R. David Lankes
Have your read his blog post "Beyond the Bullet Points: It is time to stop trying to save libraries"? I love it! His latest book Expect More: Demanding better libraries for Today's Complex World is available as a free download.
Shannon McClintock Miller
Shannon is a District Librarian and Technology Specialist. Her work is amazing! https://sites.google.com/site/unishannonmillerportfolio/home
What I'm reading, have read recently or soon will read...
Behen, Linda D.. Recharge your library programs with pop culture and technology: connect with today's teens. Santa Barbara: Libraries Unlimited, 2013. Print.
Crowley, John D.. Developing a vision: Strategic planning for the school librarian in the 21st century. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Libraries Unlimited, 2011. Print.
Harvey, Carl A.. The 21st century elementary library media program. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Linworth Pub., 2010. Print.
Mering, Margaret. The RDA Workbook Learning the Basics of Resource Description and Access.. Online-Ausg. ed. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2014. Print.
Purcell, Melissa A.. The networked library: a guide for the educational use of social networking sites. Santa Barbara: Linworth, 2012. Print.
Soloman, Laura. Librarian's Nitty-Gritty Guide to Social Media. Chicago: American Library Association, 2013. Print.
Wilson, Gwenn. 100% information literacy success. 3rd ed. Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2015. Print.
Additional titles I would recommend for Common Core and TPEP are listed here here: http://wlma.org/professionalbooks
Professional Learning Community
Effective librarianship requires teamwork. Below are a few of the teacher-librarians who continue to inspire and teach me. I also connect with fellow professionals via various social media including Linkedin, TLNing, and Twitter.
Mike Eisenberg
Have you seen the vodcast "The role of the teacher-librarian"? I may not agree with everything he says in the vodcast but he makes me think. I like that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE2MpvByblc
David Loertscher
I had the pleasure of driving Dr. Loertscher (pronounced lurcher) to a conference a couple of years ago. I enjoyed our conversations about the learning commons and flipping libraries. We toured a couple of high schools and it was a pleasure to watch him interact with the students.