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Need for Advocacy Toolkit input from all states

Posted By Leslie Preddy Apr 07, 2017 11:31 AM
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If this has not been shared in your state, please copy and past to your state's list-serve or other means of mass communication. The message is posted on behalf of Committee Chair Elizabeth Burns: _____________________________ Invitation to Participate AASL is rewriting ...

Election - last PUSH needed ASAP

Posted By Leslie Preddy Apr 04, 2017 06:52 AM
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AASL Leaders, Movers, and Shakers – please share widely ASAP and post reminders to vote on all you Social Media channels linking to President Church’s instructional blog! -------------- Be involved. Be informed. Be a voter. It is important for all members of AASL to exercise the ...

AASL Candidates Forum @ ALA Midwinter

Posted By Leslie Preddy Jan 18, 2017 09:50 PM
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If you are attending ALA Midwinter, I invite & encourage you to attend the AASL Candidates Forum. This is your opportunity to listen to the candidate who will be on the ALA ballot this Spring. The AASL slate of candidates can be found here: http://www.ala.org/aasl/about/elections REMEMBER - even ...

Library Funding Update

Posted By Leslie Preddy Jun 12, 2016 11:01 AM
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Library Funding News of interest From: alacro-l-request@lists.ala.org [mailto:alacro-l-request@lists.ala.org] On Behalf Of Don Wood Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 2:27 PM To: alacro-l@lists.ala.org Subject: [alacro-l] Good News for Library Funding From Senate Appropriations Committee ...

Follow the ESSA Listening Session on Twitter

Posted By Leslie Preddy Jun 02, 2016 12:08 PM
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AASL will be discussing ESSA with the US Dept Ed on Friday, 6/3 @ 10 EST. "Listen" to the highlights of the conversation in real time on Twitter by following the hashtag #essalibraries @aasl (https://twitter.com/aasl/status/738407402572263425?s=02) Leslie Preddy, AASL President

Survey to Complete & Share

Posted By Leslie Preddy May 23, 2016 09:08 AM
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Please share widely: ALA is working on research related to coding in libraries, including coding in schools and school libraries. Even if you don't work with students on coding skills, please complete the survey. It will only take five minutes. "Ready to Code is a project of the ALA Office ...

Share - advanced reader bibliography

Posted By Leslie Preddy May 17, 2016 08:40 AM
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From: Laura Schulte-Cooper [mailto:lschulte@ala.org ] Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 11:09 AM Subject: [YSCON] Information to share - Reading Up book list Hello, all: Would you please consider sharing the information below with youth services staff in your state? Thanks in advance for helping us spread ...

Feedback & Sharing needed asap

Posted By Leslie Preddy May 12, 2016 05:23 AM
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AASL Affiliate Assembly - Last week, AASL leadership met with the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Dr. Monique Chism in relation to ESSA and school libraries. The ALA Washington office has also engaged in the DOE ESSA 'listening sessions' on the behalf ...

"Broad Public, Library and Educational Sector Support of Hayden Nomination"

Posted By Leslie Preddy Apr 20, 2016 08:50 AM
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AASL signed on in support of Dr. Carla Hayden’s confirmation as Librarian of Congress: http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/04/broad-public-library-and-educational-sector-support-hayden-nomination Must see TV for librarians: Dr. Hayden’s confirmation hearing, beginning today ...

RE: The School Library Snapshot Tool: A New Way to Share Our Stories

Posted By Leslie Preddy Apr 19, 2016 05:02 AM
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Hello Affiliate Assembly - Happy School Library Month! I have a few immediate action requests for you. The School Library Month snapshot project is critical to the work AASL AND ALA is doing at the national level to engage in the new ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) and advocate for school libraries ...

Permissions to Reprint "What the...Librarian Knew" series

Posted By Leslie Preddy Feb 18, 2016 04:52 AM
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Affiliate Assembly members - There is an ALA Youth Divisions Joint Executive Committee, which comprises of AASL, ALSC, and YALSA leadership. Within this committee, there is an Interdivisional Committee on School-Public Library Cooperation and a collaborative project was developed which I think ...

RE: Seeking Applicants for 2016 Sara Jaffarian Award

Posted By Leslie Preddy Jan 06, 2016 03:00 PM
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To piggy-back on Mona's message. I strongly encourage you to apply. We received this award a few years ago and the application and recipient process (and money) was a phenomenal experience. It did great things for the collaborating teachers and community (Indiana State Library genealogy division) morale ...

RE: Heads-Up!: Movement on ESEA!!

Posted By Leslie Preddy Nov 30, 2015 08:15 PM
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Help spread the message & follow the link below to Tweet, Talk, Email --------------- We made it into ESEA Posted by: Jessica McGilvray November 30, 2015 in Legislation, Library Advocacy, School Libraries As we discussed in a post on November 19th, the final language of the Every Student Succeeds ...

Concerns & Commendations--Status Update

Posted By Leslie Preddy Sep 20, 2015 05:39 PM
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Members of Affiliate Assembly, I want to thank you for your national service to your profession. Affiliate Assembly (AA) is a first experience for many of you, as it was for me, at the national level. I hope you are finding the experience as challenging, interesting, and exciting as I did. I know ...

RE: Reaching Out to Affiliates - School Library Success Stories Needed / State Data

Posted By Leslie Preddy Sep 13, 2015 12:30 PM
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This is an incredibly important, time-sensitive request and an opportunity to help us help ourselves. If you work in one of these states (MN, VA, WA, TN, AZ, TX, OH & CO), please be sure to respond to esheketoff@alawash.org. If you do not live in one of these state, maybe someone in your PLN (professional ...