Professional organizations should play an important role in the career of all school library media specialists. Whether participating in local activities or joining international events, these groups help individuals keep in touch with important issues, enhance professional skills, and develop leadership skills.
Check out the following resources on this page:
- Key National Organizations and Divisions
- Indiana
- State School Library Associations
- Other Library Associations
- Other Education Associations
Key National Organizations and Divisions
AASL (American Association of School Librarians), a division of the American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/aasl
A professional organization of school library media specialists from around the world. Their mission is to "advocate excellence, facilitate change, and develop leaders in the school library field." They publish two journals: Knowledge Quest and SLMR.
School Media & Technology, a division of Association for Educational Communications and Technology
http://www.aect-members.org/smt/
A professional organization that provides leadership in the "use of educational technology and its application to the learning process in the K-12 school environment." Awards the School Library Media Specialist of the Year award.
SIG Library Media Specialists, a special interest group of the International Society for Technology in Education
http://www.iste.org/
. . . SIGMS_(Media_Specialists).htm
A professional organization that provides a community for school library media specialists to gather and learn about technologies to improve school library media programs.
Indiana
Association for Indiana Media Educators
http://www.ilfonline.org/Units/Associations/aime/
The Association for Indiana Media Educators (AIME), is an affiliate of the
Indiana Library Federation (ILF), and is a state affiliate of the American
Association of School Libraries (AASL) and the Association for Educational
Communications and Technology (AECT).
INCOLSA (Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority)
http://www.incolsa.net/
The statewide network providing leadership in cooperative
activities for Indiana libraries.
Indiana Computer Educators
http://www.iupui.edu/~ice/
Professional organization for educators improving learning through technology.
Indiana Library Federation
http://www.ilfonline.org/
Professional organization for library and media center staff and supporters in Indiana. The Association for Indiana Media Educators (AIME) is an affiliate organization.
Division of Professional Standards at Indiana Department of Education
http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps/
Indiana State Reading Association
http://www.indianareads.org/
Affiliate of the International Reading Association
Middle Grades Readking Network
http://www2.evansville.edu/mgrnweb/
Network dedicated to the promotion of voluntary reading among young
adolescents; the reinstitution of reading as a subject taught in Indiana's
middle-grades schools by licensed reading teachers; and the updating
and expansion of
Indiana's school library book collections.
State School Library Associations
Directory of State & Regional Affiliated Organizations from
American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
http://ala.org/aasl
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Links to all state websites.
AECT State Affiliates from Association for Educational
Communications and Technology (AECT)
http://www.aect.org/Affiliates/states/default.asp
State & Regional School Library Organizations
Alabama Instructional Media Association http://www.alaima.org
(Alabama) Children's and School Librarian's Division (CSLD) of Alabama Library Assocation http://allanet.org/www/csld/csldpage.htm
Alaska Association of School Librarians http://www.akla.org/akasl/
Arizona Educational Media Association http://www.aema.net/
(Arizona) Teacher Librarian Division of Arizona Library Association
http://www.azla.affiniscape.com/index.cfm
Arkansas Association of Instructional Media http://aaim.k12.ar.us/
Arkansas Association of School Librarians (AASL)
http://www.arlib.org/AASL/index.htm
California School Library Association http://www.csla.net/
Colorado Association of School Librarians (formerly Colorado Educational
Media Association) http://www.cal-webs.org/
Connecticut Educational Media Association http://www.ctcema.org/
Delaware School Library Media Association
http://www.udel.edu/educ/slms/dslma.html
Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) http://www.floridamedia.org/
Georgia Association for Instructional Technology, Inc.
