SLIS 794 AASL Shared Foundations Blog

By Joseph Brown This blog post is the fourth of four posts that interview a school librarian about how the AASL National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries (AASL, 2017) realistically look in their media centers, with each interview focusing on a specific Shared Foundation. Shared Foundations (AASL, 2017) This last interview is with Ms. Judith Head who runs the media center at Irmo High School in Irmo, South Carolina. The interview took place on November 20th, 2019 and focuses on the Include Shared Foundation. The Include Shared Foundation is about demonstrating “an understanding of and commitment to inclusiveness and respect for diversity in the learning community” (AASL, 2017). From a librarian’s perspective this includes directing “learners to contribute a balanced perspective when participating in a learning community”, establishing “opportunities for learners to adjust their awareness of the global learning commun...

By Joseph Brown This blog post is the third of four posts that interview a school librarian about how the AASL National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries (AASL, 2017) realistically look in their media centers, with each interview focusing on a specific Shared Foundation. Shared Foundations (AASL, 2017). This third interview is with Mrs. Cindy Symonds who runs the media center at Round Top Elementary School in Blythewood, South Carolina. The interview took place on November 15th, 2019 and focuses on the Explore Shared Foundation. The goal of the Explore foundation is to “discover and innovate in a growth mindset developed through experience and reflection” (AASL, 2017). From a librarian’s perspective this includes fostering “learners’ personal curiosity, stimulating “learners to construct new knowledge”, preparing “learners to engage with the learning community”, and helping “learners develop through experience and re...

By Joseph Brown This blog post is the second of four posts that interview a school librarian about how the AASL National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries (AASL, 2017) realistically look in their media centers, with each interview focusing on a specific Shared Foundation. Shared Foundations (AASL, 2017). This second interview is with Ms. Evelyn Newman who runs the media center at Dutch Fork High School in Irmo, South Carolina. The interview took place on November 14th, 2019 and focuses on the Curate Shared Foundation. The Curate foundation is about making “meaning for oneself and others by collecting, organizing, and sharing resources of personal relevance” (AASL, 2017). From a librarian’s perspective this includes challenging “learners to act on an information need”, promoting “information gathering appropriate to the task”, guiding the “information resource exchange within and beyond the school learning community...