Sign with a smiley face graphic that reads “April is School Library Month! There are 200 smiley faces hidden in the media center. Can our community work together to find them all?” is in a woodgrain table with a plastic box holding an assortment of small multicolored round smiley face beads.

So, this is happening today. A 3rd grader asked what I was going to hide this month, so I got 200 smiley face beads to go with the “Find Your Joy” theme of National Library Week. He grinned ear to ear when I showed him the beads. Let the fun begin! #SchoolLibrary #TLSky #EduSky

361 A Sense of Place Podcast Episode · School Librarians United with Amy Hermon · April 10 · 54m

@librarianlittle.bsky.social invites #schoollibrarians to examine how their #library supports the entire school community. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social apple.co/47Sh1VN

Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Children’s Book Award (DANZ): A New Initiative to Shine a Light on Authentic Literature for Youth

Celebrate International Children's Book Day #ICBD2026. Read / share global #kidlit #mglit #yalit books. #TLSky #EduSky learn about the ASLA #Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Children's Book Award (DANZ) on the @worldsofwords.bsky.social Currents blog! wowlit.org/blog/diversi...

Teachers! Librarians! Writers!
Looking forward to celebrating these new books with science-writing pals @gianferrari-m.bsky.social and @loreegriffinburns.bsky.social at @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social. We hope you can join us!
#Skybrarian #TLsky #edusky #kidlit

Graphic from the Kentucky Association of School Librarians (KASL) celebrating April as School Library Month, featuring a smiling school librarian scanning a book, with the message "This School Librarian Makes a Difference!" and text noting that school librarians help students inquire, engage, explore, include, curate, and collaborate. Includes the KASL logo and website: www.kasl.us.

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵! School libraries and the certified teacher librarians who make them vibrant places of learning are worth all the celebrating! Fun way to celebrate your own work (or a friend's) Use this template and share it. There are prizes!!
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Sticker School Librarians Know Almost (lined through) Everything Colorful graphic of flying books

REMINDER!!

National School Librarian Day is April 4!!!

Be prepared to celebrate the school librarians you know and love!!!

Fund Libraries: Tell Congress to invest in libraries. ALA 150, American Library Association.

Have you called your House Rep to #FundLibraries yet? We know calling your elected officials can be intimidating - that's why we've made the process quick and simple. Head to ala.org/showup and urge Congress to support library funding in next year's federal budget!

screenshot of the TeachingBooks for Schools page showing the Kentucky Bluegrass Award 2027 Preschool nominee list, with 10 book results and filter options on the left

Thank you @teachingbooks.bsky.social for getting our 2027 Kentucky Bluegrass Award nominees added so quickly! Great resource! school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?lid=1...

Underwater-themed graphic announcing “Summer Refresher 2026” at Scott High School in Taylor Mill, Kentucky, July 13–14, with the KASL logo.

Registration is open for the 2026 KASL Summer Refresher!!! (Current KLA/KASL members, check your email for the member discount code!) www.kasl.us/sr

Call for proposals is open, too! #KentuckyLibraries

Almost time.
Join us Monday, January 26 at 10:00 a.m. CT for the 2026 ALA Youth Media Awards.
Live from Chicago. Medals revealed in real time.
Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.
#ALAyma
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Check this out Kentucky librarians! Very nice. #KyLChat #TLsky

Power Hour, new year - finding your library joy in 2026, January 8 2026

Hey KASL/KLA members! Check your email for this awesome opportunity! Start the new year with a moment to reflect, reset, and reconnect with the joy of librarianship! Guest speaker: @captainlibrary.bsky.social!! #KyLChat #KentuckyLibraries

Thank you! #KentuckyLibraries #KyLChat

Books are Magical! #TLsky

KASL FALL NEWSLETTER Kentucky Association of School Librarians KASL Kentucky Association of School Librarians A Message from our President My name is Erin Weaver and I am honored to serve as the 2025- 2026 KASL President. Here's a bit about me: I have lived and worked in Kentucky my entire life. I have been teaching for (gulp!) 27 years and have spent the last 18 of those years in the best job ever-library media specialist. When I first started in the library, I felt like | lived in an educational silo; I was doing my job alone. My first vears in the librarv were sn

Please check out our Fall Newsletter app.smore.com/n/38b6h #KYLibraries #KyLChat #KentuckyLibraries

November 6th Power Hour Registration Join us for KASL’s November Power Hour, a conversation about Media Literacy and how school librarians play a crucial role in helping students become informed, responsible, and engaged digital citizens...

