AASL announces new online resource

[Steven Hofmann <shofmann@ALA.ORG>]

NEWS
For Immediate Release
October 30, 1998
Contact:  Steven Hofmann
312-280-4389
shofmann@ala.org


AASL announces new online resource

The American Association of School Librarian (AASL) has launched a
new online resource for school library media specialists, teachers,
and building and district level administrators. The Learning Through
the Library web pages identify and disseminate information about:

* successful K-12 teaching-learning practices involving school
library media centers;
* summaries of research studies and papers related to improving
information literacy and general literacy instruction through school
library media centers;
* and web sites focusing on programs, standards, issues, and studies
dealing with instructional improvement in schools.

The Learning Through the Library web pages are accessible from the
AASL home page at <http://www.ala.org/aasl>, or can be reached
directly at <http://www.ala.org/aasl/learning>.

The Learning Through the Library web pages are a product of AASL's
Learning Through the Library Task Force (1996-98), which was charged
with developing strategies for supporting AASL members' efforts to
focus on learning and to enhance student achievement. Task force chair
Violet Harada, University of Hawaii (Honolulu), and A. James Jones,
Milton Hershey School (Hershey, Pennsylvania), coordinated the
creation of the web pages and will continue to maintain the content.

In addition to Harada and Jones, members of the task force were
Debbie Abilock, Nueva Learning Center (Hillsborough, California);
Carolyn Cain (Verona, Wisconsin); Sharon Coatney, Oak Hill School
(Overland Park, Kansas); Bill Derry, Gateway Center (New Haven,
Connecticut); Mike Eisenberg, Syracuse (New York) University; Carol
Fox, May Watts Elementary (Naperville, Illinois); Mark Gordon, school
library & school reform consultant (Santa Cruz, California); Carol
Kroll, Nassau School Library System (Greenvale, New York); Carol
Kulthau, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Vivian
Melton, Cleveland (Ohio) Public Schools; Carol Nelson, Eau Claire
(Wisconsin) Public Schools; Donna Peterson, Lincoln (Nebraska) Public
Schools; Denise Rehmke, West High School (Iowa City, Iowa); and Sheila
Salmon, New Visions for Public Schools (New York, New York).

AASL is a division of the American Library Association.

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posted by:

Steven Hofmann
Coordinator of Communications
American Association of School Librarians
a division of the American Library Association
50 E. Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60611-2795
800-545-2433 ext. 4389
Fax:  312-664-7459
E-mail:  shofmann@ala.org
WWW:  http://www.ala.org/aasl

The mission of the AASL is to advocate excellence, facilitate change,
and develop leaders in the school library media field.

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