"LIBRARIANS AND TEACHERS AS INSTRUCTIONAL PARTNERS: WRITTEN CONVERSATIONS WITH WRITE AROUNDS TEXT ON TEXT FOR INQUIRY, PARTICIPATION, AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF MEANINGS"
When you're a school librarian, there are a few people in your building that you need to ally with immediately. First, befriend the bookkeeper who will make spending your limited budget stress-free. Keep the custodians on your side so they'll... Read More ›
Why Librarians Are More Crucial Than Ever In the aftermath of the US presidential election, I've been reflecting on what it means to live in a post-truth world. I was shocked to read several accounts explaining that a majority of... Read More ›
By Laura Gardner on Last week, a new study from Stanford University revealed that many students are inept at discerning fact from opinion when reading articles online. The report, combined with the spike in fake and misleading news during the 2016 election, has school librarians, including me, rethinking how we teach evaluation of online sources to our students.