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And the Winners Are…

The New York Library Association is pleased to announce the winners of the National Library Week Snapshot Contest. Please feel free to contact Johanna at events@nyla.org with any questions you may have.  Winners in each category will receive a $50 gift certificate to be used to purchase items in NYLA’s Fundraising Store or toward registration [...]

School Library Systems and the New York State Budget Crisis

New York State’s School Library Systems are taking quite a financial hit in the current economic crisis. There will be cuts to many of the important support and training services they provide to school library media centers throughout the state. I received this from Linda Fox of the Capital Region BOCES SLS today: The Capital [...]

Growing Into Inquiry workshops for School Library Media Specialists

I sent out a plea for help today to my school library buddies, asking for some curriculum links for an upcoming workshop. Mary Ratzer, a former School Library Media Specialist, now a consultant (Learning Curve Associates) sent me a wonderful list of Inquiry Lesson Plan Sites that she uses in her workshops. “We use these [...]