KQ Web Archives

Volume 37

Sprint to Charlotte - Number 5 (May/June 2009)
Nontraditional Settings - Number 1(September/October 2008)

Volume 36

Storytelling - Number 5 (May/June 2008)
Maps: The Why of Where - Number 4 (March/April 2008)
Visual Literacy - Number 3 (January/February 2008)
Intellectual Freedom 101 - Number 2 (November/December 2007)
Advocacy: A Test of Character - Number 1 (September/October 2007)

Volume 35

Assessing Information and Communication Technology - Number 5 (May/June 2007)
Reno: It's a Sure Bet - Number 4 (March/April 2007)
Small Changes: Bringing Vision to Reality - Number 3 (January/February 2007)

Volume 34

Coming soon!

Volume 33

Pittsburgh: Ready, Set, Go - Number 5 (May/June 2005)
Student Voices - Number 4 (March/April 2005)
Library Media Programs in a Web Wise World - Number 3 (January/February 2005)
Early Literacy Collaborations - Number 2 (November/December 2004)
Time to ReNew - Number 1 (September/October 2004)

Sprint to Charlotte    

Volume 37, Number 5 (May/June 2009)

Extra Articles

• Charlotte – A Race to the Conference - Sandra A. Andrews
• The Road to Concurrent Sessions - Ernie J. Cox

Nontraditional Settings    

Volume 37, Number 1 (September/October 2008)

Extra Articles

• Teaching Information Literacy in the Public Library - Lauren Collen
• Focus on Critical Thinking & Research Skills - PBS Teachers Staff

Storytelling    

Volume 36, Number 5 (May/June 2008)

Columns

• Making Correlations - Meghan Harper and Michelle Baldini  
• Part 2: Making Correlations - Meghan Harper and Michelle Baldini
• Part 3: Making Correlations: Selection and Acquisition of Library Materials - Meghan Harper and Michelle Baldini  
• Part 4: Making Correlations: Budget Allocation, Advocating, and Planning - Meghan Harper and Michelle Baldini
• Part 5: Making Correlations: Cataloging and Labeling Correlated Resources - Meghan Harper and Michelle Baldini
• Cataloging 101: Cataloging Made (Almost) Easy - Sandra Q. Williams

Features

• Storytelling Head of School - Merle Froshman
• A Report from the Forbidden Fruit Conference - Wendy Stephens

Professional Pages Reviews

• Sears List of Subject Headings: 19th Edition - Reviewed by Tom Adamich
• Proquest Historical and Political Databases - Reviewed by John Royce
• eLibrary Science Database from Proquest - Reviewed by John Royce
• Thumbs-up, Thumbs-down Reviews for Reader’s Advisory - Lauri Vaughan

Spotlight

• Making the Case for Storytelling in the School Library - Elizabeth Pollicino

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Maps: The Why of Where    

Volume 36, Number 4 (March/April 2008)

Columns

• Laws and Their Implications for Media Specialists - Jami Jones and Alana Zambone

Features

• Mapping Literature: Integrating GIS and Reading - Terence W. Cavanaugh 
• World Tour: Using Online Maps - Anne Marie Gordon
• How to Think Like a Mapmaker - Jim Kemp

Professional Book Reviews

• Encyclopedia of the New American Nation - Reviewed by Richard Lord
• Standard Cataloging for School and Public Libraries - Reviewed by Tom Adamich
• Catalog It! ...a Guide to Cataloging School Library Materials - Reviewed by Tom Adamich

Spotlight

• Read-to-Feed at the Olive-Mary Stitt School - Suzy Rabbat and Diane Wood

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Visual Literacy    

Volume 36, Number 3 (January/February 2008)

Columns

• Why Kids Don't Have Series Books - Amy Goldsmith
• What's It All About? - Sandra Q. Williams

Features

• Bibliography and Student Work - Jonathan Seyfried
• Using Documentary Photography Books with Reluctant Readers in the High School Library - Patricia Sarles
• Collaborating Outside the Box - Cassandra Barnett
• Teaching Visual Literacy: Graphic Novels and Critical Theory - Gretchen Schwarz
• A Visual Literacy Lesson for Art and Design - Theron Lund and Rob Poole
• Learning to Look and Looking to Learn: Visual Thinking Strategies at the Eric Carle Museum -
  Rosemary Agoglia

Professional Pages Book Reviews

• The Roaring Twenties Reference Library: A Guide to the Twenties for People Under Twenty - Reviewed by Willow Dressel

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Intellectual Freedom 101    

Volume 36, Number 2 (November/December 2007)

Features

• Getting Started with Social Technology in Your Library - Annette Lamb
• Protecting Access to Information - James Bowen
• Interview with Barbara Bailey: Patriot Act Primer for School Librarians - Barbara Bailey and Gayle Bogel
• Intellectual Freedom: A Lonely Task Without the First Amendment - Ann Symons
• It's About Conversation - Pat Scales 
• An Open Letter: Teenagers' Views of Censorship in Libraries - Sarah McNichol 
• Wow and Why: Libraries and Intellectual Freedom in Saudi Arabia - Kristine Larson Brown
  • Saudi Arabia Resources - Kristine Larson Brown
• Overview of Intellectual Freedom Articles - Lesley Farmer
• Banned Books: Engaging Students and Teachers - Cheryl Youse

Professional Pages Book Reviews

• Remaining Relevant: How Joining the Whyville Community Can Help - Reviewed by Cheri Dobbs 

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Advocacy: A Test of Character    

Volume 36, Number 1 (September/October 2007)

