After spending the summer aligning the AASL Standards Framework for Learners with state standards and county learner profile, author Calypso Gilstrap claims a new passion for the impact school librarians have in teaching students the workplace skills employers desire. According to research conducted recently for the Association of American…

Discusses notetaking and the growing problems of plagiarism, especially with new technology. Highlights include helping students understand the concept of intellectual property; using information ethically; notetaking as a process; notetaking conferencing; and how to transfer notetaking strategies to the process of highlighting and underlining.…