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The official podcast of the Massachusetts School Library Asssociation.

  1. AASL Presidential Candidate: Heather Thore

    1D AGO

    AASL Presidential Candidate: Heather Thore

    Heather Thore on the campaign trail: join us for a discussion of action research into PBIS, passion for ed tech efficacy, leadership development at the South Carolina Association of School Librarians, and the transparency she hopes to bring to the AASL. Check out the candidate announcement for voting details: https://www.ala.org/news/2025/12/aasl-announces-candidates-2026-election. Robert Anderson Middle School https://robertanderson.anderson5.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=3721029&type=d&pREC_ID=2428584  SCASL https://www.scasl.net/  SCASL Summer Institute https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kx6KgBVDd8nKI5y6n0ZuQojyFGxbAL3zV1x0093GXEc/edit?tab=t.0  Ozo bots https://ozobot.com/  Sphero https://sphero.com/  3D Pins ???https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLcOcitdu_g  Get Involved Form https://www.ala.org/aboutala/committees/volunteer/frm_vol  Capella Univeristy https://www.capella.edu/ Positive Behaiovr Intervention and Supports (PBIS) https://www.pbis.org/  North Carolina School Library Media Association (NCSLMA) — https://www.ncslma.org/  ABC - CLIO Leadership Grant https://www.ala.org/grants/abc-clio-leadership-grant  Gloria Ladson-Billings https://ed.stanford.edu/about/community/gloria-ladson-billings  Culturally Responsive Learning https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/culturally-responsive-teaching-culturally-responsive-pedagogy/2022/04  Trauma Informed Teaching https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/student-engagement/tools-tips/trauma-informed-practices  Freida McFadden, https://www.freidamcfadden.com/  Found, https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/found-release-date-news

    44 min
  2. AASL Presidential Candidate: Barbara Johnson

    1D AGO

    AASL Presidential Candidate: Barbara Johnson

    By focusing on asks for "little things that bring you joy," to bring volunteers en masse and generate involvement, Barabra Johnson talks AASL Presidential Candidacy on this episode. We discuss her "say yes" attitude, her journey to becoming the Instructional Technology Coordinator for Colchester Public Schools, and  CTs response to artificial intelligence. Check out the candidate announcement for voting details: https://www.ala.org/news/2025/12/aasl-announces-candidates-2026-election.  https://www.colchesterct.org/technology-services-home  Maureen Schloser https://maureenschlosser20.wixsite.com/mysite  Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries https://www.bushcenter.org/topics/education/laura-bush-foundation-for-americas-libraries Joyce Valenza https://joycevalenza.me/  Sarah Kelly Johns https://ischool.syracuse.edu/sara-kelly-johns-2/#Biography CASL https://casl.wildapricot.org/  AASL Board https://www.ala.org/aasl/about/board  AASL Strategic Plan https://www.ala.org/aasl/about/govern/strategic-plan  Report of the Educators’ Common Core Implementation Task Force https://aftct.org/sites/aftct.org/files/ccss_task_force_report_0.pdf  Knowledge Quest https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/ Nerd Camp CT http://www.nerdcampct.org/  Iowa HSB 636 https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iowa-bill-ban-public-school-172706563.html  Connecticut SB-1271 https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-09-15/connecticut-school-library-book-ban-law-2025  Allison Klein, Interim Executive Director, https://www.ala.org/aasl/about/staff  ALA Public Policy and Advocacy https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/ppa  ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif  Florida Library Assocation https://www.flalib.org/  Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) https://www.floridamediaed.org/  Amanda Jones https://ilovelibraries.org/article/librarian-named-to-times-list-of-the-worlds-most-influential-rising-stars/  The Librarians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQOCY-qDzE  CT Data Center https://www.wshu.org/connecticut-news/2026-02-27/ct-ai-data-centers-regulations  The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says, NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5674741/ai-schools-education  Let Them https://www.melrobbins.com/book/the-let-them-theory/  That Librarian https://soundcloud.com/bloomsburypublishing/that-librarian-by-amanda-jones  The Compound, https://www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/the-compound/  Membership Withdrawals / Bans, https://bookriot.com/states-where-librarians-cannot-join-the-ala/

    55 min
  3. Youth Media Awards Insiders (plz enjoy @ 1x speed)

    FEB 13

    Youth Media Awards Insiders (plz enjoy @ 1x speed)

    LISTEN UP YOU MEDALING KIDS! Wendy MacArthur, Hopkinton Middle School librarian, served on the AASL Odyssey Award Committee and Laura Gardner, Dartmouth Middle School librarian, served on the Alex Award Committee. ‘What was that like?’ we ask, and, what does it take to do it yourself? Reach us at podcast@maschooliraries.org Resources Discussed: https://www.ala.org/news/2026/01/american-library-association-announces-2026-youth-media-award-winners  https://www.mateenchoicebook.org/  ​​https://www.ala.org/aasl/awards (Sybil, Alex, Newbery, Caldecott, Odyssey, Pura Belpre, Printz, Sibert, quick picks for Reluctant Young Readers, et. al.) Eyes of the Impossible, Dave Eggers Soundtrack, Jason Reynolds The Dead of Summer, Ryan La Sala Trans History, Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett Don’t Trust Fish, By Neil Sharpson On Tour Illustrated by Dan Santat On Tour YALSA https://www.ala.org/yalsa  YSBR https://ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/  SLJ https://www.slj.com/  Morris Seminar Heavy Medal: The Mock Newbery Blog Betsy Bird Sonita, Sonita Alizada https://www.zoom.com/

    45 min

  4. 2025-12-26

    “If you don’t have a relationship with them, start one”: Outreach Director Debbie Froggatt

    Former library director, school librarian, and current Director of Outreach for the MSLA, Deborah Froggatt, visits with ideas for advocacy, big and small! Lots of details are below, but Debbie's work reaches into areas beyond the school walls to bring to light and improve the work we do. Boston Arts Academy, https://bostonartsacademy.org/ MA Association of Libraries Legislative committee, https://mla.wildapricot.org/committees/legislative/ H.3595 EBook Bill, https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3595.Html S.2696 An Act regarding free expression, passed in senate, https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2696 Milton Public Library, https://miltonlibrary.org/  Ipswich Public Library, https://www.ipswichlibrary.org/  S.428 / H.4207, An Act Relative to Effective School Library Programs, https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4207/BillHistory  NE Commission of Higher Ed. standards, https://www.neche.org/standards-for-accreditation/  MSLA Standards One Pager, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jNhq19tK5YEAww-tTy8rxaH7BIBFX6mh/view Nov. 12th Hearing Video: https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/5459  MA Teacher Assocation Boston Teacher Union, https://btu.org/  MASS Cue Northeast Regional Library System (Now MLS) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Library_System  Media Literacy Now!, Media Literacy in Massachusetts: A Landscape Scan and Policy Recommendations Samantha Harvey, Orbital, https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/orbital  Patrick Ryan, Buckeye, https://patrickryanbooks.com/books/buckeye/

    48 min
  5. Checking In with Laura D'Elia

    2025-12-07

    Checking In with Laura D'Elia

    Westborough Elementary School Librarian Teacher Laura D’Elia joins us for a feast of topics for the holidays. In the conversation: introverts at library conferences, a report from AASL featuring strategies to network and not go mad with a huge schedule; a screening of The Librarians, special education in the library, digital literacy, and AASL standards to plan around. Also, DESE’s new Specialized Instructional Support Personnel (SISP) Rubrics and the stigmas associated with elementary libraries. For desert: romantasy. Thanks for listening. MA Library System: https://masslibsystem.org/ The Librarians https://thelibrariansfilm.com/  Diverse Book Finder https://diversebookfinder.org/  Ashley Scotto, We are All Readers: Story Immersion and Creative Techniques to Engage Elementary Special Education: https://aasl.secure-platform.com/2025/solicitations/102001/sessiongallery/94101 Marie Langevin, Using the AASL Standards in Elementary School Library Instruction https://aasl.secure-platform.com/2025/solicitations/102001/sessiongallery/94266 Think / Create / Share / Grow, AASL standards: https://standards.aasl.org/  Kristen Mattson, Hacking Digital Citizenship into Your Read Aloud https://aasl.secure-platform.com/2025/solicitations/102001/sessiongallery/94151  https://www.teachdigcit.com/  https://ischool.illinois.edu/people/kristen-mattson  Night Owl, https://www.toniyuly.com/night-owl  Common Sense Media, https://www.commonsensemedia.org/what-we-stand-for/digital-literacy-and-citizenship  Digger and the Flower, https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-digger-and-the-flower-joseph-kuefler?variant=32130863530018  SSIP — https://www.doe.mass.edu/edeval/rubrics/updates/ Librarians SSIP–  Romantasy, https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/best-romantasy-books The Hobbit Fourth Wing Throne of Glass Ender’s Game Ready Player One Quicksilver by Callie Hart, https://calliehart.com/elementor-3349/ Seth Ring, https://sethring.com/

