Week 2 is coming to an end. I was already a member of the Teacher Librarian Ning started by my heroine, Joyce Valenza. :) I talked to Joyce on the phone yesterday and felt like I was talking to a movie star! Anyway, the groups I am already of a member of are Middle School Librarians, School Library Advocacy (going to be utilizing THAT one this spring unfortunately) and Web 2.0 in the Library World. I just joined this week YA Lit in School Libraries. I began taking an online class this week through Ottawa University about YA Literature and so this could come in handy! It is being taught by Megan Arnett (Lee's Summit HS) if anyone knows her. It is such fun sharing books with others who have a passion for it.
As our district talks of budget cuts again, I can see the Advocacy Ning coming in handy. I know this is something we will all be facing.
Received the newsflash from ALA this week that our official name is now "School Librarians". I hope that we can all finally agree on this. One post on a blog said they had researched and found that there were 25 different names for us! School Librarian is fine with me, because it seems like that is what we always end up telling someone what our job is anyway after they give us a quizzical look and say "Huh?"
I thought that naming decision was very interesting! Also, if they had decided on something else AASL would have to undergo a name change, which perhaps influenced their decision (?) I think all school librarians should be called Learner in Chief, and perhaps given a tiara :D
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