http://www.gait-inc.org/
Georgia Library Media Association, Inc. http://www.glma-inc.org/
Hawai Association of School Librarians http://www.k12.hi.us/~hasl/
Illinois School Library Media Association http://www.islma.org/
(Indiana) Association for Indiana Media Educators (AIME)
http://www.ilfonline.org/Units/Associations/aime/
Iowa Association for School Librarians http://www.iema-ia.org/
Kansas Association of School Librarians http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kasl/
Kansas Association for Educational Communications and Technology
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/KAECT/KAECTold.html
Kentucky School Media Association http://www.kysma.org/
Louisiana Association of School Librarians http://www.llaonline.org/
Maine Association of School Libraries http://www.maslibraries.org/
Maryland Educational Media Organization http://mdedmedia.org/
Massachusetts School Library Media Association http://www.mslma.org/
Michigan Association for Media in Education http://www.mame.gen.mi.us/
Minnesota Educational Media Organization http://www.memoweb.org/
Missouri Association of School Librarians http://www.maslonline.org/home.asp
(Montana) School Library Media Division of Montana Library Association
http://www.mtlib.org/slmd/slmd.html
Nebraska Educational Media Association http://nema.k12.ne.us/
New Hampshire Educational Media Association http://www.nhema.net/
(New
Jersey) Educational Media Association of New Jersey
http://www.emanj.org/
(New York) School Library Media Section of New York Library Association
http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=52
North Carolina Association for Educational Communications and Technology http://www.ncaect.org/
North Carolina Association of School Librarians http://www.nclaonline.org/ncasl/
Ohio Educational Library Media Association http://www.oelma.org/
Oklahoma Association of School Library Media Specialists
http://www.oklibs.org/~oaslms/
Oregon Educational Media Association http://www.oema.net/
Oregon School Library Information System http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/
Pennsylvania
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
http://www.paect.org/
Pennsylvania School Librarians' Association http://www.psla.org/
Rhode Island Educational Media Association http://www.riema.org
South Carolina Association of School Librarians http://www.scasl.net/
Tennessee Association of School Librarians http://www.korrnet.org/tasl/
Texas Association for Educational Technology http://www.taet.org/
Texas Association of School Librarians http://www.txla.org/groups/tasl/
Utah Educational Library Media Association http://www.uelma.org/
Vermont Educational Media Association
http://homepage.mac.com/crowleyvt/vema/
Virginia Educational Media Association http://www.vema.gen.va.us/
Washington Library Media Association http://www.wlma.org/
(West Virginia) School Library Division of West Virginia Library Association
http://www.fscwv.edu/users/bstefanowicz/index.htm
Wisconsin Educational Media Association
http://www.wemaonline.org/
(Wyoming) School Library Media Personnel Section of Wyoming Library Association http://www.wyla.org/schools/index.shtml
Mountain Plains Library Association http://www.usd.edu/mpla/
Twelve state association of librarians, library paraprofessionals and friends of libraries in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.
New England Educational Media Association http://www.neema.org/
Regional organization representing the six New England states and is dedicated to serving the needs of the school library media professionals - New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island.
Pacific Northwest Library Association http://www.pnla.org/
Other Library and Related Organizations
ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children) a division of the American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alsc.htm
A network of children's and youth librarians.
Canadian Association for School Libraries
http://www.caslibraries.ca/
A professional organization to provide Canada's school-based teacher-librarians
information about school library programs and services. Publications include
School Libraries in Canada. Also,
check out British
Columbia Teacher-Librarian Association and Saskatchewan
School Library Association.
Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries from School of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
http://www.cissl.scils.rutgers.edu/
Children's Book Council
http://www.cbcbooks.org/
A non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children's books, and is the official sponsor of Young People's Poetry Week and Children's Book Week each year. The Council's Members include U.S. publishers and packagers of trade books for children and young adults.
Children’s Literature Network
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/
Non-profiet organization serving the Upper Midwest , provides connection, encouragement, education, camaraderie, and programming for adults who are passionate about encouraging kids to read.
Children's Literature Web Guide (CLWG)
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
Internet resources related to books for children and young adults
Education and Library Networks Coalition
http://www.edlinc.org/
EdLiNC formed in 1995 to represent the viewpoint of public and private schools and libraries in the FCC proceeding dealing with the implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Coalition seeks to expand the use of educational technologies in schools and libraries by making sure that these entities receive affordable rates guaranteed to them in the Universal Service Provisions of the Telecommunications Act.
Friends of Libraries U.S.A.
http://www.folusa.org/
Mission is to motivate and support local Friends groups across the country in their efforts to preserve and strengthen libraries.
