AASL members named Library of Congress American Memory Fellows

[Steven Hofmann <shofmann@ALA.ORG>]

AASL NEWS
For Immediate Release
May 1999
Contact:  Steven Hofmann
Phone:  312-280-4389
Fax:  312-664-7459


AASL members named Library of Congress American Memory Fellows

        Five AASL members are among the 50 educators selected by the
National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress to
participate in the 1999 American Memory Fellows Program.  The program
is an opportunity for teams of outstanding middle and high school
humanities teachers and library/media specialists to improve the
teaching of American history and culture in their schools by using
digitized primary sources from the Library of Congress.

        The AASL members named American Memory Fellows are:
        * Kathleen Ellis, librarian, Berkeley Carroll School,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
        * Donna Levene, library media specialist, Overland High
School, Aurora, Colo.
        * Rena Nisbet, library media specialist, Henderson (N.C.)
Middle School
        * Norma Thiese, media specialist, Keystone Area Education
Agency, Elkader, Iowa
        * Lisa Von Drasek, librarian, Bank Street College of
Education, School for Children, New York, N.Y.

        The American Memory Fellows will gather in Washington, D.C.,
for a National Digital Library Educators Institute July 18-23, and
will cooperate throughout the school year in an online National
Digital Library Teacher Network.

        American Memory Fellows are selected from among teachers,
librarians, curriculum coordinators, media specialists and other
educational professionals who are frequent users of technology in the
classroom and are experienced using primary sources to motivate
students, promote critical thinking, and help students connect history
to their own lives.  Each Fellow is an active leader in the field of
education and has the ability to disseminate his or her expertise to
educators in their region.

        A list of all 50 1999 American Memory Fellows is available
online at <http://lcweb.loc.gov/today/pr/1999/99-066.html>.

        The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is a
division of the American Library Association.

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Steven Hofmann
AASL Coordinator of Communications

See you at the AASL Ninth National Conference and Exhibition
November 10-14, 1999 in Birmingham, Alabama
http://www.ala.org/aasl/birmingham

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