By Bobby Ellis bobby.ellis@education.ky.gov There aren’t many libraries that can claim to have a giant wall of computer monitors, a green screen, an aquaponics lab and a slide going from the second to first floor, but the one at Eminence Independent certainly can. […]
Terri Grief, the school librarian at McCracken County High School, is a candidate for the 2018-19 presidency of the American Library Association (ALA). An ALA member for 19 years, Grief served as the 2013-14 president of the American Association for School Librarians (AASL) and has been a member of ALA Council as the Kentucky chapter councilor (2003-05), AASL division councilor (2010-13), [...]
The library media specialist at Nicholasville Elementary partnered with the Jessamine County Public Library during the 2015-16 school year to introduce students to virtual book clubs.
State law requires all elementary schools in Kentucky to provide high-quality library media programs. But how you know what is considered effective for a school library program?
Three educators at Ballard High School decided to work together last school year to see how they could get students really excited about reading.
School libraries will be the focus the last two days of this yearly event, with sessions covering a wide array of topics such as school library/public library collaborations, innovative makerspaces and the latest in new book releases for K-12 students.
Pam Coomer, library media specialist at Fairdale High School (Jefferson County), was selected from a pool of more than 300 applicants to participate in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teacher Institute.
Sam Northern was selected as one of the 2016 Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellows. Northern, who is a library media specialist at Simpson Elementary School, is one of 35 educators from the United States and Canada to receive this honor.
The Kentucky Department of Education is collaborating with the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives to encourage students to participate in the state’s 2016 Summer Reading Programs.
The votes have been counted and Kentucky students have chosen the winners of the 2016 Kentucky Bluegrass Award.
