Mansfield University Home PageFebruary 2009 - "State Funding Available to Improve School Library Services" by Debra Kachel
This article relates changes in Pennsylvania's educational assistance laws that now include school library services and summarizes research findings correlating higher reading test scores and improved student learning to quality school library programs. Addressed to school principals and administrators, the author also presents state guidelines for library services and several sources of grant funds to bolster school library budgets.
May 2008 - "News from the Intellectual Freedom Front" by Helen Adams
School library media specialists have powerful documents from the American Library Association on which to base their practice – the Library Bill of Rights and its 18 interpretations and the Code of Ethics for the American Library Association. While it may seem that relatively little changes with these core intellectual freedom policy statements, much has been and continues to happen “behind the scenes.”
February 2008 - "Ethics, Dispositions, and the SLMS" by Veanna Baxter
I recently returned from attending a two-day workshop in which we discussed the ethical situation in our present society. As many of us when we return from an especially thought-provoking session, I felt compelled to share some of the discussions and to relate them to us as school librarians and perspective librarians.
December 2007 - "AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner" by Jean Tuzinski
“AASL Standards for the 21st -Century Learner” were released at the end of the Opening General Session of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, October 27th, 2007. These learning standards replace the in-formation literacy standards which have been the basis of our work since their publication in the 1998 Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning.
September 2007 - "Presentations: Tool and Tips" by Ann Riedling
I have been honored to speak to numerous school library media specialists— and others--all over the world. I have presented at many conferences locally, nationally and internationally. Some of the most exciting international conferences where I have been a presenter include: the International Association of School Librarians (IASL) in Ramat Gan, Israel, European private school media specialists conference in Waterloo, Belgium, and at a conference for Department of Defense Education personnel in Asia (Tokyo, Japan) and Europe (Wiesbaden, Germany).
