School libraries are still about teaching students ‘to use information...
“When Sue Reinaman became Northern High School librarian 18 years ago, there were CD-ROMs and a card catalog in drawers, with the beginning of digital resources. Today, her library has seven...
View ArticleSchool libraries: using data to boost student literacy
“We all know that the more you read the more fluent you become, which in turn leads not only to increased literacy skills but also to improved attainment in all subjects. But, it seems, proof and...
View ArticleEmerging trend toward bookless libraries in a digital age
“The last time a student at Archbishop Wood High School borrowed Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was 1997. Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island has fared even worse: No student has...
View ArticleThe New School Library
“Without question, the Internet has changed the way we think and learn, and will continue to do so as our technology evolves. In particular, the ability to access enormous amounts of information at any...
View ArticleHarrisburg school library staff eliminated with recent layoffs
“The capital city’s public school district started classes Monday without any staffing for their libraries. Officials say they plan to engage volunteers trained to check out and organize books and...
View ArticleBudget crisis shutters libraries at 2 top schools
“When Central High School opened its new library in 2005 – a $4.5 million research and media hub funded by alumni – Apple named it a national model. Students visited it more than 147,000 times last...
View ArticleWeinberg Foundation Baltimore City school library project to double in size
“Community, education and political leaders gathered Monday at Arlington Elementary/Middle School to celebrate a partnership that is providing thousands of city students new libraries — an effort that...
View ArticleTwo [Philadelphia] shuttered school libraries to reopen
“Two school libraries, shuttered last month due to budget cuts, will reopen Tuesday after a donation from an anonymous donor. As The Inquirer reported last month, Central High and Masterman, two of the...
View ArticleAASL’s School Library Research examines social media policies and librarian...
“Two new research articles covering the topics of public school district social media policies and the correlation between librarian staffing levels and student learning are now available online as...
View ArticleLibraries of the Future: Where Trends Are Taking K-12 Public School Libraries
“Modern K-12 public libraries will offer intensely engaging learning environments to all students. How they will go about doing this is less certain but the principle trends are readily identified in...
View ArticleSchool libraries urged to embrace the digital — cautiously
“Technology might make some parts of libraries obsolete — but librarians won’t be among them, panelists contended at this week’s annual Texas Library Association conference in San Antonio, which drew...
View ArticleWest Philly libraries, key to student success, struggle to exist
“While Penn students might dread their weekend visits to Van Pelt Library, it is clear from the crowded cubicles and GSRs that the University would lose a valuable resource if its doors were closed....
View ArticleLAUSD’s students need better libraries, not iPads
“Like Supt. John Deasy and others in the Los Angeles Unified School District, I am concerned about the educational civil rights of the district’s students. While the iPad-for-every-student controversy...
View ArticleMillburn High School librarian juggles print, digital offerings
“With 30,000 print titles and 20,000 digital titles at the Millburn High School library, students and staff need some guidance.Enter high school librarian LaDawna Harrington.At Millburn High School,...
View ArticleUnequal shelves in D.C. school libraries benefit wealthier students
“Lafayette Elementary School, in upper Northwest Washington, has one of the largest library collections in the District’s public school system, with more than 28,000 books filling stacks on two floors....
View ArticleHoping to raise interest in books, public library opens school branch
“The kindergarten students sat in rows on a rainbow-colored carpet and listened to a story during a visit to their new school library. Then they did a reading cheer — “Read, Baby, Read!” — before they...
View ArticleThe calamity of disappearing school libraries
“From coast to coast, elementary and high school libraries are being neglected, defunded, repurposed, abandoned and closed. The kindest thing that can be said about this is that it’s curious; the more...
View ArticleIn city elementary schools, a campaign for libraries
“Across the city, many classrooms lack what Alison Walters has cobbled together from 10-cent yard sales, book-club deals, and the proceeds of side jobs she works “to support my teaching habit”: a...
View ArticleLacking a librarian, a school tries to promote reading
“Just nine school librarians work full-time in the School District of Philadelphia’s 218 schools. This can be disastrous for literacy development in poor neighborhoods, where families often don’t have...
View ArticleSchool & Library Spotlight: How to Make Libraries Indispensible
“Suzanna L. Panter is the educational specialist for library services in Henrico County Public Schools, just outside Richmond, Va. She oversees 83 librarians and 70 assistants, who serve more than...
View ArticleSeattle’s school libraries: a stark example of rich and poor
“When Pat Bliquez interviewed for the librarian job at McDonald International Elementary in Seattle’s North End a few years ago, she asked what her library budget would be.For more than two decades,...
View ArticleBy the book: Empty school libraries get new resources, staff
“The magic of books has returned to Jack Yates High School.The school’s once-depleted library shelves are filled with novels, nonfiction, games and gadgets. Students gather to answer questions about...
View ArticleSenate bill would require library in every Nevada school
“Every school in Nevada would be required to establish and maintain a library — with a dedicated librarian — under a proposal presented to the Senate education committee.Sen. Becky Harris, R-Las Vegas,...
View ArticleWithout school librarians, we’re on a dystopian path
“While visiting high schools across the country in recent months to speak about author Ray Bradbury and his work, I have become aware of a troubling trend that greatly disadvantages young readers,...
View ArticleBaltimore County Public Schools named National School Library Program of the...
“Baltimore County Public Schools, serving all public schools in Baltimore County, Md., is the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 2017 National School Library Program of the Year (NSLPY)...
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