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Fellow Kathy Moore Reinstated as San Ramon Poet Laureate, Participates in Harvard GSE Leadership Program

Lilead Fellow Dr. Kathy Moore of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District has been recently reinstated as the City of San Ramon’s Poet Laureate for a third term, extended through 2018. Kathy has served as the City of San Ramon’s Poet Laureate … Continue reading

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A Library Card for Every Student in Saint Paul Public Schools

Lilead Fellow Leslie Yoder and Saint Paul Public Schools, together with the Saint Paul Public Library, launch Library Go, a program to provide free public library e-cards for all students. Library Go is Saint Paul’s unique initiative to achieve the … Continue reading

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Lilead’s Dr. Ann Weeks Talks Library Power and Lilead Fellows in Teacher Librarian feature

Lilead’s Dr. Ann Weeks has published a feature article in the October issue of Teacher Librarian about the Lilead Fellows Program. Almost twenty-five years after the creation of the National Library Power Project, the Lilead Fellows Program, an initiative funded … Continue reading

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“Building a 21st Century Library” Webinar a Great Success! (Watch it here!)

On Wednesday, November 2, the Lilead Project, working together with OverDrive & School Library Journal, conducted a webinar on why students benefit from a modern library, and what school librarians can do to become instructional and technological leaders. Panelists included Lilead … Continue reading

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“The Superhero Librarian Within” – Fellow Dedra Van Gelder Publishes Latest Article in SLJ’s “Take the Lead” Series

“The day you became a school librarian, the universe puts a spectacular opportunity into your hands…” In her recent article, Lilead Fellow Dedra Van Gelder encourages school librarians to awaken their inner “Superhero” and become the leader that their students are counting on. “You … Continue reading

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Lilead Project Publishes Literature Review and Call to Action

The Lilead Project has published The Impact of the School District Library Supervisor: A Review of the Literature and an Agenda for Research and Action in the October issue of Library Quarterly. This article looks at the literature available concerning the … Continue reading

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Findings from First Lilead Survey Published in School Library Research

The first of two reports on the findings from the 2012 Lilead Survey has been published in the September 2016 issue of School Library Research. With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Lilead Project was founded … Continue reading

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Leslie Yoder Writes Latest Installment of “Take the Lead” Series

School Library Journal, a supporter of the Lilead Fellows Program, has published the fourth article of the Take the Lead series, a monthly series focusing on and written by the Lilead Fellows. In her article, Lilead Fellow Leslie Yoder shares her wisdom of … Continue reading

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The Lilead Project Receives IMLS Grant to Expand Fellows Program

The University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies, Maryland’s iSchool, has received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support a second cohort of 25 Lilead Fellows and create the Lilead Leaders program. Awarded as … Continue reading

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School Library Journal Publishes “Take the Lead” Series by Lilead Fellows

School Library Journal, a supporter of the Lilead Fellows Program, has published the first three articles in a new series focusing on and written by the Lilead Fellows. In their articles for SLJ, the Fellows “will share their wisdom and provide strategy tips on a … Continue reading

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