New England School Library Association (NESLA)

ALA elections, as usual, will be held this spring, and it is important to note the school librarians that are running for ALA Council.
President Elect Candidate
Sarah Kelly Johns, Lake Placid Middle/High School, NY
ALA Council Candidates
Bart Birdsall, School District of Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL
Marianne Cole Fues, Jefferson City High, MO
Melissa P. Johnston, Forsyth County Schools, GA
Robbie [...]

Good morning, school library people!  Big news!  Peter W. Cookson, Jr. is going to join our already star-studded NESLA Leadership Conference line-up.  Currently, Cookson is a board member of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and holds the Katsuso Miho Scholarship in Peacemaking at Yale Divinity School.  His research focuses on educational policy, reform, school choice, and the integration [...]

NESLA members, did you know that you can easily monitor the updates to this site without having to actually visit this page?  Do you have a Google Reader account (or some other tool) to subscribe to web feeds?  I just added NESLA to my Google Reader — that I often check in the 10 minutes [...]

The Fall issue of Views is here.  Click here to download your own personal copy.  Read about our upcoming Leadership Conference on January 15, 2010 in Boston, our own new Virtual Views, Hall of Fame nominations, what’s going on in the region regarding Learning4Life, elections, as well as reports from the state affiliates and AASL.  [...]

Know a member of NESLA who has made significant contributions to NESLA and the region through their actions as an advocate for the library media profession at the regional or national level?  NOW is the time to nominate!  Nominations using this 2010 Hall of Fame Nomination form are due no later than December 1, 2009.

First, big news about “bundled” registration.  Did you realize that both ALA midwinter and annual are on the east coast this year and very, very accessible?  Yup, ALA is in Boston January 15 -19 and Washington D.C. June 24 -29, a four hour train ride away.
Plus, the Jan. 15th NESLA Leadership Conference “The Knowledge/Learning Commons: [...]

Hey New Englanders, as well as any and all school library leaders who will be in the area. Get ready to join us for Leadership 2010, co-sponsored by NESLA and MSLA in Boston at the Sheraton and Chelmsford High School.  The big event begins, as always, with a pre-conference dinner.  This year, we will meet [...]

As I was organizing myself for our upcoming Face-To-Face Meeting, I realized that I never uploaded this fabulous reflection by long-time NESLA treasurer (and NESLA historian), Doug Maitland.  Yes, technically, NESLA is now 91, but if you missed our 90th birthday, here is a reprint of Doug’s presentation from Spring 2008.
“When you think of birthdays, [...]

Web site take 3.  I am not sure that this will be NESLA’s permanent web page or look, but we needed back our web presence because our site has been down a lot already in 2009!  I apologize for the inconvenience. Truly, part of the problem has been my lack of web developing skill.  So, [...]