Each TechnoTuesday
Posted in Library, Library Brand on Feb 12th, 2011
I’ve seen this making its rounds in numerous places–namely my reader (which gets feeds from all my favorite blogs), as well as Twitter, Facebook, and more. It is picking up traction as it is shared throughout my PLN and there is a good reason why. You see, most school librarians know we wear so many [...]
Posted in Advocacy on Jan 16th, 2011
photo © 2009 Blatant News | more info (via: Wylio)(From CBS) This week marks a bittersweet anniversary: It was 50 years ago, on a cold and snow-covered day in Washington, D.C., that a relatively young and untried man stepped forward at noontime to take the Presidential Oath of Office. But for many of us of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2010
Recently the International Society for Technology Educators (ISTE) Special Interest Group for Media Specialists (SIGMS) brought some forward minded thinkers together to create another supporting document that increases resources in the school librarian’s advocacy toolkit. Working together, Joyce Valenza, Ernie Cox, Doug Johnson, Keisa Williams, and Wendy Stephens produced a supporting document for librarians to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2010
In recent discussions with friends, we have bemoaned the misunderstanding of what librarians do in a school. Defending one’s job is a tiring and lonesome battle, and in the midst of budget woes all around, downright fearful. In my network of friends, the discussion has been at times heated but plentiful. So what can we [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2010
There seems to be a demand to post/share our end of the year library reports (dictated by advocacy efforts to justify and save our jobs.) Somewhat incomplete since my colibrarian does not return until August, I have created one for our library. It will be tweaked in August upon her return. 2010 Annual Library Report [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 27th, 2010
Just read a tweet attributed to Joyce Valenza showing a Google Map of all the places where school librarians have been eliminated (though I could not track that tweet down so here is the one I saw). How very depressing! But instead of thinking “how many jobs cut” all I can think is “how many [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 1st, 2010
So we recently had our title changed to “school librarian” by our professional organization, and although I felt like it was a set back, in the grand scheme of issues that need advocacy, seriously the name change was small potatoes. But recent events have suddenly made that name change completely fall off my radar. President’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 9th, 2010
Seth Godin poses this question: What should libraries do to become relevant in the digital age? The future of the library Read his post in its entirety, and also read reflective responses from Joyce Valenza, Doug Johnson, Scott Mcleod, and Jenny Luca as you muddle through the implications. Even in our own state we’ve heard [...]
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