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Actually, the tone of these responses have surprised me a great deal and am taken 
back by others who simply feel that if it is not done a certain way it isn't worth 
considering the standards at all. I think it has been made pretty clear that you 
can use these standards freely for educational purposes. 
 
And for those who are beating their chest because they have or will drop AASL 
membership because they don't feel they are getting value for their money, I would 
like to know who else you works day-in and day-out to improve the school library 
media profession?
 
There have been some good discussions regarding this topic. I don't think it is a 
dead-letter issue and AASL will continue to evolve in its response to various 
issues. Needless to say, we are grateful that AASL had enough foresight to build 
the committees of volunteers who poured blood, sweat, and I'm sure tears into 
documents that we hope will position school librarians centrally to the learning 
environment for the next decades to come.
 
Have a good day.
 
floyd pentlin
 
Floyd Pentlin, Instructor
Library Science & Information Services
University of Central Missouri
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>>> Alice Yucht <ayucht@GMAIL.COM> 7/17/2009 5:27 PM >>>
Let's give credit to Chris Harris, who first raised this issue on the
AASLForum listserv after being stonewalled by TPTB at ALA.  See his
posts at http://schoolof.info/infomancy/ 
Perhaps every one of us needs to write to ALA to *inform* them that we
plan to use/quote the standards now, with or without permission.
What's that old saw about "Act now, ask forgiveness later" ?
Somehow I doubt that ALA has the time or resources to penalize every
single one of us...  What's the worst they can do? take away our
membership rights?
Alice Yucht



On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Carol Simpson<csimpson@carolsimpson.com> wrote:
> Meg wrote:  I am about to have to write curriculum for my district;  I have been 
>studying the AASL standards but now I believe I won't waste further time on that.
> -----------
> I hope AASL is reading this list.  What Meg says is exactly what will happen to 
>the standards.  They will be discarded by the very people they are designed to 
>assist, and some other organization (can you say ISTE?) will come along and 
>replace them.  Guess who will implement those standards?  Tech folks. Not that 
>librarians aren't tech-folks too, but implementation of information literacy 
>skills will go to the computer teachers, not the librarians.
>
> Folks this is serious business.  You need to talk to other librarians who are 
>currently on hiatus on this list and make a groundswell of opposition. Every 
>single AASL member needs to take a few minutes to let their elected 
>representatives know EXACTLY what this position is going to cause. Your state 
>organizations, if they are affiliated with ALA, should also pressure the national 
>organization. Don't let this slide. You have more time this summer -- DO IT!
>
> Carol Simpson, Ed.D. J.D.
> LMS retired
> csimpson at carolsimpson dot com

-- 
Alice Yucht, aka Alice in InfoLand
lifetime Teacher-Librarian, now freelancing as
Rutgers/SCILS/PDS faculty,
writer, consultant, speaker, mentor,
and catalytic curmudgeon.
Highland Park, New Jersey
http://aliceinfo.squarespace.com/blog 
ayucht@gmail.com 

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