AASL Professional Tools
Useful resources and information for school library media professionals, supporters and advocates.
 AASLBlog
A dynamic tool for providing information about programs, conferences, projects, resources, and activities of use to AASL members and others in the K-12 library media community.
@ your library School Library Campaign
Developed in collaboration with AASL, the school library component of the American Library Association's @ your library® campaign seeks to increase public awareness of the significant contributions made by school library media specialists through school library media programs to further the academic achievement and lifelong learning of students; strengthen a belief in the value of school library media programs and school library media specialists; and position school librarianship as a desirable career opportunity.
Electronic Discussion Lists
Electronic networking opportunities for AASL personal members.
Information Power
Guidelines and standards for school library media programs, and the AASL Information Power Action Research Project.
Learning Standards
In order recognize the changing role of school library media programs now and in the future, AASL has begun to develop new learning standards for school library media programs. The new Standards will be launched at the AASL National Conference in Reno in October 2007.
Position Statements
Publications & Journals
Including these published resources of special interest:
Resource Guides for School Library Media Program Development
Bibliographies of resources arranged alphabetically by frequently used topics in the professional literature.
School/Public Library Cooperative Activities
ALSC/AASL/YALSA Joint Task Force on School/Public Library Cooperative Activities looks at local and national models of school/public library cooperative activities.
Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action
A working draft by the AASL Learning Standards and Indicators Task Force. There will be an Open Forum for discussion at the ALA 2008 Annual Conference on Saturday, June 28 at 9:00 a.m. A second draft is expected to be posted for commented in September 2008.
Toolkits
Collections of ready-to-use tools for advocacy, marketing, literacy and Internet use in libraries.
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