Angie Oehrli, an instructional librarian at the University of Michigan Library, gave me a heads-up about the LIRT (Library Instruction Round Table) annual round-up of the best instruction articles of the year. Most focus on academic libraries, but there are a few on school libraries.

More and more, I want to see relationships develop between high school and college/university librarians. We have a lot to learn from one another.

In the meantime, here’s to future reading!

Library Instruction Round Table — LIRT Top Twenty via kwout

**UPDATE: As of late this morning, the 25,000 threshhold of signatures has been reached! Congratulations to Carl Harvey and his many partners and allies!**

School Library Monthly joins the ALA Washington Office in encouraging readers to sign the White House petition asking the Obama administration to “ensure that every child in America has access to an effective school library program.” This is a SEPARATE initiative from the SKILLS Act that has been reintroduced in Congress. If 25,000 signatures are not received by February 4, the petition will not be forwarded to the President. It has been recommended that we set an internal cut-off date of Feb. 3, just in case.

Remember: this is a REVISED petition. If you signed the petition a few months ago that was initiated by librarians in California, that vote does not count toward this new petition.

ALA Washington distributed these cards at ALA Midwinter with the instructions: