Library Ties

I had the joy recently of spending a few days in Binghamton, NY for the NYLA School Library Section conference.  This was my last official visit to a state conference as AASL President (I still will visit 2 or 3 states next year as Past-President). I shared a session on School Librarians as Leadership which [...]

Where does the time go?  I had this ready to post at the end of March and then the response to the White House petition arrived, it turned to April, and I’m just now getting back to it.  Anyway, the update below covers until the end of April.  One last update will be out at [...]

Last week was truly an exciting experience.  The petition for school libraries that I posted on the White House “We the People” site reached 25,000 signatures.  As of this moment, it is nearing 27,000.   I, along with many others, I could tell from Facebook and Twitter, were clicking the refresh button often as the ticker [...]

During Midwinter we did a major push to encourage folks to sign the petition for school libraries.  Below are some video interviews that ALA President Molly Raphael and I made to help explain the importance of the petition. I want to thank Molly as well as the Division Presidents who made sure to spread the [...]

The White House recently responded to two petitions with over 50,000 signatures each about the SOPA and PIPA legislation currently being considered by Congress.  The petition both were opposed to this legislation and the White House has now come out against the legislation, too. White House Response:  https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition-tool/response/combating-online-piracy-while-protecting-open-and-innovative-internet Huffington Post Article:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/14/white-house-sopa-pipa_n_1206347.html After 12 days, [...]

From time to time, I’d like to share with you what AASL has been working on from my perspective as AASL President.  Here are just some of the highlights between October 1st and December 31st.  From our amazing member leaders to our AASL staff, it is amazing to see all that has been happening in [...]

I’m a little behind on my update for the blog, so I’m catching up today.  I made my last AASL Presidential visit at the end of November to Tuscon, Arizona and the Arizona Library Association conference.  November is always a nice time to escape Indiana and I missed our first little spit of snow while [...]

After a few days at home after AASL, it was time to take off again and I headed to Lansing, MI for the 38th Michigan Association of Media Educators’ conference.  Michigan is in the same AASL Region as Indiana, so going to their conference was so wonderful!  There were many folks who were President of [...]

  WOW!  I could probably sum up my feelings of AASL’s 15th National Conference and Exhibition conference with just one word.  But, as my English teachers in high school reminded me often, short and succinct were not always my strong suit.  I’ll have to say it was such an honor and a thrill to be [...]

I’m a little behind in sharing some of these adventures, so working on playing catch-up today.    I had the pleasure of visiting the Connecticut Association of School Librarians in Hartford, CT on Monday, October 24th.  They held a one day conference in collaboration with the Connecticut Educators Computer Association. This was a whirlwind visit, as [...]