Library Ties

Are you ready?  As we prepare for the 2011 National Conference in Minneapolis, we’ve started the online book discussion of the Nicholas Carr’s  The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains.  This book will be our One Book, One Conference title!  So, no time like the present to start reading and thinking! Starting [...]

I am a little late (should have done this last week!), but I did want to write a little bit about the ALA Annual conference in New Orleans.  It was hot down there…the temperature most days was in the mid-90′s and it just would start raining at almost anytime.  I kept busy with AASL Board [...]

In the March/April 2011 issue of Knowledge Quest, the theme focused on Reversing Readicide.  In the magazine, I had the priviledge to interview Malbert B. Smith III, President of MetaMetrics and co-founder of the Lexile Framework for Reading.  The interview was an opportunity to understand a little more about the Framework and talk about the [...]

Last week I traveled to Chicago to attend the CEO Symposium.  Organized by ASAE – The Center for Association Leadership, this two day workshop focuses on associations along with the roles of the CEO (Chief Elected Officer) and CSO (Chief Staff Officer).  This intense training was created by Tecker Consultants, LLC — Glenn Tecker along [...]

April is always such a great month!  There is spring break, of course, which is always good to have a little time to relax and rest up as we gear up for the end of the year!  Then there is the weather which begins to turn from the cold (at least here in Indiana)  towards [...]

Jan McGee, Elizabeth Dumas (LASL President) and Carl Harvey.       Last week I had the pleasure to head down to Louisiana and spend a few days at the Louisiana Library Association.  The Louisiana Association of School Librarians is the state affiliate to American Association of School Librarians (AASL).  LASL is a division of [...]

One of the major “to do” items on my list as President-Elect of the American Association of School Librarians is to appoint all the committees, task forces, and editorial boards.  Below is a message I am sending out via various AASL Communication channels.  If you are a member of AASL, consider volunteering!!! ——————— AASL Members [...]

Here it is almost a week since I got home from San Diego and ALA Midwinter 2011 and I’m finally get a few free minutes to reflect back on the conference.  When I got home, I quickly became engrossed in all the day-to-day things that need to get done as well as getting caught up [...]

Today I saw on AASL’s Twitter page that the deadline is soon for the National School Library Program of the Year Award (NSLPY).  Applications are due January 3, 2011.  That leaves a little more than a month (if you don’t include the holidays in there!) to write it all up and submit it. My school [...]

AASL has started sending out a daily advocacy tips. From the simple idea of making sure there was a link to the library homepage from the main school page to setting up an advisory committee. Each day there is a little gems. Sometimes they are great reminders of things I keep meaning to do, but [...]