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Organization & Management

Editor’s Note

Inquiring Minds

Carl A. Harvey II

We should be always looking for new resources, new instructional strategies, new collaboration opportunities, and new programs for our students and staff. We want our students to be curious and ask questions, as school librarians we also have to do that when it comes to how we keep moving our libraries forward. Read More

Management Matters

Lori Donovan

Supporting Hands-On Learning

No matter the size of your library and the age of your learners, management plays an important role in how you begin to think about incorporating the maker movement.

Dear Dara

Dara

Lonely in the Library

Dear Dara—There are many times when I feel underutilized. The only time classes come to the library is when they cannot get Chromebooks or cannot get into the computer labs. What are some things that I can do to get classes into the library?

Gretchen McCord

Common Copyright Questions

Here are some of the most frequently asked questions I receive from K-12 librarians.

Features

Bridging Books and STEM with Design Challenges

by Jennifer Tazerouti

Infusing maker activities into books, offering design challenges, and collaborating with teachers to integrate making into research assignments are a few ways librarians can tap into the maker movement and provide new options for student inquiry. Read More

Makespace Reality Check

by Karla B. Collins

Your principal has just returned from a professional development event where she found out that makerspaces are popping up in school libraries everywhere. She comes to you first thing in the morning and tells you that she has found some money that needs to be spent and she is earmarking it for a library makerspace. Where do you start? Read More

Strike the Match! Light the Spark! Young Game Designers Challenge

by Kym Kramer

We invented our own twist on the makerspace: young game designers' challenge. Integrating both the Explore and Inquire foundations of the new AASL standards, this article examines our building blocks in order to help you generate your own designers' environment. Read More

One-Question Surveys

One-Question Survey and Followup: Makerspace Philosophies

What Primarily Drives the Changes You Make in Your Library Program?

Beyond Booktalking: New Tools to Promote Reading

What's Your Best Strategy to Promote Reading?

The Librarian's Wish List

What's Your Must-Do Summer Recharge Activity?

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