    53 min
  6. Susan + Stephanie from YSRB

    2025-10-21

    Susan + Stephanie from YSRB

    School Librarian Susan Harari, most recently of Boston Latin School, and Librarian Stephanie Tournas from the Robbins Library in Arlington, are the co-editors of the Youth Services Book Review blog. This volunteer labor-of-love is supported by 30 librarian writers, just under a third of which are school librarians, and serves as everything from a community-grown promotional resource, a form of professional development, a networking tool, and whatever you make it! Want to get involved? They’re always looking for new writers! Apply at https://ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/how-it-works/  Mentioned media: Publisher’s Spotlight Publisher’s Weekly Horn Book School Library Journal Deep Work, Cal Newport Grin, D.W. Gillespie Gordon Korman Shackled, Candy Cooper ⁠ Poisoned Water, Candy Cooper Death in the Jungle, Candace Fleming Notorious RBG, Young Readers Edition, Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik Scott Campbell’s Cabin Head and Tree Head Transit Children’s Editions Astro, by Manuel Marsol Donutella Hamachi and the Library Avengers Book, Kim Chi and Stephan Lee Enchanted Lion North South Buzz Boom Bang, Benjamin Gottwald Post Wave Museum of Shapes, Sven Völker Moomins! Nine Open Arms, Benny Lindelauf Finn’s War, Benny Lindelauf My Friend Mae, Julie Flett Greystone Books

    46 min

  7. 2025-09-23

    Friend of MSLA: Aaryn Silva

    MSLA Forum Editor Laura Gardner talks with friend Aaryn Silva, the cataloging middle school librarian from the Kinkaid School, an independent K-12 campus in Houston, Texas. Laura dubs her friend a fellow “monster reader,” and they discuss connecting on Bookstagram, the experience of being a librarian in Texas, the power of faculty book clubs, Labubus, censorship, social media habits, and what they’ve been reading.  Thanks for listening, and if you’d like to get involved or have an idea for the podcast reach out at podcast@maschoolibraries.org. Ideas discussed: @Librarianaaryn Insta Unstoppable Ambassador: Laura Gardner, 2016 School Librarian of the Year Finalist  SB 13 Implementation, Texas Library Association HB 900 Implementation, Texas Library Association The Kinkaid School, Libraries Go On A Whimsy Adventure And I'll Tell You Which Labubu You're Most Like, Buzzfeed  2026 Alex Award Committee Houston Area Independent Schools Library Network  MA Teen Choice Book Award  Children and YA Book Lovers Awards John Newbery Medal Busted, Dan Gemeinhart    The Road to Tender Hearts, Annie Hartnett Run for the Hills, Kevin Wilson Nothing to See Here, Kevin Wilson Candle Island, Lauren Wolk Wild Dark Shore, Charlotte McConaghy Impossible Creatures, Katherine Rundell The Poisoned King, Katherine Rundell Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures, Katherine Rundell Unwind, Neal Shusterman Blood in the Water, Tiffany Jackson April Henry The Scammer, Tiffany Jackson Please Pay Attention, Jamie Sumner False Prince, Jennifer Nielsen I Survived series Magnitude, Jennifer Nielsen The Strongest Heart, Saadia Faruqi Here I Am, I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health, Cara Bean Susan Hood Blue Willow Book Shop, Houston TX Tommy Greenwald Dinged, Tommy Greenwald Select, Christie Matheson Shaken, James Preller Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots, Margarita Engle Gordon Korman The Remarkable Jounrey of Coyote Sunrise, Dan Gemeinhart Forget Me Not, Ellie Terry

    45 min
  8. “We try to put a lot of everything in, and the students are recognizing that.”

    2025-09-12

    “We try to put a lot of everything in, and the students are recognizing that.”

    MCTBA voting opens Sept. 15th-- time to promote! Wendy MacArthur, Hopkinton Middle School librarian, started her library career in the award’s debut year. She joins the pod to talk about the nuts and bolts of running an award like this (the group is already meeting to pitch books for next year's ballot), how to get involved and pitch books, and the intriguing tribulations of reading as- or for- a younger audience. Episode also features exclusive insider info on the storied bloodbath meeting the group convenes to decide final nominees! Welcome to a new year of the MSLA podcast. Visit https://www.mateenchoicebook.org/ for socials, promotional materials, booklists, and use this link to get the ballots.

    26 min
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The official podcast of the Massachusetts School Library Asssociation.

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    2021 - 2026
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