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by Katy Larson, Classroom Specialist at Mackin Think back to your childhood home. Were there books lining your shelves and bedside tables, or were there few if any books around the home? At the [...]

by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager at Mackin As humans, we are moved to make things, using our hands and our brains. The school library can provide an outlet for all students to [...]

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 [...]

One of my favorite things to do is work with educators who are passionate about making school different. I have two passions that I get to live out every day in my job as the Innovative Programs [...]