[CASL-L] School Library Month - Lives Change @ your library

[Irene Kwidzinski]

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> From: American Association of School Librarians <jhabley at ala.org>
> Date: April 8, 2014 at 3:33:29 PM EDT
> To: Irene <kwidz at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: School Library Month - Lives Change @ your library
> Reply-To: American Association of School Librarians <jhabley at ala.org>
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> The mission of the American Association of School Librarians is to advocate excellence, facilitate change, and develop leaders in the school library field.
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> Lives Change @ your library
> School Library Month is AASL's annual recognition of school librarians and school library programs. It honors the essential role that strong school library programs play in a student's educational career.
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> Complimentary Webinar Series
> As part of the celebration, AASL presents a four-week webinar series. Webinars are prerecorded and available on-demand on AASL's professional development repository, eCOLLAB. We'll announce each new webinar in our weekly School Library Month e-mails.
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> In Lives Change Though Collaboration (and so Does Professional Practice), Susan Ballard provides a review and conversation about the need for collaboration, most specifically instructional collaboration, in our learning communities. Challenges and barriers related to collaboration and strategies to address them will be considered. Susan shares practical tools that can be utilized to improve the planning process and increase the level of collaboration.
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> Student Video Contest
> Videos are due April 15, 2014! Enter today! 
> How does your school library change lives? Students are encouraged to submit videos for the School Library Month video contest showcasing how their school library connects to this year’s School Library Month theme, “Lives Change @ your library.” Contestants are urged to unleash their creativity and have fun! Use humor, drama, music and/or special effects to showcase your amazing school library. Prizes include a boxed set of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books provided by Abrams and a one-year subscription to CultureGrams, an online database from ProQuest. 
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> School Libraries Change Authors' Lives
> The School Library Month Committee reached out to authors and asked them to share their stories of how school libraries changed their lives. Watch AASL's Twitter and Facebook accounts for their quotes and be sure to share and retweet to spread the word!
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> Can't wait to see who will appear? Click the image above!
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> Hold a Declaration Signing during April
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> School Library Month is a great opportunity to increase public and media awareness about the value of a fully staffed and well funded school library program to the community at large. School librarians across the country are encouraged to hold and participate in signing events using The Declaration for the Right to School Libraries.
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> Downloadable copies of the Declaration can be found on the SLM website. A signing toolkit is available to help you organize an event. AASL would like to track declaration signings from across the country. To submit your signing please fill out this online form.
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> Decorate your library or library website with the 2014 SLM Poster or Web Files! 
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> Customize and print your own posters, bookmarks, mini-posters, & more with the Lives Change @ your library CD!
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> How did an act of parent or student advocacy change your school library program's life? Share your story with us here by April 11.
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> Two new video PSAs featuring Jeff Kinney, School Library Month 2014 spokesperson are available for view and download!
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> View the Tip of the Day calendar for easy to implement ideas for your school library program.Tips can be viewed on the AASL website or sign up for AASL Tip of the Day to receive a daily email.
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