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NYCSLA ELECTIONS ARE OPEN!!! We would like to thank the candidates for volunteering to run for the NYCSLA board. There are three positions currently on the ballot. Please read the blurbs and cast your ballot.   NYCSLA Election Ballot Ballots close … Continue reading →

Dustin Hensley is the Librarian at Elizabethton High School in Elizabethton, TN. He also serves as an adjunct professor in the Masters in School Librarianship program at East Tennessee State University. He was named as one of Library Journal’s Movers and … Continue reading →

Betsy Gomez is the Banned Books Week Coalition Coordinator and the Coalition Director for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending the First Amendment rights of the comics community. Gomez manages resources, programming, and editorial … Continue reading →

Have questions about banned books and book challenges?! Join NYCSLA on Wednesday, March 23 @ 6:30pm ET for “Banned Books Week and Beyond: Intellectual Freedom Throughout the Year” with guest speaker Betsy Gomez from the @CBLDF and @BannedBooksWeek!  *Register now: http://bit.ly/3ijeEAQ  *CTLE credits will be provided … Continue reading →

Kira Brennan, Innovation and Library Support Specialist, Parkway School District, @mrskirabrennan Dr. Jenny Gray, Library Media Specialist, Sorrento Springs Elementary, @jennyberrygray Dawn Murray, Library Media Specialist, Parkway South High School, @psouthlibrary Katie Pendleton, Library Media Specialist, Parkway South High School, … Continue reading →

Amanda Jones is a teacher-librarian from Watson, Louisiana. She is the 2021 School Library Journal Co-Librarian of the Year, a 2021 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, and the 2020 Louisiana School Librarian of the Year. Amanda is the Vice President … Continue reading →

Next Thursday (1/27) at 5 PM, our January Meeting will feature the SLJ 2021 School Librarian of the Year Amanda Jones as she talks about “Promoting Book Joy”. Register HERE.  CTLE credit will be offered to NYCSLA members and all registrants … Continue reading →

The New York City School Librarians’ Association would like to recognize a K-12 librarian that develops dynamic, innovative programs and whose instructional collaborations foster student engagement and achievement. Applications are due March 1st, 2022! Please be sure you meet the … Continue reading →