New Elementary Nonfiction Titles

Posted on 01/03/2019 at 12:25 PM by Pam Buysman

The Library as an Extension of the Classroom

Posted on 12/19/2018 at 12:00 AM by Pam Buysman

I was in a meeting this morning looking at a draft of the new library standards according to Iowa. One...

How Can We Promote Reading?

Posted on 11/20/2018 at 01:31 PM by Pam Buysman

"School Library Connection" conducts one question surveys on various topics of interest to teacher librarians. A recent survey asked teacher...

It's Election Time

Posted on 10/26/2018 at 02:20 PM by Pam Buysman

How are you sharing the new AASL Standards?

Posted on 10/15/2018 at 02:20 PM by Pam Buysman

We've spent some time at our last two Media Advisory meetings looking at the new American Association of School Librarians'...

New Standards - Where Do I/We Begin?

Posted on 09/19/2018 at 03:16 PM by Pam Buysman

Late last fall the American Association of School Librarians introduced the new National School Library Standards. Whenever a discipline introduces...

Words to Live By Compliments of Pooh

Posted on 08/13/2018 at 12:00 AM by Pam Buysman

Coming up with the first blog post of the school year is sometimes difficult for me. Much like a teacher...

Audio Books and Literacy

Posted on 06/07/2018 at 04:09 PM by Pam Buysman

June is Audiobook month! Celebrate with these resources, research and fun all summer long! #summerreading #audiobooks #audiobookmonth #collections #follettdestiny #futurereadylibs...

IASL Award Book Winners

Posted on 04/20/2018 at 09:38 AM by Pam Buysman

The winners for 2017-2018 have been announced. Here's the results!

Google's Talk to Books...Totally Like a Librarian?

Posted on 04/20/2018 at 08:43 AM by Pam Buysman

We've almost reached the end of another school year. End of school years are a time to do a little...