Advocacy

=School librarian, Gwyneth Jones a.k.a. The Daring Librarian, blog post featured in the Washington Post. Pearls of wisdom for us all...= @http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/why-librarians-should-be-more-like-lady-gaga/2011/07/12/gIQACc8GDI_blog.html?wprss=answer-sheet

Posted by Donna Baratta 7/14/11
=New SIGMS Article in Mar/April 11 "Learning & Leading" Magazine "Not Your Grandmother's Library" featuring Joyce Valenza, Keisa Williams, Wendy Stephens, and Chad Lehman= = = Posted by Donna Baratta 2/27/11 = = =Library Journal= =Office Hours: Heretical Thoughts by Michael Stephens= Interesting thoughts as we reflect on our practice for the coming year. @http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/communitylibraryeducation/887745-272/office_hours_heretical_thoughts.html.csp

Cheers! Posted by D. Baratta 12/30/10
=Why We Still Need Libraries and Librarians= FNO by Jamie McKenzie @http://fno.org/mar2010/still.html Posted by D. Baratta 10/2/10 = = =Position Paper:=
 * School Libraries, Now More Than Ever:** **A Position Paper of The Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries** by Dr. Ross J. Todd, Director and Dr. Carol A. Gordon, Co-Director

Posted by D. Baratta 5/4/10
=media type="youtube" key="Weq_sHxghcg" height="383" width="640"= =It's all a matter of perspective: The future of publishing= Creative YouTube video, originally designed for in-house viewing at DK Publishing, from their marketing team. Sorry it is not available on Teacher Tube, so many of us will have to wait to watch until we get home. Enjoy! Posted by D. Baratta 4/15/10 = = =Are our school library programs transformational?= Interesting reading: Transformational? by Bob Sprankle in Tech Learning [] NY Times article on interactive magazines: []

Saving the Google Students, article by Sara Scribner from the LA Times: [|__http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-scribner21-2010mar21,0,764753.story__] Posted by: Donna Baratta 3/26/10


 * Have you visited the updated AASL Toolkit? Some great new additions: SLMS Role in Reading Toolkit and Parent Outreach Toolkit**
 * @http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/toolkits/toolkits.cfm**
 * Posted by: Donna Baratta 1/15/10**

[|#njasl2009] Everhart: principals' perceptions of sch libns formed during their admin careers: school librarians are in control of this
 * Food for Thought:**
 * Posted by Ross Todd on Twitter, 11/13/09**

October 1, 2009 from ALA @http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/adolescentliteracy_yalsa.cfm Posted by: Donna Baratta
 * YALSA responds to adolescent literacy report from Carnegie**

January 14, 2010 Here is a poster which combines the idea of the Wordle on the hompage with the tag line "It ALL Happens in the Library." Feel free to use it! Posted by: Jane del Villar
 * [[image:posterimage.jpg align="left"]]Library Mash-Up Poster**

Jane, Thanks so much for sharing! This is terrific!!! A great addition to our advocacy toolkit! Donna B.