ISTE resources help librarians find tools and strategies to inspire innovation

Librarians are school leaders who advocate for student access to edtech, curate tools and resources, and collaborate with students and colleagues to create meaningful learning opportunities. Educators charged with such diverse duties deserve targeted resources to amplify their practice!

That's why ISTE has curated a collection of resources librarians can incorporate into their work right away.

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Future Ready Librarians™ Crosswalk

Developed with support from Follett, ISTE has teamed up with Future Ready Librarians™ to create a crosswalk showing the relationship between the FRL framework and the educator section of the ISTE Standards. Use this resource to guide and deepen the work you do as a librarian or library media specialist, or to rethink, redesign and grow the role in your school or district.

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Online Course for Librarians

Our new ISTE U online course, Exploring Future Ready Librarianship: Practices for the Emerging Leader, guides participants to reflect on their current professional practice, review Future Ready strategies for librarians and identify specific areas for growth. At course end, participants develop an implementation plan specific to their goals.

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CASE STUDY
Shelby County Schools

When 25 librarians from an Alabama school district took ISTE’s Future Ready Librarianship course, the result was transformative! ISTE, with the support of Follett, shares the story of these librarians who were empowered to transform their practice and lead from their libraries.

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Liven Up Your Library
Liven Up Your Library

In this new book, learn how librarians can positively effect change in areas like digital equity and inclusiveness, while creating powerful, culturally inclusive programming for middle and high school students.

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ISTE Standards: Educators

The educator section of the ISTE Standards are a road map for innovative educators to guide their schools and classrooms through meaningful use of technology for learning. These standards apply to librarians' roles as catalysts, collaborators, facilitators and designers.

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GROW YOUR SKILLS
Librarians Network PLN
Free for Members

This PLN provides robust online discussions and PD opportunities for nearly 2,000 librarians who leverage technology knowledge and expertise to improve school library programs, increase access to information and foster strong digital age teaching and learning environments.

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Check out these additional best-selling books written by and for librarians!

LEADING FROM THE LIBRARY

Help Your School Community Thrive in the Digital Age
By Shannon McClintock Miller and William Bass

Leverage your role as a librarian to build relationships, mold culture and climate, and advocate for the needs of students and the community.
 

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REIMAGINING LIBRARY SPACES

Transform Your Space on Any Budget
By Diana Rendina

No matter your budget, learn how to rethink the library space and address the changing role of technology to transform how students learn.
 

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INSPIRING CURIOSITY

The Librarian's Guide to Inquiry-Based Learning
By Colette Cassinelli

Develop strategies for using memorable events to activate students' curiosity and explore activities for generating questions for exploration.
 

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