School Library Connection Organization & Management

Articles

Organization & Management

Editor’s Note

Looking through a Different Lens

Carl A. Harvey II

The idea of perspectives helped me as I looked for authors to write in this issue. I decided I wanted to look at the world of children's literature from the perspective of the authors. Luckily a few of them were able to fit us into their busy writing schedules. Hopefully their articles will give us some new things to ponder in the world of children's and young adult literature. Read More

Future Forward

Kim Gangwish

Everything Old Should Be New Again

Being future forward means preparing our students for success in a technology driven world, but it also means ensuring our students know how to read for both personal pleasure and work demands.

Management Matters

Lori Donovan

We Love Lit! Why Management Matters

As a school librarian, maintaining a collection that appeals to both the personal and academic needs of all patrons is central to our profession, no matter what level of learners we serve.

Dear Dara

Dara

Is Membership Worth It?

Now that I am no longer eligible for the discount as a LIS student, I am wondering if I should remain a member of all these professional library organizations. Does it really benefit me professionally?

Features

Author Visits: An Author's Point of View

by Candace Fleming

Why take time away from my own writing to visit schools? Because, I want kids to experience that same wild, trembly, feeling I get when I first put pen to paper. Who knows what story will come tumbling out? I want to encourage them to write about the things they care about and to ramble around in their imaginations and create new worlds. Read More

Liaisons of Literature

by Wendelin Van Draanen

After leaving teaching to become a writer, I had a gradual awakening to the overlap of my new career and my former one. This new awareness happened because instead of being in the same classroom every day, I was now visiting schools all over the country as a guest speaker and getting to know a different kind of teacher: the school librarian. Read More

Painting with Light

by April Pulley Sayre

I paint with light, via photography, in order to immerse readers in snow storms, raindrop landscapes, mass wildflower blooms, the experiences of frogs, and colorful farmer's market days. Read More

One-Question Surveys

What's Your Best Strategy to Promote Reading?

The Librarian's Wish List

What's Your Must-Do Summer Recharge Activity?

Ensuring the Library Program Is Inclusive for ALL Students

Research that Informs the Work of School Librarians

Advocacy: School Librarians' Influencing Decision Makers in Local Contexts

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