Dear Shelley,
AASL is busily preparing for the April 2015 celebration of School Library Month! This year’s celebration is extra special as it is the 30th anniversary of our month-long recognition of the importance school libraries and school librarians play in transforming learning. Our theme this year, Your School Library: Where Learning Never Ends, is based on the theme of the first School Library Month: Where Learning Never Ends: The School Library Media Center.
To help you set your celebration agenda, I wanted to share some of the activities and promotion the committee is currently planning:
- Digital Storytelling Festival: Let your students showcase their creativity! We're holding a student storytelling contest using different online mediums. Students will be divided into four grade levels, K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12…and there will be prizes awarded by guest author judges!
- School Library Ambassadors: We will be soliciting quotes of support for school libraries from stakeholders (authors, parents, students, administrators, public library representatives, etc.) to highlight on social media during School Library Month.
- Gallery of Author Quotes/Tip of the Day: We will be collecting quotes based on this year’s theme from authors and sharing them across social media. Thirty of those quotes will be incorporated into AASL’s Tip of the Day.
- Send us your best shot! We will be collecting photos and videos that illustrate our theme Your School Library: Where Learning Never Ends in your school library. It’s your time to shine! Show the world all of the awesome things you do within your school community and beyond.
- Professional Development: The committee will kick off School Library Month early with a webinar in March highlighting the various events and activities planned for the celebration and how to best use these materials in promoting your program. During April, the committee will host 4-5 webinars based on our theme.
 As you can see, it will be a busy and fun-filled month! And, that's not all! We are extremely pleased to announce that Julianne Moore, award-winning actress and bestselling author, will serve as the national spokesperson for the 2015 observance and 30th anniversary of School Library Month! Julianne graciously took time out of her busy "Mockingjay - Part 1" promotional tour to record a PSA we'll be releasing prior to School Library Month. Be sure to check www.ala.org/aasl/slm often!
Sincerely,
Susan Hess
School Library Month Committee Chair
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