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Report Proposes Merit Pay Increases for Teachers By SLJ Staff - 04/13/2007 Imagine if teachers’ salaries were based on their performance? A new report suggests to radically alter the way teachers are compensated—although base pay would still be tied to someone’s level of experience, teachers could earn more money through a variety of incentives as they progress from “novice” to “expert.”More
For those of you planning to celebrate El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day) next week, you may want to check out the Association for Library Service to Children’s one-hour discussion sessions on ALA Island in Second Life. More
A Tall Tale: Laura Amy Schlitz By Mary Grace Gallagher - 04/01/2008
The kids in Sharen Pula’s fifth-grade class are getting ready to go on a journey. One boy kicks off his shoes to get comfy. Another lies on his side, head on hand. A girl loosens her ponytail before leaning against the library wall. Like a force of nature, Laura Amy Schlitz bustles into the room and promptly sits on the floor in front of them, tucking her long black skirt under her.
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Tuned-in Teenagers By Lauren Barack - 04/01/2008
Multimedia loomed large during Teen Tech Week (TTW), the March 2–8 event sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). With a theme of “Tune In @ Your Library,” this year’s celebration, the second of its kind, reminded teens that the library can be a great hybrid of the technology that they love—and the resources that they need.
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If you can find some time in your busy schedule, take a minute to participate in the "School Libraries Count!" longitudinal study by the American Association of School Librarians.
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Pat Mora, Effie Lee Morris, and Peggy Sullivan—three superstars in children’s services—were elected honorary members of the American Library Association (ALA) for their outstanding contributions of lasting importance to libraries and librarianship.
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Teen Tech Week, Despite Limited Access By Frances Jacobson Harris - 02/01/2008
I have been honored this past year to serve on the committee for Teen Tech Week (TTW). Sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the March 2–8, 2008 celebration marks the second year of the annual event intended to position libraries as places to engage technology productively, responsibly, and creatively, with the help of knowledgeable and supportive librarians.
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New AASL Standards: Help On the Way By Staff - 02/01/2008
If you have no idea what to make of the newly released standards from the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), have no fear. Help is on the way. AASL’s “Standards for the 21st-Century Learner,” which offers a complete revision of 1998’s Information Power, will be accompanied by a new set of learning assessments and indicators to help librarians incorporate t...
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Practically Paradise Diane Chen, Librarian, Hickman Elementary School, Nashville, Tennessee March 23, 2007 Shaking Up Our Profession
Movers & Shakers! Each year Library Journal takes nominations for 50 plus librari... More
Practically Paradise Diane Chen, Librarian, Hickman Elementary School, Nashville, Tennessee March 6, 2007 The Perfect School Library
Welcome to the first posting of this new blog for SLJ. I appreciate the simplicity of... More
Podcasts are a great way to expand learning beyond the classroom or library. Here are more recommendations from Tech Chicks Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, following up their Dec. 2007 article Listen Up!
K-Gr 7–Children’s music doesn’t get much better than these 16 songs by Pomes in a Pail. What began at a writer’s workshop resulted in an amazing collaboration that combined the clever words of Alexander Jenny and the music of Karena Mendoza and Stephanie Snow.
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