Resources

Super 3: Voice Thread for elementary school students by Barbara Rehmeyer
(Based on the Big 6)

Need help with Challenged Material? Intellectual Freedom Committee

Maine's Waterboro Public Library: Writer's Index. A MUST SEE!

MARVEL Promotional Materials (html | Word)

K-12 Library Standards fro Ohio: pdf File

Selected MASL Resources - Maine Resources

ACTEM (Association of Computer Technology Educators of Me)
Chickadee Award
Department of Education
.......ME Commissioner of Education's Letters to Administrators
  InfoNet (Maine Library Collections) | InfoNet Databases | Promo
Learning Results
Library Awareness Campaign
Library Job Opportunities
Lupine Award
Maine Library Association
Maine Library Districts
..............Central Maine Library District
..............Northeastern Maine Library District
..............Southern Maine Library District
Maine School and Library Network
Maine State Library | Construction Projects
Maine Student Book Award
MARVEL Resources
MeLibs (Information about the Maine libraries listserv | Other ME Library lists)
New England Educational Media Association (NEEMA)
SCOOP Programs Other Maine Resource Links for Libraries
Who Loans What? (Maine State Library)

Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI)
Author - Illustrator - Speaker Information
School Library Media Specialist Job Description
School Library Media Specialist Evaluation Kit

National Resources

Project Achievement begun by David Loertscher in a blitz of California School Libraries is now up on the web with an invitation to the rest of the nation to join us. It's free. Its purpose is to allow building-level library media teachers to collect evidence that they make a difference in academic achievement.
Available on the web are:

• Handouts for the project.
  
• A listserve to allow those participating to communicate, ask and
  answer questions.

You can get the details at http://www.davidvl.org
David Loertscher, Professor, San Jose State University
davidl@wahoo.sjsu.edu
davidvl@attbi.com

12 Reasons Libraries are good for this Country:
Article in American Libraries Online.

10 Reasons why the Internet is no Substitute for a Library
Article in American Libraries

AASL Advocacy Toolkit update
Many of the Talking Points documents included in the AASL Advocacy
Toolkit have been updated to reflect new data from the U.S. Department of
Education's National Center for Education Statistics. Also, a Sample Letter
to the Editor has been added.

The AASL Advocacy Toolkit is available online at
http://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy

American Association of School Librarians (AASL) http://www.ala.org/aasl/
"The mission of AASL is to advocate excellence, facilitate change, and develop leaders in the school library media field.  Largest professional organization serving school library media professionals, grades K-12."
ALA Photos ALA is pleased to provide downloadable photos featuring librarians and library users for your use. The photos are available at:
https://cs.ala.org/@yourlibrary/photocontest.cfm

Association for Educational Communication and Technology
http://www.aect.org   email:  info@ascd.org

Doing a talk about librarianship at your local school? Check out these brochures:

https://cs.ala.org/@yourlibrary/njbrochures.cfm

Google Librarian Central: http://librariancentral.blogspot.com/

National Council of Teachers of English; http://www.ncte.org

Reading On-Line http://www.readingonline.org/ The electronic journal of the International Reading Association. Contains sections on critical issues; the electronic classroom; developments in literacy and others:  

Someone recently requested feedback regarding classroom libraries. I found a resource that might prove interesting. International Reading Association offers a free pamphlet titled "Providing Books and Other Print Materials for Classroom and School Libraries."

• It includes IRA's recommendations for the number of books per child that should be included in both library media centers and classroom libraries.
• For a free, single copy, mail your request with a No. 10 self-addressed, stamped envelope to IRA, attn. Dept. E.G., 800 Barksdale Road, PO Box 3139, Newark, DE 09714-8139. Multiple copies can be ordered online for a modest sum at http://www.reading.org/advocacy/press991220.htm

See also "Banned Books Week" http://www.ala.org/bbooks

Bookstore featuring Graphic Novels for YA: Casablanca Comics is probably what you're looking for. rick@casablancacomics.com