Short Takes for Trustees is a series of 10 short videos (8-10 minutes each) that can be shown during Trustee meetings to stimulate discussion about the important role that Trustees play in the governance of their libraries. Topics in the ser
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Stories, tips, and timelines on how a small library can become a cornerstone resource for its community.
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Learn key Social Emotional Learning (SEL) concepts and how to integrate them into library programs and activities.
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How can you inspire inquiry, critical thinking, visual literacy, and creativity in one colorful package? Infographics are visual representations of information, offering innovative and creative learning opportunities in all content areas. Attend this session to learn more about infographics and explore how to integrate them into current or new collaborative lessons in innovative ways. Leave with tools and examples to use with your students and staff immediately.
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In states across the country, state legislators have passed laws that restrict students' rights to read. In those same states, school library organizations have stepped up to support students' rights along with the rights of school librarians and their collections. In this panel, state school library leaders will share how state laws have impacted students, school librarians, and library collections and how their respective organizations have responded.
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Learn about Illinois Libraries Present, a collaboration across public libraries in Illinois to provide high quality virtual programming to adult patrons state-wide.
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Come learn how to incorporate various technologies into your school library media center!
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This session serves to inform participants how to prepare, implement and review current digcit curricula for faculty growth in instructional leadership.
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Come learn how to make Digital Learning Day a K-12, community-wide event that promotes the amazing work and learning taking place in your school library. Students become teachers and share with small groups of participants their favorite digital tools, activities, and learning experiences. Stemming from a complete miscommunication, our digital learning evening attracts over 800 participants and allows the community to explore the learning taking place in my school library. Come learn how to plan your own event.
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Learn how a small-town library re-envisioned their summer learning approach to increase impact and expand patron base.
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Panelists share their book recommendations for prekindergarten through grade 12.
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Panelists from lower school through high school share their summer reading activities.
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Atypical managers share their strategies for success, tools for immediate action, and techniques for self-acceptance.
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Tackling Racism and Bias in the Library Catalog
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Participants learn about state- and district-level advocacy efforts in Arizona, Michigan, New Jersey, and Washington State.
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In such a climate where news literacy is declining, and news consumers are reluctant to consider information contrary to their held beliefs, how is a librarian to counter the rise of media illiteracy?
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Did you know graphic novels can be used across all content areas to teach essential media literacy skills? Because of its multimodality, the graphic novel is the perfect vehicle to guide readers to slow down, self pace, and more critically consume visual messages across media, from television to memes to infographics and more. Featuring examples of practical lessons and student work, this session will offer multiple strategies for using this medium to foster media literacy across the curriculum.
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Teaching Students Research and Writing in the Pandemic: How Utah Librarians and Teachers use Scrible
Learn how Utah librarians and teachers use Scrible to teach and manage research and writing in remote and hybrid environments.
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After two years of fighting for intellectual freedom, what can we do going forward? Join two of the FReadom Fighters for an update on the impact of what's happening around the country and tips on moving forward. To support students' intellectual freedom, learn effective and targeted messages for your unique situation, build strategies for communicating clearly and consistently, find other partners in the fight, and share what you are doing in your own environments to support #FReadom
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Learn how the AASL Standards-Based Learning Series helps support teaching and learning.
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Participants will view examples of successful large and small collaborations, model collaboration through hands-on activities, and develop strategies for collaborative work in their own school.
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Join these authors who write about the things boys love. Giant animals attacking each other, mountain climbing, jungles, deserts, knights on horseback, mountains, spies, knights on foot, and wars among a host of other subjects.
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This session looks at Fair Use and common problems when it comes to Copyright.
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How do we reimagine library spaces and services to meet evolving community needs?
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The Library Ecosystem: ONE VOICE for Advocacy
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Adopting healthy life habits and skills is a constant work in progress, but imagine how different the world would be if we started this learning process earlier in life.
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Learn about mentor monitors, a resource to support staff members and help keep the peace in a busy library.
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Dive into various aspects of manga and anime - from basic definitions and genres to collection development and readers’ advisory to working with learners to start your own manga/anime club.
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Participants will not only learn about the power of these genres but they will also be exposed to the language of the AASL Shared Foundations.
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Learn about the Gross National Happiness Policy and how libraries contribute to community wellbeing.
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