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Welcome to the Website for Teacher Librarian: The Journal for School Library Professionals!
Your Feedback is Helpful
For more than 30 years, Teacher Librarian has been publishing thoughtful and provocative
articles on collaboration, leadership, technology, and more, and we welcome your feedback on
our efforts to make TL an invaluable resource for K-12 school library professionals. Contact
Us and tell us what you think!
We have heard from many of you over the past few months and so you will begin to see some of
your suggestions take effect. For instance, our Graphic Novels Bookmarkit! column has returned
with Joe Sutliff Sanders as our new reviewer, and we have added audiobook reviews from Lizzette
Hannegan and Sharon Grover. So, do continue to send us your comments, we love to hear from you!
Teacher Librarian Professional Development Contest
With the issuance of the AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner,
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.cfm,
the challenge goes forth from Teacher Librarian (TL): Spend time reading and thinking deeply about the direction
suggested for students and teachers and the changes we need to make to implement the ideas that push our
programs forward. Then, either as an individual or as a group of teacher-librarians, create a visual
representation of the ideas and submit them to us.
Rewards:
Teacher Librarian will award five $100 prizes for the best visual representations of the new AASL Learning
Standards. The award-winners will be published in the October 2008 issue of TL. For more information, pick up
a copy of the April issue of Teacher Librarian. Deadline: June 15, 2008. Submit your images to
editor@teacherlibrarian.com.
A New Wiki for Reviews of Professional Books
The professional books available to teacher-librarians that provide guidance for their work and role have
increased exponentially. In an attempt to provide you with even more coverage, I have set up a wiki to
cover a larger number of titles. This wiki can be found at http://professionalreviews.pbwiki.com/
and will contain reviews not available in the journal or on the TL web site. The wiki will also contain URLs to
reviews available online, thus, offering you even greater access to the professional literature. And there is
an additional feature: You can add your comments on professional titles you have read therefore providing a
different perspective than the reviewer. For example, you may want to disagree with the reviewer about a
particular title and really bring to light some of the book's good or not-so-good points that you experienced
applying it to your best practices. But, you must also identify yourself. If the wiki becomes a popular place
for both information and conversation, TL will consider expanding it. So, let us have your comments! Again, you
can access the wiki at http://professionalreviews.pbwiki.com/. -David Loertscher
Click Here for the books we reviewed in 2007.
For more than 30 years, Teacher Librarian has been publishing thoughtful and provocative articles
on collaboration, leadership, technology, and more, and we welcome your feedback on our efforts to make
TL an invaluable resource for K-12 school library professionals.
Contact us and tell us what you think!
We have heard from many of you over the past few months and so you will begin to see some
of your suggestions take effect. For instance, our Graphic Novels Bookmarkit! column has
returned with Joe Sutliff Sanders as our new reviewer, and we have added audiobook reviews
from Lizzette Hannegan and Sharon Grover. So, do continue to send us your comments, we
love to hear from you!
 Recent Report by Dr. David Loertscher:
Research and School Libraries: Knowing the Basic Sources by David V. Loertscher
Always from TL!
APRIL ISSUE : now online!
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Coming in APRIL 2008:
- North of 49-Resource Links 2007 Best Books
- Best, Notable, & Recommended—Includes the new Odyssey Awards
- From Stereopticon To Google: Technology And School Library Standards
- A Whole New Library: Six "Senses" You Can Use To Make Sense Of New Standards And Guidelines
- Standards! Standards! Standards!
- The TL Professional Development Challenge And Model Building Contest
- Bookseller, Teacher, Writer: An Interview With Lewis Buzbee
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