8 New Books for School Librarians

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Each month I share newly-published and soon-to-be-released books for school librarians. Enjoy this month’s list!

Instruction & Search

    

  • Librarian’s Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction by Suzanne S. Bell
  • Maximizing the One-Shot: Connecting Library Instruction with the Curriculum by Jill Markgraf and Kate Hinnant

Reader’s Advisory

    

  • Promoting Great Reads to Improve Teen Reading: Core Connections with Booktalks and More by Lucy Schall
  • Wordplay for Kids: A Sourcebook of Poems, Rhymes, and Read-Alouds by Tim Wadham

General Children’s & Teen Services

            

  • Children’s Services Today: A Practical Guide for Librarians (The Practical Guides for Librarians series) by Jeanette Larson
  • The Handbook for Storytime Programs by Judy Freeman & Caroline Feller Bauer
  • The Library Collaboration and Flexible Scheduling Toolkit: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started by Andria C. Donnelly
  • Scales on Censorship: Real Life Lessons from School Library Journal by Pat Scales

Please feel free to share your thoughts on these books in the comments below.  

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New Books for School Librarians {Dec 2014}

Each month I share newly-published and soon-to-be-released books for school librarians. Enjoy this month’s list!

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Technology

  • eBooks for Elementary School by Terence Cavanaugh

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  • Best Books for Children, Preschool through Grade 6
  • The Collection’s at the Core: Revitalize Your Library with Innovative Resources for the Common Core and STEM by Marcia A. Mardis
  • Crash Course in Readers’ Advisory by Cynthia Orr
  • Leading the Common Core Initiative: A Guide for K-5 School Librarians by Carl A. Harvey, II & Linda L. Mills
  • Library Services from Birth to Five: Delivering the Best Start by Carolynn Rankin & Avril Brock
  • Managing the One-Person Library (Chandos Information Professional Series) by Larry Cooperman

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Instruction

  • Improving Student Information Search: A Metacognitive Approach (Chandos Information Professional) by Barbara Blummer & Jeffrey M. Kenton
  • Teaching Information Skills: Theory and Practice by Jo Webb & Chris Powis

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And of course, my eBook, Help, I’m a New School Librarian, is always available for purchase here.

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9 New Books for School Librarians {October 2014}

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Each month I share newly-published and soon-to-be-released books for school librarians.  Enjoy this month’s list!

Children’s & YA Services

  • Crash Course in Children’s Services by Penny Peck
  • Dragons in the Stacks: A Teen Librarian’s Guide to Tabletop Role-Playing by Steven A. Torres-Roman

   
General Library Management

  • Cataloging for School Librarians by Marie Kelsey
  • The Common Core in Grades K-3: Top Nonfiction Titles from School Library Journal and The Horn Book Magazine (Classroom Go-To Guides), edited by Roger Sutton.
  • More Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data by Nicole C. Engard

      
Teaching

  • Story Smart: Using the Science of Story to Persuade, Influence, Inspire, and Teach by Kendall Haven
  • Teaching Internet Basics: The Can-Do Guide by Joel A. Nichols

   
Technology

  • Teaching Digital Photography: The Ultimate Guide to ‘Tween and Teen Learning by Keith Kyker
  • Web Design for Libraries by Charles Rubenstein

   
And of course, my eBook, Help, I’m a New School Librarian!, is always available for purchase here on my website.

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New & Upcoming Books for School Librarians

Each month I share some newly published and soon-to-be-released books for school librarians.

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General Library Management & Technology

  • Cataloging for School Librarians by Marie Kelsey
  • Apps for Librarians: Using the Best Mobile Technology to Educate, Create, and Engage by Nicole Hennig
  • Teaching Social Media: The Can-Do Guide by Liz M. Kirchhoff
  • The Personal Librarian: Enhancing Student Experience, edited by Richard Moniz and Jean Moats.
  • The Tween Scene: A Year of Programs for 10-to-14-Year Olds by Tiffany Balducci and Brianne Wilkins-Bester
  • Help! I’m a New School Librarian: Practical Advice for Middle & High School Librarians by Lisa Newton (yes, yours truly!)

Children & ‘Tweens

  • The Maker Cookbook: Recipes for Children’s and ‘Tweens Library Programs by Cindy Wall

Teens & YA

  • Intellectual Freedom for Teens: A Practical Guide for YA and School Librarians by Kristin Fletcher-Spear and Kelly Tyler
  • It Happens: A Guide to the Contemporary Realistic Fiction for the YA Reader by Kelly Jensen

Literature Guides

  • Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books: A Guide to the Illustrations by Heidi K. Hammond

                                       
Do any of these books look like something that would be helpful to you?  Please share your thoughts in the comments below. 

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