International Association of School Librarianship
http://www.iasl-slo.org/
International forum for those people interested in promoting effective school library media programmes as viable instruments in the educational process.
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org
Websection:
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s11/ssl.htm
The Section of School Libraries and Resource Centres concerns itself with the improvement and development of school libraries and resource centres worldwide, especially advocacy for their qualified and adequate staffing.
International Reading Association (IRA)
http://www.reading.org/
Also vist their website for their peer reviewed journal: Reading
Online at http://www.readingonline.org/
Libr.org http://www.libr.org/
Related Publication: Library Juice http://www.libr.org/Juice/
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
http://www.nbpts.org/
An independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focusing on national certification for teachers including library media.
Partnership for Reading from U.S. Dept. of Education’s National Institute for Literacy
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/
Information about the effective teaching of reading for children, adolescents, and adults, based on the evidence from quality research.
Read Write Think from International Reading Association
http://www.readwritethink.org/
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
http://www.rif.org/
Nation's largest nonprofit children's literacy organization.
School Libraries and Resource Centers from IFLANET
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s11/ssl.htm
International organization focusing on the needs of school libraries worldwide.
School Libraries Group of Chartered Institute of
Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) (United Kingdom)
http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/school/
School Library Association (United Kingdom) http://www.sla.org.uk/
School Library Information Portal (SLIP) (Canada) http://www.cla.ca/slip/
School Libraries Making A Difference (United Kingdom)
http://www.schoollibrariesadvocacy.org.uk/
Society of School Librarians International
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/sslihome.htm
Mission is the development of school library programs to meet the needs of a literate citizenry in an Information Society.
Young Adult Library Services Association a division of the American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/yalsa.htm
A group serving young adults.
Other Education Organizations
Teacher Tap: Educational Organizations
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic41.htm
List of major general education and specific content area professional
associations.
American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
http://www.aasa.org/
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)
http://www.acteonline.org/
Association for Educational Communications and
Technology (AECT)
Journals: Tech Trends, Educational Technology Research & Development
http://aect.org/
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Journal: Educational Leadership
http://www.ascd.org/
Lexicon of Learning: What Educators Mean When They Say . . .
http://www.ascd.org/cms/index.cfm?TheViewID=1112&showsubs=0,376
Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Ed Tech Action Network (Organization launched Mar. 2004) sponsored by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) & International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
http://www.edtechactionnetwork.org/
Site to encourage educators to lobby legislators for adequate school technology funding. Provide tools and training to be a powerful advocate for improved technology learning and teaching at the local, state, and federal levels.
EDUCAUSE
http://www.educause.edu/
Nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC)
http://www.enc.org/
A math and science focus.
National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC)
http://www.naeyc.org/
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
http://www.nagc.org/
National Association for Humanities Education (NAHE)
http://www.nahe.org/
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
http://www.nbpts.org/index.cfm
Section of Interest:
Early Childhood through Young Adulthood /
Library Media Overview from National board for Professional Teaching
Standards
http://www.nbpts.org/...
Northeast and the Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium
http://www.neirtec.org/
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
http://www.naesp.org/
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
http://nasspcms.principals.org/
National Education Association (NEA)
http://www.nea.org/
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) a subsidiary of Learning Point Associates
http://www.ncrel.org/
Includes:
North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium
http://www.ncrtec.org/
National Midlle School Association (NMSA)
http://www.nmsa.org/
Phi Delta Kappan International http://www.pdkintl.org/
Selected articles available online http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/khome/karticle.htm
Regional Technology in Education Consortia
http://rtec.org/
funded by the Office
of Elementary and Secondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education
Content Area Organizations
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation & Dance (AAHPERD)
http://www.aahperd.org/
National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)
http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
http://www.aapt.org/
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
http://www.actfl.org/
Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
http://www.mtna.org/
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
http://www.naea-reston.org/
National Association for Music Education (NAME)
http://www.menc.org/
National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)
http://www.nabt.org/
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
http://www.ncss.org/
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
http://www.ncte.org
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
http://www.nctm.org
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
http://www.nsta.org