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"The following pages include tables that help school librarians learn how the AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner and the Common Core Standards align. Lessons submitted as part of the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Lesson Plan Database contain an automatic crosswalk between AASL learning standards and the Common Core Standards."

"May 1 - 7, 2011 will be the second annual Choose Privacy Week sponsored by ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom. Choose Privacy Week is an invitation to be aware of and talk about privacy rights and choices in libraries and in life. For school libraries in particular, Choose Privacy Week is an opportunity for librarians to promote discussion about this issue beyond standard internet safety lessons."

"A Planning Guide for Empowering Learnersis a program evaluation, planning, implementation and advocacy tool that will ensure school library program planners go beyond the basics to provide goals, priorities, criteria, and general principles for establishing effective library programs. The guide includes a revised School Library Program Assessment Rubric, a tool that allows school librarians to assess their program on 16 different sets of criteria. You can immediately start using this valuable resource to plan for your 2010-2011 school year!"