Columns

• Accelerated Reader: Once Again, Evidence Lacking - Stephen Krashen
• Why Kids Need Series Books - Amy Goldsmith

Features

• From Small Things Large Things Grow - Margaret Spillman
• The Winning Formula - Alice Robinson
• Dandelion Through the Crack: A Review - Ken Umbach
  • Interview with Kiyo Sato - Ken Umbach
• Advocating Leadership: Project Lead  - Nancy Everhart and Eliza Dresang
• Offer Them More Than Circulation Statistics - Arlen Kimmelman
• School Library Media Certification: A Question of Readiness - Susan McNulty 
• Collaboration: Advocacy for School Change - Cynthia Strong

Professional Pages Book Reviews

• Create a Virtual Visit with the Ninth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators When a Favorite Author Isn’t Coming to Your Town - Reviewed by Margaret Jefferies 
• A Global History of Architecture - Reviewed by Lauri Vaughn 

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Assessing Information and Communication Technology    

Volume 35, Number 5 (May/June 2007)

Features

• iSkills and ICT Literacy Assessment: Building a Case for Collaboration Between School and Academic Librarians - Alexius Smith Macklin
• Training 21st Century Teachers - Ernie Cox
• Student Survey: Internet Access and Online Use - Rhonda Morrisette (KQW PDF) 
• Entice Your Audience Into Your Web: The Role of the School Library Media Specialist in Technology Integration - JoAnne Hammond
• Tips for Teachers: What Teachers Need to Know to Support Information and Technology Literacy, and How Library Media Center Web Resources Can Help Them - JoAnne Hammond 
• ICT: A Policy Analyst's Practical View - Ken Umbach
• Educators, Take a Cue from David Pogue - Carolyn Karis
• Chat, Email, and IM Reference:  School Libraries and Academic Libraries, What We Can Learn From Each Other - Susan Hurst and Matthew Magnuson

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Reno: It's a Sure Bet    

Volume 35, Number 4 (March/April 2007)

AASL Community Column 

• Conferences and Journal: Tools for Advocacy - Dee Gwaltney

Features

• Lights, Camera, Action - Julie Walker
• Right Brain Skills and the Media Center: A Whole New Mind(set) - Doug Johnson

Professional Pages Book Reviews

• Best Books for Middle School and Junior High Readers - Reviewed by Theresa Benson

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Small Changes: Bringing Vision to Reality    

Volume 35, Number 3 (January/February 2007)

Features

• The Impact of Ubiquitous Computing on Library Facilities - Meghan Harper and Jason Holmes 
• Copyright Extras: Bookmarks - Meghan Harper and Abbey Collucci
• Copyright Extras: Notices and Signs - Meghan Harper and Abbey Collucci
• Small Changes: Practitioners in Action - Margaret Spillman, Lorraine Todd, Jayme Johnson, Susan Smith, Lois Langholz, Liz McMahon, Marghe Tabar

Professional Pages Book Reviews

• Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource: Birds - Reviewed by David Johnson
• Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource: Mammals - Reviewed by Alex Hartman
• Reference Shelf Series: Women's Rights - Reviewed by Cydne Zabel
• The Library's Legal Answer Book - Reviewed by Laura Zeigen

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Pittsburgh: Ready, Set, Go    

Volume 33, Number 5

Getting Ready: Why You Should Go

• A Sense of Pittsburgh - Mary K. Biagini
• Conference-going Strategies - Alice Yucht

Getting Set: The "Big Picture"

• The Emerging School Library Media Center: From the Past into the Future - Betty J. Morris

Going: The Critical Issues in School Librarianship

• Collaboration: Ten Important Reasons to Take it Seriously - Peter Milbury
• Surviving Wikipedia: Improving Student Search Habits through Information Literacy and Teacher Collaboration - Doug Achterman
• Technology Matters - Karen Lemmons

Having Fun: Don't Forget the Exhibits

• From the Other Side of the Table - Debby LaBoon

KQWeb Extras

• Trends and Issues: What's Important for the 21st Century School Librarian? - Carol A. Brown
• Vietnam Journal - Helen Adams

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Student Voices    

Volume 33, Number 4

KQWeb Extras

• Social Resposibility: Posting Students' Work to the Web - Rebecca Butler
• Caution! Books at Work: A Simple Solution - Jami Jones

Professional Pages

• Linking Libraries and Literacy: a Review of The Power of Reading - Doug Johnson
• Distance Education: Issues and Concerns - Krista Reichard
• Teenagers and a Space of Their Own - Tomi Whalen
• Net Worth: Opportunites for SLMS Within NCLB - Terry Young

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Library Media Programs in a Web Wise World    

Volume 33, Number 3

KQWeb Extras

• Virtual Reference @ Your Library - Sarah Houghton
• Two Perspectives, One Goal - Amy Reikowsky & Eric Curtis

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Early Literacy Collaborations    

Volume 33, Number 2

• Reading First and the School Library Media Specialist - Pendleton Winklebleck and Kay Bishop

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Time to ReNew    

Volume 33, Number 1

KQWeb Extras

• Library Humor on the Web - Alice Yucht

AASL Awards

• NSLMPY Awards for Large Districts - Donna Helvering
• Winning the NSLMPY Award - Carroll Makemson
• AASL Distinguished Administrators Award - Marcia Parrish
• Frances Henne Award - Teresa Diaz
• Online at Midnight, Part II - Debbie Sparnon
• Striking the Right Chord - Deb Logan
• Beyond the Budget - Trisha Mederios