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School Library Media Month 2008

Many school library media programs celebrate the month of April as School Library Media Month in conjunction with, and sharing the same theme as, National Library Week (April 13-19, 2008). This year's theme is  Join the circle of knowledge @ your library®

The School Library Media Month and National Library Week are wonderful opportunities for you to participate in the Campaign for America's Libraries and its School Library Campaign component. Ideas and examples of how libraries are successfully using the @ your library brand can be found at www.ala.org/@yourlibrary.

 AASL celebrates School Library Media Month and National Library Week with events in Second Life! View photos from these events below.

 

 Carmen Agra Deedy kicks off School Library Media Month with a reading at a New York City public school on April 7, 2008. The event featured one second- and one third-grade class. The photos below are from the event.

 Carmen Agra Deedy, award-winning author of "Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale," has been named a national spokesperson for School Library Media Month, which will be celebrated in April. Read the press release.

• Download public service announcements by Carmen Agra Deedy:
  
  

  MP3		Broadcast Quality
  10 seconds (63KB)		10 seconds (123KB)
  15 seconds (121KB)		15 seconds (239KB)
  20 seconds (162KB)		20 seconds (321KB)
  30 seconds (230KB)		30 seconds (459KB)

  Idea: make the public service announcement a part of your school's broadcast system every day in April!

  Get tips on how to get your local radion station to play these PSAs.

• Read School Library Journal's article on Deedy's role as SLMM spokesperson.

 AASL, in collaboration with Picturehouse, HBO, and American Girl, has produced a poster featuring Abigail Breslin and celebrating School Library Media Month. Breslin, nominated for an Academy Award for her role in "Little Miss Sunshine," is set to star in the upcoming movie "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl."

• "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" poster (pdf, 777k)

• School Library Media Month activities (pdf, 1.38M)

Thanks to Carl Harvey, Sue Kowalski and Melissa Johnston for creating the poster activities.

 Ideas and activities to get you started on your own School Library Media Month celebration: http://www.portaportal.com/. Guest log-in: aasl.

 The history of School Library Media Month

 ALA Public Information Office/Campaign for America's Libraries Materials:

• National Library Week / School Library Media Month Fact Sheet 
• National Library Week 2008

 School Library Media Month Proclamations:
The following samples are based on actual proclamations shared with AASL by its members. They are presented here as templates (in rich text format) that can be downloaded and modified to fit your needs.

• Board of Education proclamation 1 
• Board of Education proclamation 2 
• Governor's proclamation 1 
• Governor's proclamation 2 
• Governor's proclamation 3 
• Mayor's proclamation 1 
• Mayor's proclamation 2 
• Mayor's proclamation for National Library Week
  (includes reference to School Library Media Month)
• Town Council proclamation