Members in the News



Judy Russell receives AASL Information Technology Pathfinder Award


Check out the article about the two winners. 
Congratulations Judy!

Jean Donham published in School Library Monthly

Donham, Jean. “Text Sets, Deep Learning, and the Common Core.” School Library Monthly 29, no. 6 (March 2013): 5-7.
A summary found here: http://blog.schoollibrarymedia.com/index.php/2013/03/21/finding-a-home-for-conceptual-texts/

Iowans co-write article published in Teacher Librarian

 Jean Donham, Ph. D. Professor School Library Studies at the University of Northern Iowa and Linda Johnson, Teacher Librarian at Shimek Elementary School in Iowa City have published an article titled: Reading By Grade Three: How Well Do School Library Circulation Policies Support Early Reading?.

Katherine Howsare: Accidental Librarian
Be sure to login to the Iowa Library Association web site to read how ILA executive board member found her place in the school library world. She is amazing!


IASL President, Becky Johnson, spoke to a KGAN reporter October 1st about Banned Books Week in school libraries. Becky is the Lead Teacher Librarian for the Cedar Rapids School District.



Using tech to the maxMNW’s Chromebooks add new spin to education
Member Christine Sturgeon is quoted. 

Christine is the Teacher Librarian for Manson Northwest Webster Schools.



Member Ernie Cox, Teacher-Librarian at Prairie Creek Intermediate School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is co-editor of the Sept/October edition of the AASL publication, Knowledge Quest. 

Shannon McClintock Miller, Teacher Librarian at Van Meter CSD writes: "It has been so exciting to be part of an amazing group of educational leaders being honored at the Bammy Awards in Washington D.C. this coming weekend.(September 15, 2012)
  Being connected through Twitter and other forms of social media brings us together and stronger to become the best educators we can be and bring the world to the young people we work with." 

Read "E-books Draw a Crowd" in the August/September issue of Library Media Connection by member, Kristin Steingreaber.


Member Christine Sturgeon named to the Governor's Stem Advisory Council for the North Central Region.

Christine is the Teacher Librarian for Manson Northwest Webster Schools.


"Dream Big, Read' program keeps kids reading all summer"

Great story about Chelsea Sims from Hills Elementary (July 16, 2012)

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