Kansas Association of School Librarians
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The Kansas Association of School Librarians is a non-profit organization that promotes the value of school libraries and the work of school librarians.
Please join us in congratulating our Fall 2025 KASL Scholarship winners - Shelby Bergman and Katie Lytle!
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Please join us in congratulating our Fall 2025 KASL Scholarship winners - Shelby Bergman and Katie Lytle!
Please join us in congratulating our 2025 KASL Vision Award recipient, Beverly Buller! Her years facilitating the annual William Allen White Children's Book Award have brought great books to many, many Kansas librarians, teachers, and students.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Please join us in congratulating our 2025 KASL Vision Award recipient, Beverly Buller! Her years facilitating the annual William Allen White Children's Book Award have brought great books to many, many Kansas librarians, teachers, and students.
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Congratulations to our 2025 Kansas School Librarian of the Year Elizabeth Sherwood! If you were able to attend either of Elizabeth's presentations at the KLA conference this past week, you know that she is doing some extraordinary work at Valley Center Middle School.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Congratulations to our 2025 Kansas School Librarian of the Year Elizabeth Sherwood! If you were able to attend either of Elizabeth's presentations at the KLA conference this past week, you know that she is doing some extraordinary work at Valley Center Middle School.
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With this lineup, you'll want to make sure to same the date for our KASL NE Workshop!
October 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
With this lineup, you'll want to make sure to same the date for our KASL NE Workshop!
So many KASL librarians have spent the last few days learning, sharing and growing at #AASL25 ! They’ll each bring back many new ideas and insights that will improve their library programs and services to students.
October 19, 2025 at 5:22 AM
So many KASL librarians have spent the last few days learning, sharing and growing at #AASL25 ! They’ll each bring back many new ideas and insights that will improve their library programs and services to students.
Make plans today to attend the Heartland Literature Festival and see author Jenn Bishop! Register at: www.thewritingconference.com/store-1/p/wa...
August 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Make plans today to attend the Heartland Literature Festival and see author Jenn Bishop! Register at: www.thewritingconference.com/store-1/p/wa...
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! Connect with your Kansas school librarian colleagues at this great day of learning. Register at the link below.
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July 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! Connect with your Kansas school librarian colleagues at this great day of learning. Register at the link below.
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REGISTER TODAY to secure your seat while early bird rates are still in effect! Prices go up on June 23. Enjoy a day of professional learning just for school librarians with colleagues from around the state!
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June 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
REGISTER TODAY to secure your seat while early bird rates are still in effect! Prices go up on June 23. Enjoy a day of professional learning just for school librarians with colleagues from around the state!
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Circulation – just one classes check-ins for the day!
May 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Circulation – just one classes check-ins for the day!
Curriculum support. These 4th graders were working on their Soc. St. Assessment. During our lib. classes we research Nat. Parks and then Ss write a booklet persuading people to visit their national park. They write a claim and have to support it with reasons and evidence citing their sources.
May 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Curriculum support. These 4th graders were working on their Soc. St. Assessment. During our lib. classes we research Nat. Parks and then Ss write a booklet persuading people to visit their national park. They write a claim and have to support it with reasons and evidence citing their sources.
Technology – these 5th grade students are learning how to determine if a website is a hoax. They were working collaboratively to discuss a website and the clues to determine if it was legit.
May 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Technology – these 5th grade students are learning how to determine if a website is a hoax. They were working collaboratively to discuss a website and the clues to determine if it was legit.
Family literacy night, Community Engagement. We had families and community members from different countries come and share literacy activities and information about their culture with the families at our school. Students are learning how to write Chinese characters here.
May 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Family literacy night, Community Engagement. We had families and community members from different countries come and share literacy activities and information about their culture with the families at our school. Students are learning how to write Chinese characters here.
It's time for our next week-in-the-Life of a KASL Librarian!
We'll feature hardworking KASL librarians and spotlight the myriad of roles they take on in support of their school communities.
