School Librarians and K-12 Educators
The updated second edition of the AASL Standards will ensure school libraries remain relevant and effective for all learners in today’s dynamic educational landscape.
A must-have resource for every school librarian’s shelf, this guidebook offers practical advice in a friendly, conversational tone on an incredible breadth of topics rooted in AASL best practices.
Librarians and educators will find this ready-to-use programming book a powerful time-saving tool for presenting sustainability-themed events, discussions, community service opportunities, and much more.
Librarians, educators, and others who work with youth know first-hand that libraries and reading can be life-altering for youth impacted by incarceration. Written by librarians who have supported youth before, during, and after incarceration, this book draws from their own experiences while showcasing insights from other library workers, researchers, educators, people who work in the juvenile justice fields, and mental health professionals. Designed to empower libraries and their staff to provide children and teens with information, visibility, knowledge and skills, recreation, and role models, it shares practical strategies for helping youth avoid the school-to-prison pipeline or contend with it. Readers will discover
- a concise explanation of the school-to-prison pipeline, including statistics on how and why it disproportionately impacts LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and disabled youth;
- concrete, proven strategies for disrupting youth incarceration pathways by giving young people the tools and support they need to avoid incarceration, including
- steps for bolstering youth engagement during out of school time;
- guidance on how to align disciplinary approaches with trauma-informed practices when dealing with rowdy youth and other disruptive behavior;
- an overview of what libraries are doing to provide programs and services inside a youth facility, including literacy support, high school equivalency/GED programs, and televisiting;
- strategies for combatting the isolation of children of incarcerated parents by creating inclusive and welcoming library environments;
- information about the complex and difficult process of reentry for incarcerated youth, with adaptable ideas and lessons from the work being done in libraries for reentering adults; and
- an inspiring vision, extrapolating from work in adjacent fields, of what libraries can do to overcome barriers to bringing more youth into the library.
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"Recommended for all librarians seeking a path to integrate AI into lessons and library management."
— School Library Journal
Complete with a plethora of customizable forms, templates, and tools that you can modify to suit your own needs, this book offers a roadmap for giving your learners the guidance and direction to take the lead in running their school library space and teaching their peers.
Supporting educators at all levels of manga experience, this resource will help school librarians build stronger collections, create learner-centered programming, and incorporate manga into collaborative teaching.
Transform your school library into a dynamic, teen-friendly space filled with energy, creativity, and connection.
"Quaratiello’s clear explanations of searching and evaluating should serve students for years to come."
— Library Journal
Underscoring the importance of advocacy, this book is a must-read for school librarians and anyone committed to sustaining and growing their library and its services.
"Richly filled with information about hundreds of resources that are available to home educating families, it certainly fills a niche.”
— Education Otherwise
"The writing is clear, informative, engaging, and professional. This is one book on copyright that users may want to read through cover-to-cover, not just consult.”
— Booklist
Delving into a myriad of fascinating concepts, creations, visionary individuals, and vivid characters in the nation’s life over the centuries, Invention and Innovation offers classroom-ready materials for teachers, librarians, and home educators working with grades 6–12.
"Translate[s] broad professional ideals into concrete, adaptable practices, supplemented with discussion questions, charts, and examples that support reflection and professional growth. It feels like a mini-conference poster session, well executed and thematically cohesive."
— School Library Journal
"Given the increasing need for mental health support for all ages of children, this collection of essays is timely and useful."
— Choice
"An incredibly thorough and clear guide to implementing or extending learning centers in school libraries."
— School Library Journal (starred review)
"Effective alignment of brand management principles and the AASL Standards, along with plenty of opportunities for reflection, make this book a valuable purchase for school library practitioners."
— School Library Journal
This resource offers ready-to-go, library-tested activities that meld cutting-edge STEAM education principles with some of the best books available for youth today.
"Creative, inspiring, and timely ... Recommended for academic library collections where media literacy is recognized as a priority."
— Journal of Web Librarianship
Designed to support state curricula and teaching standards, this full-color book combines facsimiles of primary sources from the Library’s unparalleled collections with source citations, information about the sources’ origins, teaching strategies, and guides to additional online resources.
Whether you’re working alone in a school library, a team member or a leader you’ll find practical advice about building these important business relationships in this book by library and education consultant Sarah Pavey.
Drawing on the author's internationally-recognised experience in this field, this book will be essential reading for anyone looking to develop reading in schools.
Moving beyond academic settings to encompass libraries of all kinds, this book showcases critical information literacy topics, programs, and lessons with an emphasis on practical application.
"With as many as one-in-five young people experiencing mental health problems globally, this book is an important resource to help support literacy development and holistic wellbeing of students.”
—TSL, School Library Association
"Hopefully guides like this one will encourage more teachers and researchers to use CC licenses on their works and enable truly efficient knowledge sharing."
— OPEN@VT
"The book is an invitation for librarians and classroom teachers to find common ground built on shared standards and a foundation that strengthens their ability to work together on dynamic lessons that will resonate with students."
— School Library Journal
"Thorough and easy to use, this guide should be something read by anyone working with (or raising!) children of any age."
— School Library Journal
