Library Transformation

An increasing number of schools and teachers are moving away from the traditional “sage on the stage” classroom model toward embracing the principles of personalized learning. In the personalized [...]

Schools are open. Libraries are open. And, as always, librarians are teaching information literacy and research—it’s just all online. Just as many misunderstand the role of teacher librarians (we [...]

There aren’t many children’s book authors who have written close to 200 nonfiction books and not a single fiction title, so it’s no surprise that one of the most common questions children ask me [...]

When much of the United States, and the world, was disrupted by the pandemic in March 2020 people were surprised that I could work from home.  After all, many people think my main job consists of [...]

In his Assorted Stuff blog, my friend Tim Stahmer, looks at our old educational nemesis plagiarism and how technology is making it easier to use other’s work than one’s own to [...]

It’s like making resolutions, but it’s all about measuring your progress toward keeping them. In practice, I regret that I didn’t create formal plans. I did write at least three goals each year [...]

I have a confession. Over my 25 years of teaching I’ve developed focusing problems (“Squirrel!). I find myself reading the first few lines of an article, jumping to the end, and then [...]

As we move into budget season, we reflect on how students use our collection. This year, we noticed a few trends we wanted to share. Students are borrowing more books! In response to a slight dip [...]