AASL News May 14, 2008
Posted by mjones in : AASL News , add a commentAASL announces 2008 NSLMPY Award recipients
The recipients of AASL’s 2008 National School Library Media Program of the Year (NSLMPY) Award are Luella Elementary School in Locust Grove, Georgia, and Simsbury High School in Simsbury, Connecticut. Luella Elementary School is a four-year-old K-5 public school whose staff recognizes its library media program as the center of the school and community. The Luella program uses a strong collection of books and materials to support the curriculum, professional development of the staff, parenting skills, and pleasure reading. Simsbury High School is home to the Joe Townsley Library and Media Center. Simsbury’s primary focus is implementing the school’s academic expectation that students use creative and critical thinking to conduct inquiry-oriented research. The award, sponsored by Follett Library Resources, will be recognized with a $10,000 check given to each school at the AASL Awards Luncheon on Monday, June 30. In addition, staff from Follett Library Resources will travel to each school site sometime in the fall to present the crystal obelisk, the symbol of the highest achievement in school library programming. Read the full press release.
School Librarian’s Workshop Scholarship winner announced
AASL is pleased to announce that Charisse Nicole Byers has been awarded the 2008 School Librarian’s Workshop Scholarship. Currently a library science student at the University of Southern Mississippi as well as a kindergarten teacher with Atlanta public schools, Byers has held intern positions with the Peace Corps and the University of Michigan Population Fellows Program, studying and reporting on the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS prevention programs overseas. The Kappa Delta Pi – International Honor Society member has also held various volunteer positions with Teach for America, Hands on Atlanta, and SisterLove, Inc. The scholarship is donated by Jay W. Toor, president of Library Learning Resources, and will be given to Byers during the AASL Awards Luncheon during the 2008 ALA Annual Conference. To learn more about the Awards Luncheon and AASL at ALA Annual Conference, visit www.ala.org/aasl/annual. Read the press release.
Online registration for AASL preconferences ends Friday, May 16
AASL invites you to join us in Anaheim, California, on Friday, June 27, for preconferences during the ALA 2008 Annual Conference. The four preconferences—Reading and the Secondary School Library Media Specialist; Standards for the 21st-Century Learner; Eating Elephant 2.0 One Bite at a Time: Using the Read-Write Web in Classrooms and Libraries; and E-Books, E-Kids, E-Flat! Three trends schools and libraries will ignore at their peril—are designed with the school library media specialist in mind and offer the opportunity for learning and sharing in a fun and collaborative environment. Join first-class presenters and other school library media specialists for the ultimate opportunity to gain knowledge, network, and share, and leave with guaranteed tools to help your school reach its goals in education and literacy. Depending on membership, tickets range from $79 to $269. It is not required that you register for the ALA Annual Conference to attend the AASL preconferences. To learn more about these and other AASL events at the ALA 2008 Annual Conference and to register, visit the AASL @ Annual Conference Web page at www.ala.org/aasl/annual.