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In the era of 1:1, many educators (and parents) hold tight to students reading “real” books, such as books bound by a publisher. Others say we need to “get with the times” and allow our students [...]

I have written several times in the past about how connecting has made a difference in my practice and development as a teacher librarian. If you haven’t read about my Skype in the [...]

by Jennifer McCarty Plucker, Ed.D., Director of Professional Learning at Mackin and Deidra Purvis, Lead Classroom Specialist at Mackin Teachers need books, lots of books. Many teachers understand [...]

Educators no longer ask if students should learn through print or digital resources. We know they must learn through BOTH. Though our students are digital natives, they live as “Tech Comfy,” not [...]

I have written about our journey with annual library reports many times in the past. If you have never shared an annual report with your library stakeholders, please, consider creating one this [...]

Tim Stahmer at Assorted Stuff has a dead-on post, It’s Closing Time, about stopping and starting “school” every summer. He shares my pet peeve about closing libraries [...]

The induced or spontaneous change of one element into another. Transformation is the act of adapting, changing, improving, metamorphosis. All through the ages, libraries have been one of the [...]

For many years, I have taught research skills to high school students. I have always wanted to make it a more interactive experience for learners when teachers bring classes to the library. This [...]