Fall Forum Spectrum Scholar announced  Congratulations to Kathy Carroll, school library media specialists at Ridge View High School, Columbia, South Carolina, for receiving a Spectrum Scholarship for attendance at the 2008 Fall Forum. Read the full press release.

School Libraries Count! longitudinal study 2008 results posted  The second year of AASL's longitudinal survey, School Libraries Count!, received responses from 6,988 public and independent school library media specialists. A report on the results is available on the AASL Web site. Read the full press release.

Standards in Action comments due October 15  The AASL Learning Standards Indicators and Assessment Task Force has completed the second draft of Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action (working title). The draft is posted on the AASL Web site for review and comment.

AASL to offer Premidwinter Institute on advocacy  At the ALA 2009 Midwinter Meeting, AASL will be offering a Premidwinter Institute, the School Library Advocacy Institute. Led by Deborah Lebitov, the institute will be held Friday, January 23, in Denver, Colorado. Read the full release. The ALA Midwinter Meeting site is available at www.ala.org/midwinter.

National Student/Parent Mock Election approaching  The National Student/Parent Mock Election seeks to turn the sense of powerlessness that keeps young Americans and their parents from going to the polls into a sense of the power of participation in our democracy. The Mock Election will take place October 30. Learn more about how to participate at www.nationalmockelection.org.

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