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AASL Professional Tools

• AASLBlog
  A dynamic tool for providing information about programs, conferences, projects, resources, and activities of use to AASL members and others in the K-12 library media community.

• @ your library School Library Campaign
  Developed in collaboration with AASL, the school library component of the American Library Association's @ your library® campaign seeks to increase public awareness of the significant contributions made by school library media specialists through school library media programs to further the academic achievement and lifelong learning of students; strengthen a belief in the value of school library media programs and school library media specialists; and position school librarianship as a desirable career opportunity.

• Electronic Discussion Lists
  Electronic networking opportunities for AASL personal members.

• Learning 4 Life
  AASL's comprehensive and innovative national implementation plan related to the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. L4L was developed to assist all those responsible for student learning as they work toward the vision and goals set by the learning standards.

• Position Statements 
  Statements from AASL on various topics related to school library media programs.

• Resource Guides for School Library Media Program Development
  Bibliographies of resources arranged alphabetically by frequently used topics in the professional literature.
  

• School/Public Library Cooperative Activities
  ALSC/AASL/YALSA Joint Task Force on School/Public Library Cooperative Activities looks at local and national models of school/public library cooperative activities.

• Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
  In order recognize the changing role of school library media programs now and in the future, AASL has developed learning standards for school library media programs.

• Toolkits
  Collections of ready-to-use tools for school library media specialists.