AASL National School Library Standards – Where to Start?
Sometimes when a new set of standards is introduced, it is difficult to know where to start, how to apply them, and how a set of standards fits with existing [...]
Sometimes when a new set of standards is introduced, it is difficult to know where to start, how to apply them, and how a set of standards fits with existing [...]
Over the past six years, the Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL) has funded mini-grants to 121 Idaho elementary school libraries, who then increased access to books for their youngest students. [...]
Who loves to collect overdue fines from students? Nobody. But fines are necessary, aren't they? And for some school libraries, aren't they a needed revenue stream? What if collecting the [...]
Welcome back to school, and welcome back to The School Zone! It has been a fun (if smoky) summer here in Idaho, and we hope everyone is returning refreshed, recreated, [...]
Idaho School Librarians: This year's Summer Summit for School Librarians will be July 18th-20th at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Event Center in Fort Hall, outside Pocatello. This 3-day summit is [...]
Our youngest students need lots of books in their school libraries to check out and take home. School library books allow young students to practice their newly acquired reading skills [...]
Happy New Year to all! Whether it is super snowy, super cold, or both in your neck of the woods, January is a great time for curling up with a [...]