We Need Tag-Team Librarianship: Active collaboration between public and...
Consider this number: nine percent. That’s how many public librarians say they “work directly with school librarians and teachers” on homework assignments. SLJ’s survey of public library spending on...
View ArticleThat Collaborative Spirit: Changing times demand more complex partnerships |...
Who wouldn’t want to work with the two librarians on our cover? To me, their joyous, open faces welcome engagement. I want in on the action—in this case, the series of projects they pull off to bring...
View ArticleMaking the Principal Connection
Illustration by Jean Tuttle After 20 wonderful years as a teacher librarian, I’ve gone over to the dark side. I’ve become a suit—an administrator—and the very worst kind, a district IT administrator!...
View ArticleBe the Change: Raise the Bar with Effective Collaborations
SPONSORED BY: Mackin Educational Resources, Capstone, Rosen Publishing, and School Library Journal EVENT DATE AND TIME: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 6:00 – 7:00 PM ET/ 3:00 - 4:00 PM PT Archive now...
View ArticleLibrarian/Teacher Projects on New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, Energy Conservation...
An exploration of New Orleans’s hurricane-ravaged Ninth Ward and a student-driven study on how to conserve energy in a school are the winners of this year’s SIGMS Technology Innovation Awards bestowed...
View ArticleA Partnership for Success: The Jacksonville Public Library and University of...
It started out as a small pilot program to enhance literacy skills and help prevent summer slide of elementary children. But when word spread about the successful summer tutoring initiative at the...
View ArticleReach Out and Connect: Using Flat Connections for Collaboration | Tech Tidbits
Are you ready for a new challenge? One that will stretch your technology skills, support your teachers and provide some incredibly rich, authentic education experiences for your students? Try Flat...
View ArticleCollaborating on the Summer Slide: University Students Tutor at Jacksonville...
In a tutoring session to help students organize story ideas, Erika Orlowski, elementary education major, directed four boys seated around a table at the Southeast Regional Library, part of the...
View ArticleReading as the Main Course: A Book Tasting Event
English teachers at Sayre Junior/Senior High School in Sayre, PA, used inspiration from Pinterest to dish up reading as the main course at their second annual Book Tasting Event held on October 17....
View ArticleSchool and Public Libraries Collaborate to Help Teen Community: Reports from...
In big and small ways, collaboration is a way of life for many school and public libraries. From teen book festivals to maker space initiatives, school and public libraries are teaming up to bring new...
View ArticleCollaboration Leads to Top-notch STEM Programming at the Library
Electrocuting pickles at the library?! This was one of the many demonstrations on light brought to the Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library in Broomfield, CO, through collaboration with the library’s...
View ArticleFive Trends That Make 2015 Worth Celebrating| Editorial
The New Year has always been a time of optimism for me, but this winter is different. As we arrive in 2015, I am heartened by positive tendencies in several arenas that will influence our work in...
View ArticleOH School Librarian Gets E-Kiosk to Access Public Library’s Digital Collection
OLMS seventh grader Anna Pohlman visits the digital kiosk. If Ohio middle school librarian Mary Burkey gives a booktalk, and she only has three copies of the title that her students snatch up, then her...
View ArticleA Prime Co-Teaching Opportunity
The author, left, co-teaching a class. Collaboration. It’s a word that’s always thrown around in professional development discussions. The concept sounds simple enough, and I thought I had a handle...
View ArticleWorking Together: Simple Ways Public and School Librarians Can Collaborate
Thinkstock As summer winds down and the school year kicks into high gear, librarians face a transitional period. Public librarians are finally taking their first breath since May now that summer...
View ArticleOklahoma University Library Melds Art and High Tech in a Lesson for Middle...
A student gets a taste of VR with the help of Matt Cook. Seventh and eighth graders are a tough audience to please, but 50 of them from Norman, OK, had plenty of fun with an innovative program from the...
View ArticleVA School Librarians Spearhead Historic Community Collaboration
Leesburg, VA, first settled in the 18th century, is just northwest of Washington, DC. Tuscarora High School, where I am a librarian, sits on land that was once used as a Civil War encampment and field...
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