The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has announced that the recipient of its 2013 Distinguished Service Award is Dr. Keith Curry Lance, a Ph.D. sociologist who works with school and public libraries and related library organizations.
School Library Month Activity Watch: Share at the AASL Community Calendar
By on April 16, 2013 Leave a Comment
What have you done to celebrate School Library Month? The theme this year is Community matters @ your library, and some of your colleagues have contributed their activities to the “Community Calender” which the American Association of School Libraries (AASL) has set up to allow libraries to exchange their ideas and programs.
eva efron, Librarian and Advocate, Dies at 66
By on March 25, 2013 4 Comments
Long Island (NY) school librarian and tireless school library advocate eva efron died March 20 at the Tuttle Center in Port Washington, NY, following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 66. At the time of her death, efron—who spelled her name in lower case—was a candidate for supervisor section representative to the American Association of School Librarians executive board, and was serving as chair of the AASL supervisors section.
Joyce Valenza’s Picks of the Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning
By on June 25, 2012
Joyce Valenza winnows down the best of the best. The teacher librarian taps the sites she’ll be exploring this summer on her award-winning blog “NeverEndingSearch.”
SLJ Talks to AASL President-Elect Gail Dickinson
By on May 23, 2012 Leave a Comment
Tech-Savvy School Librarians Win AASL’s Pathfinder Award
By on May 15, 2012
School librarians Sally Mays, who helps Spanish-speaking students develop information literacy skills, and Elizabeth Kahn, who teaches kids how to access reliable information and use it effectively, are winners of the 2012 American Association of School Librarian’s (AASL) Information Technology Pathfinder Award.
