This recent post from Doug Johnson about circulation policies that favor books over kids and learning has been wedged in my brain like...

Last week, while so many of my pals were in Minnesota taking in the sights and sounds of AASL, (I'm not bitter, really), I was home,...

School Libraries: What's Now, What's Next, What's Yet to Come I am unbelievably honored to be a part of this "crowdsourced collection of...

I've written about QR Codes before, but I'm on the heels of a new project that has my students using them in new ways.  And I just...

Today I had the absolute joy (pleasure! honor!) to present a pre-conference session at my state library association's annual conference...

Awhile back I wrote about the value of data walls as an advocacy tool in the library.  Since then, a month of school has gone by and I've...

A couple of months ago the SC Association of School Librarians asked if they could publish my flyer "Librarians are Ready!"  My copy...

A year or so ago I started soliciting photos of young adult authors reading in various locations for this project:  a google map showing...

The dates for this year's NCSLMA's annual conference have been on the books forever, but it wasn't until tonight that I started to really...

Today, in the middle of a class, it started to rain - INSIDE my library. Since school started, we've had 2 tornadoes, 1 waterspout and a...

Library orientations are one of those tried and true traditions that you can practically set your watch by.  The school year stars and...

A recent post by Doug Johnson, in which he posits that librarians are often regarded with distrust by teachers/admins, has gotten me...

I ran across this video a couple of weeks ago and it has been rolling around my head ever since.  I love its wordless, captivating, 75...

I ran across this article the other day outlining the 5 "essentials" that every school website should have.  Naturally, it got me...

My husband and I disagree. One of my goals this summer was to update my resume/CV - I'm not looking for another job or anything, but it...

Like a lot of teachers/librarians who benefit from having "summer's off," I always head back to school earlier than I should.  We don't...

Having not been able to shake the "I had no idea librarians could do this!?" reaction I received at last week's Teaching Fellows...

Today I had the amazing opportunity to work with some of my state's most valuable resources: new teachers.  The students in the classes I...

As I prepare for some sessions later this week during which I will get to work with new teachers on the fine arts of collaboration and...

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (p21) Institute in Stowe, Vermont.  To be honest, I’m...