Middle school library ideas

Some school libraries are reinventing themselves as makerspaces, but this Ohio library took a slightly different approach and has seen incredible results.

Being a brand new school librarian is both exciting and scary. All summer, you’ve planned for your new position, but today, you're feeling pretty lost.

Over the last several years, I've done at lot of change up our library space at Stewart. Here's some of my tips to help you rethink your library.

Mrs. ReaderPants: First Days of School in a New-To-You Library

These library activities for kids help kids make the most of the time they have in the library!

The Adopt-a-Shelf program at a Georgia middle school gives students a chance to put their creativity on display while offering book recommendations to their peers. This interview with school librarian Liana Etling offers inspiration and ideas straight from student’s shelves.

You’ve worked hard to build a great classroom library for your students, but it can be a struggle to keep up with and organize all those books! Here are several different options for classroom library management.

Getting tweens into the library to do library activities and explore books takes some creative thinking. Activities that are interactive, fun, challenging, and hands-on are the best way to get started. We need curiosity and mystery in library activities that will keep them on the edge of their seats for more.

Helping students choose books that are just right can be helpful, but it can be detrimental if reading levels are overemphasizes. #readinglevels #reading

Students love to guess then see what their teachers are reading!