This month PH will focus on media literacy & how librarians can help students become informed, responsible digital citizens. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, & share ideas with fellow KY librarians

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#KASL #PowerHour #MediaLiteracy #KYLibraries

KASL, 5th Region.

KASL, 5th Region.

KASL, 5th Region.

OVEC is hosting a regional @kasl.us meeting, and we are celebrating booooooooks. Good to talk to longtime friends like @tljamesa.com, hear the hard work of #librarians, and see fun costumes like 5th Region president Rachel Burgin's "Book Fairy"! #KyLchat #AllinKY #library #EduSky #readwhatyouwant

AASL25 KY Collab Notes KY Collaborative Notesreadwhatyouwant.com/AASL25 Hey! I’d love to take some excellent notes and record some resources we can share with our library friends in Kentucky. Don’t feel like you HAVE to us...

Obviously this isn't everything, but some KY #schoollibrary friends took notes at #AASL25. So many great sessions and resources were shared this year at the @aaslala.bsky.social conference. Here's the link: readwhatyouwant.com/AASL25 #TLsky #schoollibrarian

Group of people on a stage at AASL25

Linda Perkins was recognized at #AASL25 for attending EVERY AASL NATIONAL CONFERENCE, starting with being on the committee for the first one in 1980.

You make @kasl.us proud! #TLsky #SchoolLibrary

KyEdRPG Spotlight: Librarian Laura Mann and TTRPGs for Literacy Librarians -- and the library -- are often the heartbeat and hub of a school.  Since extracurricular game clubs are frequently held in suc...

Very cool piece from @watsonedtech.bsky.social Edtech Elixirs on one of our own school library leaders, Laura Mann! watsonedtech.blogspot.com/2025/10/kyed... #KyLChat #SchoolLibraries @kyedrpg.bsky.social #KentuckyLibraries

Last chance to register!

Our October Power Hour is happening this Thursday, October 9th at 6:30 p.m. EST, and you don’t want to miss it!

We’re diving into all things Horror and Thriller in school libraries: from elementary favorites to high school classics.

Register now forms.gle/RLv3xSjMGgWQ...

Join us for this virtual professional learning event! FREE for KASL/KLA members. #KyLChat #KentuckyLibraries www.tickettailor.com/events/kentu...

Today and yesterday filled me up with library joy! Loved spending time growing professionally as a school librarian at the 2025 KASL Summer Refresher!! Great sessions, great vendors and a great community! @kasl.us @kochlibrarian.bsky.social

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Looking forward to our @kasl.us Summer Refresher tomorrow and Tuesday! Thank you to the volunteer organizers of this fantastic event. If you have worked on a conference... IYKYK (awesome gif @debbieohi.com) #KyLChat #KentuckyLibraries

Two sessions at the KASL Summer Refresher on Monday! @kasl.us

KASL Summer Refresher July 14-15 Louisville

Last reminder! Summer Refresher is next week! Register now! www.kasl.us/sr #KyLchat #KentuckyLibraries

KYVL Training in Calvert City on 7/31 from 9 to 11:30am CT. Check out the blog post for more info and the registration link.

@kasl.us
@joinkla.bsky.social

#training
#kyvl

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You voted and the results are in...say hello to Archie, our Officially Unofficial Mascot for #AASL25! Archie will be exploring St. Louis and sharing conference tips leading up to conference. You might even see him at #AASL25 so be sure to register today gnome matter what at national.aasl.org ❤️💙🤍

Cool author signing their book

Book cover of Louder than Hunger

Hey! Going to be some fun raffle items for @kasl.us Summer Refresher. Thank you @mrschureads.bsky.social!! #KyLChat #KentuckyLibraries

ALA 2025: Librarians Converge on the Cradle of Liberty Not far from the Liberty Bell, librarians prepare to assemble for ALA’s Annual Conference, which will bring upward of 10,000 library professionals to the Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention Center ...

“We’re coming up on our 250th birthday as a country, the association’s about to turn 150, & we’ll be meeting in our nation’s first capital. It feels momentous in a way that I’m not sure it would have in a different year.” President-elect Sam Helmick
#ALAAC25
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