[CASL-L] Fwd: [aaslforum] FREE eBOOK NOW AVAILABLE: SCHOOL LIBRARIES: WHAT’S NOW, WHAT’S NEXT, WHAT’S YET TO COME

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> From: Buffy Hamilton <buffy.hamilton at gmail.com>
> Date: October 23, 2011 11:15:19 AM GMT+08:00
> To: aaslforum at ala.org
> Subject: [aaslforum] FREE eBOOK NOW AVAILABLE: SCHOOL LIBRARIES: WHAT’S NOW, WHAT’S NEXT, WHAT’S YET TO COME
> Reply-To: aaslforum at ala.org
> 

> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> On behalf of the over 50 authors who contributed to School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What’s Yet to Come, we are delighted to announce that our crowdsourced eBook is now available for free download!
> 
> http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/96705
> 
> We hope you will enjoy downloading and reading these diverse perspectives on where school libraries are and what school librarians are doing to redefine, stretch, and expand traditional services. 
> 
> Please feel free to share this link with your colleagues, administrators, professional and union organizations, Board of Education members, and more. Help us spread the word and build the conversation about the  possibilities of school libraries!
> 
> We have it available for free download in three formats:
> PDF for those who want to read it on a desktop/laptop
> .mobi for those who want to read it on Kindle software or a Kindle device
> .epub for those who would like to read it on Adobe Digital Editions software, iBooks, Sony Reader, the Bluefire Reader app, Nook, and most other eReaders
> 
> 
> While you can find the eBook on Smashwords now; in about 2-6 weeks, Smashwords will send it out to the major eBookstores (including Apple’s iBookstore, Barnes and Noble, Sony Bookstore, and others, although Amazon is in negotations) for free distribution. 
> 
> 
> With deep thanks,
> 
> The Authors of School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What Comes After
> 
> Editors:
> Kristin Fontichiaro, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
> Buffy Hamilton, Creekview High School, Canton, GA
> 
> Foreword:
> R. David Lankes, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
> 
> Photographs:
> Diane Cordell, Retired Teacher Librarian, Queensbury, NY
> 
> Contributors:
> Kelly Ahlfeld, Mettawee Community School, West Pawlet, VT
> Diane Erica Aretz-Kernahan, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
> Emilia Askari, Living Textbook Project, McCollough Unis School, Dearborn, MI
> Kathleen Atkin, Louis Riel School Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
> Robert Baigent, National Library of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand
> Susan D. Ballard, Consultant and Simmons College, Boston, MA
> Angela Washington-Blair, Emmett J. Conrad High School, Dallas, TX
> Dan Bowen, ICT Learning and Teaching Consultant, Surrey, England, UK
> Holli Buchter, St. Vrain Valley School District, Longmont, CO
> Jennifer Branch, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
> Len Bryan, Cedar Ridge High School, Round Rock, TX
> Jennifer Colby, School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
> Diane Cordell, Retired Teacher Librarian, Queensbury, NY
> William Cross, Copyright and Digital Scholarship Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
> Meg Donhauser, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington, NJ
> Joanne de Groot, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
> Stacy Dillon, LREI - Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School, New York, NY
> Andrea Dolloff, Ethical Cultural Fieldston School, New York, NY
> Meg Donhauser, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington, NJ
> Laura Fleming, Cherry Hill School, River Edge, NJ
> Lorna Flynn, American International School in Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
> Elizabeth Friese, University of Georgia,Athens, GA
> Rachel Goldberg, East Middle School, Plymouth, MI
> Beth Gourley, Western Academy of Beijing, Beijing, China
> Dorcas Hand, Annunciation Orthodox School, Houston, TX
> Alida Hanson, School Library Teacher Program, Simmons College GSLIS, Boston, MA
> Violet H. Harada, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
> Heather Hersey, Lakeside School, Seattle, WA
> Valerie Hill, Ethridge Elementary School, The Colony, TX, and Texas Woman’s University School of Library and Information Studies, Denton, TX
> Kimberly Hirsh, Butner-Stem Middle School, Butner, NC, and G. C. Hawley Middle School, Creedmoor, NC
> Shannon Hyman, Byrd Middle School, Henrico, VA
> Pamela Jackson, East Wake High School, Wendell, NC
> Melissa P. Johnston, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
> Jesse Karp, LREI - Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School, New York, NY
> Sara Kelley-Mudie, The Forman School, Litchfield, CT
> Tricia Kuon, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
> Neil Krasnoff, New Tech High School at A. Maceo Smith, Dallas, TX
> Jennifer LaGarde, New Hanover County Schools, Wilmington, NC
> Teri S. Lesesne, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
> Margaret Lincoln, Lakeview School District, Battle Creek, MI
> Kate MacMillan, Napa Valley USD, Napa Valley, CA (see also Chap. 9)
> Adrienne Matteson, White River Elementary, Noblesville, IN
> Kathleen McBroom, Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, MI
> Walter McKenzie, ASCD, Alexandria, VA
> David Meyer, TMC Furniture, Ann Arbor, MI
> Ben Mondloch, Cherry Lake Publishing, Ann Arbor, MI
> Leslie L. Morgan, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
> Cathy Jo Nelson, Dorman High School, Spartanburg District 6 Schools, Roebuck, SC
> Beverley Rannow, Otsego Public Schools, Otsego, MI
> Howard Rheingold, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
> Nikki D. Robertson, Auburn High School, Auburn, AL
> Daniella Smith, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
> Evan St. Lifer, Scholastic Library Publishing, Danbury, CT
> Jennifer Stanbro, South Portland School Department, South Portland, ME
> Caitlin Stansell, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
> Jeff Stanzler, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
> Carolyn Jo Starkey, Buckhorn High School, New Market, AL
> Wendy Steadman Stephens, Buckhorn High School, New Market, AL
> Michael Stephens, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
> Linda Straube, New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL
> Cathy Stutzman, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington, NJ
> Mega Subramaniam, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
> Margaret Sullivan, Smith Systems, Plano, TX (see also Chap. 6)
> Joyce Kasman Valenza, Springfield Township High School, Erdenheim, PA
> Karen Villegas, Grosse Pointe North High School, Grosse Pointe, MI
> Jeanna Walker, Portage Public Schools, Portage, MI
> Donna Watt, Invercargill City Libraries, Invercargill, New Zealand
> Holly Weimar, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
> Senga White, James Hargest College, Invercargill, New Zealand
> Erin Drankwalter Wyatt, Highland Middle School, Libertyville, IL
> Amanda Yaklin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
> Alice Yucht, Retired/rewired Teacher-Librarian, NJ
> Marci Zane, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington, NJ
> 
> PS - Want to create a Smashwords book of your own? We recommend the Smashwords Style Guide (http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52).
> 
> 
> 
> Buffy J. Hamilton
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