Hot New Topics

Evans, Cathy, Dorcas Hand, Robyn Martin, and David Wee. “The Trailblazers: The Art of Curation in the Information Forest.” (Independent School Magazine, Winter 2015)
 
Abarbanel, Elisabeth; Sarah Davis; Dorcas Hand; Matthew Wittmer.  “The New School Library: The Human Connection to Digital Resources and Academic Success.” (Independent School Magazine, Summer 2013)
 
Corbett, Tom (Cushing Academy), Alison Ernst (independent consultant), Bill Mayer (American University) and Dorcas Hand. “What Was Then and What Is Now.” (NAIS Knowledge Center, 2011)

Do We Still Need Libraries?
John Palfrey Head of Phillips Andover Academy blog post
New York Time Room for Debate

Recommended Reading

 Independent School Libraries: Perspectives on Excellence  edited by Dorcas Hand. (Libraries Unlimited, 2010)

Developing a Vision: Strategic Planning for the School Librarian in the 21st
Century, Second Edition by John D. Crowley (Libraries Unlimited, 2011)

Being Indispensable: A School Librarian's Guide to Becoming an Invaluable Leader by Ruth Toor & Hilda Weisurg (ALA, 2011)

Less Is More: A Practical Guide to Weeding School Library 
Collections by Donna Baumback and Linda Miller (ALA, 2009)

Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard by Chip & Dan Heath

The  Third Teacher:  79 Ways You Can Use Design to Transform Teaching and
Learning. OWP/P/Cannon Design, VS Furniture, and Bruce Mau Design (Abrams, 2010)

Change by Design:  How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires
Innovation, Tim Brown (HarperBusiness, 2009)

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