Librarian Philosopher

Below are links to some of the bloggers I read and their richer descriptions of their experiences at AASL:
AASL Learning, Day1
AASL Day 2 – Dan Pink
AASL Day 3 – A Whole New Mind
AASL Day 4 – Presentations and thoughts
AASL and a Web 2.0 rating
School Library 2.0: Living the Digital Reshift
Digital ReShift Defined
Live from Reno (but not [...]

David Loertscher
David used a Wiki to give his presentation and for the audience to participate in the discussion.
My notes are insignificant compared to the great deal of data on his wiki.
AASL Presentation by David V. Loertscher and Company
AASL ConferenceReno, NV Oct. 2007
These are the four at my table. I blogged our responses.
1. Latane Kreiser
2. Angelica [...]

The 7:30 AM session with Dan Pink discussing his book, A Whole New Mind, eluded me. I don’t know why but it did. My first session was by Annette Lamb who teaches online courses from her motor home for Indiana University to prepare Librarians. I got a lot of ideas from her presentation. A lot [...]

I want to propose a thought before I get too meshed with new thoughts and then see if my old thought plays well with new thoughts. Some Librarians are holding onto the book and resisting digital technologies because they think Librarianship is the book. However, if we take a bit longer view on what Libraries [...]

AASL Handouts shared online.
Conference blog.
I have the privilege of attending the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Conference, October 25-28, 2007, at Reno, Nevada.
My trip here was mostly uneventful. I finished a book Wednesday night so I could start a new one on this trip. I got to read a lot. My flight was long. [...]

What should guide a School Librarian’s decision as to what binding should be purchased?
The simple answer is that you want the binding to last as long as the content and no longer.
What does this answer mean?
In all grade level Libraries there are going to be titles that most likely will be there forever. I suspect [...]

Every year, we invite all the book vendors that submitted bids and were approved by the School Board to sell us processed Library books to attend a Vendor’s Fair.
The Fair lasts for only a few hours. We have discovered that set up from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM is plenty of time and gives our [...]