Library Ties

Fourth Quarter Report This is my 4th and final update of my activities as AASL President. My term officially ended on June 30, 2012. It has been my honor and pleasure to serve as your President! This last update covers May and June. Events/Projects: My last Presidential visit was to New York. I visited the […]

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 […]

Before the holidays, I shared with you that I thought it was worth taking another stab at trying to get the 25,000 signatures on a White House Petition about school libraries. I am excited to say that I posted the petition today! Thank you to the many librarians and friends who offered support and offered […]

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 […]

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 since July 1st! From our amazing member leaders to our AASL staff, it is amazing to see all that has been happening in a short time. […]

If the start of school this last week wasn’t exciting enough, I also had the chance this weekend to travel to Henderson, NV (just outside of Las Vegas) for the Nevada Library Association Conference. The Nevada School and Children Librarians’ Section of the NLA is an affiliate of American Association of School Librarians (AASL). My […]