| Registration Open for 2023 AASL National Conference The AASL National Conference is the only national conference dedicated solely to the needs of school librarians and their roles as educational leaders. Registration is now open for the 2023 AASL National Conference, taking place Oct. 19-21, 2023, in Tampa, Florida. Register by January 31 using code AASL100 to save $100 off registration. Visit national.aasl.org for more information. | | Becky Calzada and Hannah Byrd Little Seek 2024-2025 AASL Presidency
Becky Calzada and Hannah Byrd Little will seek the 2024-2025 AASL presidential term during the 2023 American Library Association (ALA) election. Calzada (right) is currently the District Library Coordinator in Leander Independent School District in Leander, Texas, and Little (left) is the Library Director at The Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. The full slate of AASL candidates can be found at www.ala.org/aasl/elections. | AASL Town Hall | New Year: Reflection & Goals The beginning of a new calendar year is always a great time for school librarians to reflect on the first half of the current school year and to make goals for the remainder of the year. What are your hurdles, highlights, and hopes? AASL invites all school librarians to join AASL panelists in the conversation about staying positive and moving forward during challenging times. Celebrate the Best of the Profession with an AASL Award
Applications for AASL's 2023 awards and grants close February 1 at 4:30 p.m. CST. AASL members are encouraged to nominate a colleague or themselves to be lauded for their outstanding talent and dedication to the profession as part of this prestigious awards program. AASL awards and grants recognize excellence and showcase best practices in the school library field in categories that include collaboration, leadership, and innovation. AASL Seeks Best Digital Tools Nominations AASL encourages school librarians and app creators to nominate digital tools for its Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning recognition. AASL annually lauds tools which foster the qualities of innovation/creativity, active participation, collaboration, exploration, and information/reference. This list is a quick and easy reference of the best electronic resources school librarians can use in collaboration with other educators to transform teaching and learning. Nominations can be submitted at www.ala.org/aasl/best. ALA Offers Programming Support With Peggy Barber Tribute Grant ALA invites all librarians to apply for the Peggy Barber Tribute Grant, a programming grant that recognizes, promotes, and supports meaningful programs in libraries that have limited and/or no access to budgetary support for programming. This grant aims to help ease budget challenges by annually awarding three libraries $2,500 to support a proposed program, program series or programming effort. Applications for the award are accepted until February 1, 2023. LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund Provides Support for Librarians The LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund is devoted to the support, maintenance, medical care, and welfare of librarians who, in the Trustees' opinion, are: Denied employment rights or discriminated against; or Denied employment rights because of defense of intellectual freedom. Applications for assistance are strictly confidential, as are the identities of grant recipients. |