This past Tuesday, June 19, the American Library Association (ALA) commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Library Bill of Rights, adopted by the association at its Annual Conference in 1939.  It still forms the basis of the work done by…

Most of you are familiar with Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, so you know Linguistic Intelligence and Kinesthetic Intelligence are very different. Linguistic Intelligence is associated with verbal skills, people who “use words effectively.” Those with Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence have a “keen…

As librarians and educators we focus on ensuring our students get the information literacy skills and love of reading which will make them lifelong learners.  We work with teachers to cover Common Core requirements and deal with Lexile scores, complex…

Even before economic conditions resulted in drastic cuts to school library programs, if you worked in an elementary or middle school you were likely to be the only librarian.  Now it is true in many high schools as well. While…

In medieval times, the year began with spring.  Despite our starting the calendar year in the middle of winter, we still look to spring as a season of renewal.  In my childhood, most women made a point of spring cleaning. …

How will you be feeling at the end of this school year?  Will you be able to look at what you have achieved or will you be like so many librarians who are exhausted, knowing they worked hard but not…

In October, I blogged about the importance of “Downtime.”  I stressed the need to make space in life for family and friends despite our increasingly hectic lives.  As demands on my time have been greater than usual the past weeks…

While the adage in real estate that the three most important considerations are location, location, location, in librarianship the surest way to success is recognizing the three primary rules are relationships, relationship, relationship. Is being current with the latest in…

I had a PLN before the term came into use.  We all did.  Our Personal (Professional) Learning Network was composed of the colleagues we counted on to help us figure out a student, an approach, or sometimes an administrator.  After…

Almost every day I trip over some new digital tool or resource I hadn’t heard of previously. When I despair over all I don’t know, I remind myself in this day and age, and even in the world of school…