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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. Both new and experienced school librarians will feel like they’re getting guidance from a trusted friend or mentor.
Because school librarians assume so many roles—leader, advocate, instructional partner, teacher, information specialist, and program administrator—their responsibilities vary widely. It’s impossible to be an expert in everything related to the job, especially when some issues or tasks might only pop up a few times a year. A handy reference tool serving up wisdom on nearly one hundred topics related to school libraries, bestselling author Madigan’s book provides to-the-point answers on many of the most common questions and conundrums faced by today’s school librarians. Packed with current advice based on AASL Standards, Common Beliefs, and ALA/AASL Position Statements, inside its pages you’ll discover
- overviews, answers, tips, and how-to steps on such topics as AI, job interviews, yearly plans, soft censorship, dynamic shelving, closing the library, social emotional learning, reluctant readers, strategic planning, and many more;
- easy-to-find information organized alphabetically and notated with cross-references, encouraging you to dip in and out as needed;
- succinct entries with supporting images and tables for quick guidance; and
- suggested sources for further exploration, all carefully vetted for quality and usefulness.
This book will become your go-to reference for answering quick questions about daily practice and your first stop when diving deeper into key issues.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abbreviations
Access
Advocacy
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Assessment
Author Visits and Guest Speakers
Award-Winning Books
Beginning-of-the-Year Tasks
Belonging
Book Buddies
Book Challenges
Book Clubs
Book Fairs
Book Returns
Budget
Building Relationships
Call Numbers
Cataloging
Circulation Policies and Procedures
Classroom Management
Closing the Library
Clubs
Collaboration
Collection Development
Collection Organization
Communication
Community Use of the Library
Conferences
Conflict
Copyright Issues
Differentiation
Displays
Diversity
Donations
Dynamic Shelving
End-of-the-Year Tasks
English/Multilingual Learners
Equity
Evaluation and Goal Setting
Extended Reality (XR)
Family Programming
Funding
Furniture/Physical Layout
Games and Play
Genrefication
Holidays
Inclusion
Information Literacy
Inquiry
Instruction
Inventory
Job Interviews
Journals and Magazines
K-W-L Charts
Labeling/Leveling Books
Learning Centers
Lost/Damaged Book Policies
Makerspaces
Making Changes
National Board Certification
News Show
Orientation
Overdue Book Policies
Passive Programming
Planning for Instruction
Privacy
Professional Development
Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Public Library Partnerships
Quiet Signal
Readers’ Advisory
Reading Promotion
Reflection
Reluctant Readers
Schedule
School/Library Website
Science of Reading
Signage
Social-Emotional Learning
Social Media
Soft Censorship
Strategic Planning
Students with Disabilities
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Usage Statistics
Volunteers
Weeding
Yearly Plans
Zen Dens
Works Cited
Appendix: Read More
Index
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"The individual entries range in length from less than one full page to almost four pages. Each entry introduces the topic and its importance; some entries include lists of tips or things to consider. Tables are scattered throughout the book. Cross-references are provided at the end. A short works-cited list and concluding 'Read More' appendix list resources for deeper investigation. The writing is clear and practical, and the book is easy to use. As the author herself states, she hopes that this book will be one that 'you’ll dip into again and again.'"
— Booklist