School Libraries Worldwide Current Call for Papers
International Association of School Librarianship – School Libraries Worldwide via kwout School Libraries Worldwide is the official professional and research journal of the International Association...
View ArticleWikis and Dialogical Classrooms with Dr. Bob Fecho
I invite you to take time to watch this insightful video with one of my favorite teachers of all time, Dr. Bob Fecho, of the University of Georgia. The two courses I took with him, READ 8100 Inquiry...
View ArticleLooking for Librarians Using Virtual Spaces and Tools for Embedded Librarianship
CC image via Robin M. Ashford http://bit.ly/pVSdMy Are you utilizing cloud computing, virtual classrooms, or social media as a medium for embedded librarianship in your public, academic, school, or...
View Article“The Library As Indicator Species: Evolution, or Extinction” from Char Booth
Presentation given at the University of Connecticut Libraries Fall Forum, October 2011; be sure to check out Char’s wonderful and thought-provoking blog post that is a companion piece to her...
View ArticleFREE eBOOK: SCHOOL LIBRARIES: WHAT’S NOW, WHAT’S NEXT, WHAT’S YET TO COME
Smashwords – School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What’s Yet to Come – A book by Kristin Fontichiaro via kwout Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the over 50 authors who contributed to School...
View ArticleVideo: The Librarian as a Catalyst and Learning Specialist in K12
English teacher Lisa Kennedy and librarian Buffy Hamilton discuss partnerships for learning between the librarian and classroom teacher; they also share how this partnership between librarian and...
View ArticleALA Midwinter 2012: JP Talks to Buffy Hamilton
Filed under: Conference News, librarianship, Webinars and Virtual Events Tagged: ALA Midwinter 2012, alamw12
View ArticleALA Midwinter 2012: My Interview with Stacy Weitzner on Day 1 of Empowering...
Here is the edited version of my interview with Stacy from the ALA YouTube Channel: The uncut version, which features about 3.5 additional minutes of discussion: Resources: Learn more about these two...
View ArticleDo I Really Have to Leave the Role of School Librarian To Do the Work of a...
School Librarians: Expect More, Original photo by Buffy Hamilton The new issue of School Library Journal features a cover story called, “Next Year’s Model: Sarah Ludwig left the library, became a tech...
View ArticleKeeping Our Focus on People, Relationships, and Hearts in the Library
CC image via http://bit.ly/L4JtQU While I’ve talked extensively last year about relationships and humans being the cornerstone of libraries through the lens of libraries as site of participatory...
View ArticleNew DML Post: Narratives and Metanarratives of Libraries as Sponsors of...
I have authored a new post that is part of a larger ongoing series I’m composing and researching for DMLCentral. In this second post, I do some additional foregrounding of inquiry and reflection that...
View ArticleLibrarians as Instructional Designers: Strategies for Engaging Conversations...
CC image via http://bit.ly/1aG707c School, academic, and public librarians often cite collaborative partnerships as one of the greatest challenges of the profession—how do we invite collaboration, how...
View ArticleCollection Weeding as Dendrochronology: Rethinking Practices and Exposing a...
The Impetus to Weed our Print Collection Since early September 2013, my colleague Jennifer Lund and I have been working on a large-scale and aggressive weeding project for our entire collection....
View ArticleLiteracies of Contemporary Civic Life Speaker Series-Metanarratives of...
I would like to thank friend and colleague Dr. Antero Garcia and the Colorado State University Department of English for the opportunity to participate in “The Literacies of Contemporary Civic Life”...
View ArticleNew DMLcentral Post: Writing as “The Mass Literate Experience” of Our Age and...
“For perhaps the first time in the history of mass literacy, writing seems to be eclipsing reading as the literate experience of consequence. What happens when writing (and not just reading) becomes...
View ArticleNew Publications, Fall 2014
I am delighted to share two recent publications I’ve co-authored that have recently hit the press this fall! Reimagining Reference in the 21st Century | Purdue University Press via kwout First, my...
View ArticleMidyear Media Center Report Fall 2015
For the last few weeks, I have contemplated doing a midyear/end of semester report. While I have done monthly and yearly reports in the past, I have never done one at this point in the academic year....
View ArticleSlideshow: Hooch Learning Studio End of Year Annual Report
I’m very pleased to share with you all my end of year/annual report for the 2015-2016 year here at Chattahoochee High School. As many of you know, I used Picktochart for my first ever midyear report,...
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