2010 Conference
Common Core Standards
The Illinois State Board of Education approved the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics at their June board meeting.
It is important that school librarians become informed about these standards. The state board has made a commitment to the concept and thus it is important for all to be involved and gives librarians the opportunity to take a leadership role. Read more
Abe Participation Survey
Please fill out the 2010 Abe Participant Survey. There are 13 questions and the survey should take about 5 minutes to complete. All feedback will be shared at the ISLMA Conference and on our website.
ISLMA/LBSS Endowment Fund
The ISLMA/LBSS Endowment Fund Board is excited to announce that 190 Illinois schools and libraries received the third annual Readers'
Choice book grants. 50 sets each of Monarch, Blue Stem, and Caudill
were awarded; 40 sets of the Lincoln were awarded. A complete listing
of grant recipients is posted on the ISLMA/LBSS Endowment Fund web site www.lbssfund.org.
Book Award Registration
Register for the Monarch, Bluestem and Abe Awards here. For more information on the individual awards, click on the links on the left side of this page.
Linking For Learning 3rd Edition
Are you ready for up-to-date and effective guidelines to assist you in planning your library program?
An ISLMA task force has been at work diligently revising and creating new material for this program handbook.
Linking for Learning 3rd Edition will include:
- Program guidelines--quantitative and qualitative
- New rubrics
- Easy-to-use format for sharing guidelines with administrators, school boards, and other stakeholders
- Examples of evidence that can be assembled
- New job descriptions
- An evaluation tool for school librarians
- Information specifically targeted to school administrators
- Online links to fast-changing information will keep Linking current
- Key articles for new members written by our most experienced members
- Revised interview questions and responses
This user-friendly document is being created for both school librarians and administrators. Linking For Learning 3rd Edition will be showcased at our fall conference!
Linking for Learning, 3rd edition will be available on November 1, 2010. You can still order copies of Linking for Learning, 2nd edition on CD.
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