AASL Affiliate Assembly, Dallas 2012

Gwen Lehman, President Elect; and Juanita Jamison, President

This meeting focused on advocacy and the importance of contacting your legislators along with an emphasis on local advocacy.  Some specific examples included inviting your school board members to the library and enlisting the support of your parent organizations or developing your own friends of the library.  If you’re really ambitious, you might start your own save the library campaign.

We also received a list of website resources from the AASL Intellectual Freedom Committee:

Freedom to Read Foundation 

Position Statement on Labeling Books with Reading Levels (approved July 2011) 

Essential Links:  Intellectual Freedom, Filtering, Censorship, Ethical Issues 

AASL Blog 

Banned Websites Awareness Day, September 25, 2012 

Choose Privacy Week, May 1-7, 2012 – 

Finally, reminders were given regarding:

AASL Standards for the 21^st Century Learner Lesson Plan Database

AASL Electronic Discussion List

AASL 2012 Fall Forum 

AASL School Library Month Promotion 

Information Provided by Gwen Lehman
Technology Integration Specialist
Larned, KS 67550
Tech Tidbits blog