ materials. "Defending…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Library Materials, School Libraries, Librarians
Russell, Carrie – ALA Editions, 2023
Reflecting the dominance of digital technologies and networks across much of the country, this timely update of Russell's handbook demonstrates how school librarians and educators can effectively advance learning while respecting intellectual property law. Particularly in places of learning, technology is all-pervasive; because everyone is always…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Librarians, Teachers, Copyrights
American Association of School Librarians, 2018
AASL's new integrated standards are designed to empower leaders to transform teaching and learning. The new "National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries" reflect an evolution of AASL Standards, building on philosophical foundations and familiar elements of previous standards while featuring the…
Descriptors: National Standards, School Libraries, Educational Environment, Best Practices