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Coming to ASTE!             Feb. 16 & 17, 2019

     It is essential for librarians to make themselves indispensable within their schools. To do this, we must constantly seek new ways to better serve our students and teachers. Sometimes, this means taking a closer look at the traditional rules and expectations in school libraries to determine if they really are the best ways to meet the needs of our students. By taking a closer look at some of the sacred cows of school libraries, we will discover how some libraries are shaking things up to improve their services.
     Attendees will leave this workshop with practical ideas and tools to take back to their own schools and libraries. 
     I am so excited to join you all for some great learning and sharing in February!

To attend this pre-conference workshop on Feb. 16, 2019 from 8:30 - 11:30, please register here:
     https://akla.wildapricot.org/event-3188952​
Tiffany Whitehead, the Mighty Little Librarian, will also give the keynote address Saturday and teach the following sessions on Sunday, February 17.  (ASTE registration is required): 
  • News Literacy: Teaching students to be discerning in a world of fake news, clickbait, and extreme bias
  • ​Teaching Digital Age Learners
  • Bookshelf image (TheDigitalArtist), pencil image(StockSnap) why? image(Maklay62), meeting image(Clker-Free-Vector-Images) from Pixabay under Creative Commons CC0 license.
  • Lynch , Grace Hwang. “World Class: Michelle Carton, SLJ's 2018 Champion of Civic Engagement.” School Library Journal, 21 Apr. 2018, www.slj.com/?detailStory=World-Class-SLJ-2018-Champion-of-Civic-Engagement-Michelle-Carton.
  • Capps, Kris. “ Healy Librarian Gets Award for Boosting Global Awareness, Diversity.” Fairbanks Daily News Miner, 14 Oct. 2018, www.newsminer.com/news/kris_capps/healy-librarian-gets-award-for-boosting-global-awareness-diversity/article_7a860538-cf80-11e8-9319-8b1f3dc492cb.html.
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