AASL Seeks Proposals for ALA 2015 Annual Conference Programs

AASL Seeks Proposals for ALA 2015 Annual Conference Programs
AASL invites proposals for programs to be presented during the 2015 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. The conference will be held June 25-30 in San Francisco. The deadline for preconference submissions is 11:59 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, May 29, 2014. The deadline for concurrent session submissions is 11:59 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. More information is available at www.ala.org/aasl/rfp.

27 Things Your Teacher Librarian Does -- A Cool Infographic

Another wonderful infographic entitled 27 Things Your Teacher Librarian Does is making the rounds of library circles this week.  Have you seen it?  And it is so true.  How many hats do you wear?  In any given day, how many different technologies, different teachers, different students, different projects.... do you see, help, work on, teach, problem-solve, etc.?   A few years ago, I had the privilege of working with a small group of library colleagues in our Putnam/No.Westchester BOCES School Library System on a Power Point presentation and video about what all happens in our libraries.  We were bouncing around ideas one summer day and I offered up the fact that "it all happens in the library" meaning all subject areas are taught/studied in the library, all students and teachers are served by a library program, all manner of skills are practiced in the library - even though we don't teach them ourselves.  Our video was part of the AASL advocacy toolkit and we all use(d) it for parent meetings and presentations.  With all these great tools, we can arm ourselves for the daunting task of advocating for school librarians, school library programs, and library resources.  We would love to hear about your advocacy efforts.  What works for you?  What additional resources or assistance would be beneficial?  Let us know at SLMSSENY. 

Here are some other advocacy tools.

Strong School Libraries Build Strong Students an infographic created by the AASL Legislation Committee  http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslissues/advocacy/AASL_infographic.pdf

School Library Program Health and Wellness Toolkit  (AASL)

What You Can Do To Support School Libraries In Crisis

Carl Harvey III, president of AASL,writes in last week's Huffington Post about the crisis for school libraries across the country. Many readers added comments in which they tell their stories. Have you shared yours? http://huff.to/sukrpZ

AASL hosts Knowledge Quest webinar 12/13

Tuesday, December 13 at 7:00 PM CST
“The Solo Librarian” by Audrey Church
Audrey Church, Guest Co-Editor of the upcoming Nov/Dec 2011 Knowledge Quest issue on “The Solo Librarian,” will discuss the challenges and opportunities available to school librarians when operating a library, or multiple libraries, on their own.

For more information: http://bit.ly/uXjdHk