Next up is your incoming KASL President: Kristy Oborny, Teacher Librarian, O’Loughlin Elementary, Hays
We'll feature hardworking KASL librarians and spotlight the myriad of roles they take on in support of their school communities.
Next up is your incoming KASL President: Kristy Oborny, Teacher Librarian, O’Loughlin Elementary, Hays
May 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It's time for our next week-in-the-Life of a KASL Librarian!
We'll feature hardworking KASL librarians and spotlight the myriad of roles they take on in support of their school communities.
Next up is your incoming KASL President: Kristy Oborny, Teacher Librarian, O’Loughlin Elementary, Hays
We'll feature hardworking KASL librarians and spotlight the myriad of roles they take on in support of their school communities.
Next up is your incoming KASL President: Kristy Oborny, Teacher Librarian, O’Loughlin Elementary, Hays
Multitasking
My messy desk tells the story of just a few of the tasks I completed in a single day: I held a preschool storytime that included puppets and students playing rhythm instruments; I tested our 3D pens to be sure all were in working order and printed out templates...
My messy desk tells the story of just a few of the tasks I completed in a single day: I held a preschool storytime that included puppets and students playing rhythm instruments; I tested our 3D pens to be sure all were in working order and printed out templates...
May 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Multitasking
My messy desk tells the story of just a few of the tasks I completed in a single day: I held a preschool storytime that included puppets and students playing rhythm instruments; I tested our 3D pens to be sure all were in working order and printed out templates...
My messy desk tells the story of just a few of the tasks I completed in a single day: I held a preschool storytime that included puppets and students playing rhythm instruments; I tested our 3D pens to be sure all were in working order and printed out templates...
Then comes research and note-taking. We also learn how to find an image, copy and paste it into a Word document, and resize the image before printing. The result: a poster that shows what they have learned. I am so proud of their work!
May 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Then comes research and note-taking. We also learn how to find an image, copy and paste it into a Word document, and resize the image before printing. The result: a poster that shows what they have learned. I am so proud of their work!
Research and Collaboration
Each year I collaborate with 3rd grade teachers to teach research and computer skills for the Famous Kansan project. I teach the research process, and we begin by creating questions: what do we want to know about our famous Kansans?
Each year I collaborate with 3rd grade teachers to teach research and computer skills for the Famous Kansan project. I teach the research process, and we begin by creating questions: what do we want to know about our famous Kansans?
May 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Research and Collaboration
Each year I collaborate with 3rd grade teachers to teach research and computer skills for the Famous Kansan project. I teach the research process, and we begin by creating questions: what do we want to know about our famous Kansans?
Each year I collaborate with 3rd grade teachers to teach research and computer skills for the Famous Kansan project. I teach the research process, and we begin by creating questions: what do we want to know about our famous Kansans?
STEM
Our STEM stations represent a focus on hands-on learning, problem solving, and perseverance. Students are doing technical reading and following directions, building circuits, assembling a 3D object, and growing their brains in so many ways.
Our STEM stations represent a focus on hands-on learning, problem solving, and perseverance. Students are doing technical reading and following directions, building circuits, assembling a 3D object, and growing their brains in so many ways.
May 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
STEM
Our STEM stations represent a focus on hands-on learning, problem solving, and perseverance. Students are doing technical reading and following directions, building circuits, assembling a 3D object, and growing their brains in so many ways.
Our STEM stations represent a focus on hands-on learning, problem solving, and perseverance. Students are doing technical reading and following directions, building circuits, assembling a 3D object, and growing their brains in so many ways.
participating in a storytime that includes puppets and movement scarves along with music and sound effects through the Novel Effect app, we are actively learning together in the library.
May 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
participating in a storytime that includes puppets and movement scarves along with music and sound effects through the Novel Effect app, we are actively learning together in the library.
