Since it’s late August, it’s time for us to get back into the swing of things at school. As I mentioned in my post earlier this month, transitions ar
Read more…I am looking for any advice about creating a new foreign language collection in the library. I have ordered about 30 new titles in Spanish and I look forward to adding more throughout the coming months and year. My question is about shelving in parti
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I recently heard about penny polls on another library listserv. We are thinking about having one in support of our library scholarship.
We want to do a poll: Facebook v. Twitter. Audience is high school students.
I'm looking for tips and s
Read more…Wondering if anyone out there has had this challenge before.
Next year, our Freshman class will be taking many of their Freshman courses at the neighboring middle school, including their study hall period.
We are very heavy with our instruction a
Read more…Our literacy committee with the library is hosting a book swap near the holidays. Looking for suggestions, tips, pitfalls people may have encountered.
Read more…Hello All -
My name is Kelly and I work for a company that publishes online
reference databases. I am currently giving away free subscriptions to
these online databases for up to a year! We have recently began
marketing these databases to schools an
I'm trying to use tales from outer suburbia as a focal point for a high school level book talk. I'm planning on book-talking the suburbia book but then providing an additional reading list of grade 9-12 novels that are reminsicent of the themes from
Read more…It seems like the SLJ cover Doug and I wrote is waking an elephant that has been hiding in the room. Take a look at the responses to my blog post and the article and the conversations in the other blogs: * Doug Johnson Where are the Others? * Buffy H
Read more…Please help me plan, host, guest the Classroom 2.0 School Library Webinar series. This is a great opportunity and we will need a solid team to make it work. Share your ideas here. What topics would you like to see? Who should we invite as guests? Wh
Read more…I am looking forward to seeing many of you at our AASL session: Web 2.0 meet the Standards for 21st-Century Learner Sunday, July 12, 2009, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm McCormick Place West W-187 We have a wonderful panel ready to share, but this is going to
Read more…Hi. Feel free to use as you wish. I'm not advocating a particular candidate, but in this case, I wanted to let all ALA members know that Mr. Oliver is the only candidate who appears to be an advocate for us (based on his platform that appeared in "Am
Read more…I have an English teacher that is putting together a school production this spring that will include poems, monologues, and songs. The event will be advertised for general community attendance with a charge at the door. She is fighting me about getti
Read more…I am presenting a workshop called the Shy Librarian at our state conference next week. The original impetus came from attending conferences and wanting so much to network and share ideas with colleagues but often being too shy to initiate contact. I
Read more…Hi All, I'm working in a fairly new high school, and would like to create a library scholarship. Just wondering how your program works. What are the student criteria. How much are you able to raise, etc?
Read more…Poster Girl is a chapter book about a messy, average kid, Paula, who wants to show up her goody-two-shoes rival, Cynthia. To pull off this feat, she’s got to make a great science poster, the ‘best’ in her class. But of course there are problems. Lik
Read more…I would like to have connections with some elementary school librarians from other countries to collaborate and share cultures, practices, and ideas with. If you know of resources, please share!
Read more…I will begin a new job in a middle school in the fall. Short of reading up on middle school and young adult literature, particularly my state's 2008 award nominees, does anyone have other words of wisdom?
Read more…I'm brand new here (having just gotten "Ning" unblocked by my school, though I can work from home, too) and in my newbie enthusiasm may be duplicating Joyce's effort. But I wanted to put something up right away. Then I'll look at her discussion. My s
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