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Knowledge Quest - Published bimonthly September through June by the American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association

Prove It! Putting together the evidence-based practice puzzle(Link)

Knowledge Quest Journal - American Association of School Librarians

January 2015  - Why is it important to prove that school libraries add value to the school program? Can the school library profession prove that school libraries are indispensable for a 21st-century education even though information is only a few clicks away? How can researchers and practitioners provide strong evidence to support their claims? What are the critical questions? Where is the evidence?

• Knowledge Quest Blog - The Official Blog for The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA)

• Jobs of the Future

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 11/03/2016 • ( 1 )
  
  

  How school librarians can prepare students for jobs that don’t yet exist: What If? I often wish that I could see into the future so that I could prepare students for the next great thing. However, my MLIS degree did… Read More ›

• School Library Archives

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 10/07/2016 • ( 0 )
  
  

  School archives are important and useful for many schools Information professionals everywhere are focusing on 21st-century skills. We are developing new uses for our library facilities like makerspaces and learning commons. It is not surprising that the idea of giving… Read More ›

• Curation and Pathfinders

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 09/07/2016 • ( 1 )
  
  

  The Back-to-School Goal and the Conversation That Ensued At my school, we are having a long overdue conversation about types of  library materials and the organization of library materials (print versus electronic… Dewey or Don’t we, etc.). This conversation began… Read More ›

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  ESSA Important to All Librarians

• BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 06/30/2016 • ( 1 )
  
  

  Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) #essalibraries This past week I attended ALA’s annual conference in Orlando.  If you have ever attended an annual conference, you know that the biggest dilemma you will face is choosing which sessions to attend.  When… Read More ›

• Summer screen time conundrum

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 05/31/2016 • ( 0 )
  
  

  Screen Time versus Reading Challenge students to abandon their screen this summer for one hour of reading every day. Who knows, they might not be able to put the book aside after just one hour! We are about to begin… Read More ›

• Survey the Students

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 05/05/2016 • ( 0 )
  
  

  Why Survey Students: Maybe you administer a student survey every year, or maybe you have never surveyed your students. With all of the evaluation systems required by programs like “Race To the Top,” etc. and with every state setting different guidelines for librarian evaluation,… Read More ›

• The Organized Librarian Mind

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 04/07/2016 • ( 1 )
  
  

    Overwhelmed Librarian Mind As school librarians we are all in need of a 25th hour in our day.  School librarians are the librarians who “do it all.”  We are the reference desk, the collection development office, the computer lab… Read More ›

• Blogging for the record

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 03/03/2016 • ( 3 )
  
  

  Creating a blog as an online journal: I have had a blog since around 2003. The site was mostly used as a static online resume for years. In May 2014 I began to blog in earnest. The purpose for blogging… Read More ›

• The Capstone Project

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 02/02/2016 • ( 0 )
  
  

  The School Librarian’s Role in the Capstone Project: 5 Ws and H of the Capstone Project. WHY? With the current generation the number one question when we introduce the capstone project is “WHY?”  “Why do we have to do this?”  When… Read More ›

• Social Media Presence in 2016

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 12/28/2015 • ( 0 )
  
  

  Pushing the Social Media envelope in the New Year Meet them where they are  You might ask “Why would a school library get involved in social media?”  The simple answer is communication. The Webb School library mission is “To connect with… Read More ›

• The School Library as The Third Place

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 12/03/2015 • ( 0 )
  
  

  Looking at the school library as a third place for students, parents, and faculty For over eight years we have developed a Learning Commons environment for our library. One of the big things that we investigated in the planning stages,… Read More ›

• New Faculty Collaboration

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 11/02/2015 • ( 0 )
  
  

  Welcoming 17 new faculty and staff! This year my small, rural school welcomed a total of seventeen new faculty/staff.  I am hopeful for the opportunities that come with a group of fresh new faculty. I am also overwhelmed with the challenge of… Read More ›

• Four Steps to self advocacy

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 10/07/2015 • ( 0 )
  Self-advocacy and the art of tooting your own horn! 2. self-ad·vo·ca·cy:  noun – the action of representing oneself or one’s views or interests. 2. toot your own horn:  to point out positive truths about oneself   I have heard too… Read More ›

• Three short months: the college transition

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 09/04/2015 • ( 0 )
  
  

  Should school librarians prepare students for the college transition? You are probably very familiar with the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Standards for the 21st-Century Learner published in 2009.  However, unless you work at a University, you may not be familiar… Read More ›

• Learning Commons: Theory to practice

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 08/03/2015 • ( 0 )
  
  

  Defining and comparing Learning Commons, Maker Space, and Media Center How do we ensure that we are being truly innovative, and not just following industry fads?  I am occasionally seen as cutting edge or “an early adopter” when it comes… Read More ›

• School Library/Community Connection to help with summer slide

  BY HANNAH BYRD LITTLE on 07/08/2015
  
  

  Developing a summer school library community connection in a rural setting We have all heard so much about the “summer slide” the past two or three summers.  There are many instructive articles for parents from ed.gov, the Huffington Post, and… Read More ›