Active Learning
As I design lessons, I am consciously working to incorporate activities that will engage students. Whether we are "fishing for call numbers" when learning to find books on the shelves or...
As I design lessons, I am consciously working to incorporate activities that will engage students. Whether we are "fishing for call numbers" when learning to find books on the shelves or...
May 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Active Learning
As I design lessons, I am consciously working to incorporate activities that will engage students. Whether we are "fishing for call numbers" when learning to find books on the shelves or...
As I design lessons, I am consciously working to incorporate activities that will engage students. Whether we are "fishing for call numbers" when learning to find books on the shelves or...
Teaching
Librarians are teachers. Whether I am leading a discussion, reading aloud and helping students analyze how the illustrations contribute to the understanding of a text, or instructing students how to find books they will enjoy, teaching is at the heart of a librarian's work.
Librarians are teachers. Whether I am leading a discussion, reading aloud and helping students analyze how the illustrations contribute to the understanding of a text, or instructing students how to find books they will enjoy, teaching is at the heart of a librarian's work.
May 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Teaching
Librarians are teachers. Whether I am leading a discussion, reading aloud and helping students analyze how the illustrations contribute to the understanding of a text, or instructing students how to find books they will enjoy, teaching is at the heart of a librarian's work.
Librarians are teachers. Whether I am leading a discussion, reading aloud and helping students analyze how the illustrations contribute to the understanding of a text, or instructing students how to find books they will enjoy, teaching is at the heart of a librarian's work.
Welcome to our new social feature:
Week-in-the-Life of a KASL Librarian!
We'll feature hardworking KASL librarians and spotlight the myriad of roles they take on in support of their school communities.
First up: @amybrownlee93.bsky.social
Dist. Librarian, Sterling, KS and KASL Secretary 🧵
Week-in-the-Life of a KASL Librarian!
We'll feature hardworking KASL librarians and spotlight the myriad of roles they take on in support of their school communities.
First up: @amybrownlee93.bsky.social
Dist. Librarian, Sterling, KS and KASL Secretary 🧵
May 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Welcome to our new social feature:
Week-in-the-Life of a KASL Librarian!
We'll feature hardworking KASL librarians and spotlight the myriad of roles they take on in support of their school communities.
First up: @amybrownlee93.bsky.social
Dist. Librarian, Sterling, KS and KASL Secretary 🧵
Week-in-the-Life of a KASL Librarian!
We'll feature hardworking KASL librarians and spotlight the myriad of roles they take on in support of their school communities.
First up: @amybrownlee93.bsky.social
Dist. Librarian, Sterling, KS and KASL Secretary 🧵
Join us this summer!
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May 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Join us this summer!
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$85 (regular rate on June 23 or later)
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$75 (early bird rate until June 22)
$85 (regular rate on June 23 or later)
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Check out all the ways we spread our library joy in the Sunflower State! 🌻
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April 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Check out all the ways we spread our library joy in the Sunflower State! 🌻
#SchoolLibraries
#TLSky #Skybrarian
#SchoolLibraries
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Congratulations to reading advocate extraordinaire, Beverly Buller, who was presented with the KNEA Friend of Education Award!
This is an annual recognition of a person or organization whose leadership, acts, and support have contributed to the improvement of public education on a statewide level.
This is an annual recognition of a person or organization whose leadership, acts, and support have contributed to the improvement of public education on a statewide level.
April 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Congratulations to reading advocate extraordinaire, Beverly Buller, who was presented with the KNEA Friend of Education Award!
This is an annual recognition of a person or organization whose leadership, acts, and support have contributed to the improvement of public education on a statewide level.
This is an annual recognition of a person or organization whose leadership, acts, and support have contributed to the improvement of public education on a statewide level.
Take advantage of a golden opportunity to learn from and connect with your SE library colleagues!
Register here:
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March 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Take advantage of a golden opportunity to learn from and connect with your SE library colleagues!
Register here:
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Register here:
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