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Official account for the Virginia Association of School Librarians, a chapter of AASL http://www.linktr.ee/vaasl

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VAASL President Christine Leo Ware checking in for her 5th regional this spring, this time at her OWN school ❤️

14.03.2026 23:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kudos to the Potomac director and director elect for a great day! 👏

14.03.2026 23:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Each of of spring regionals has a great showing from vendors ready to support school librarians!!!

14.03.2026 23:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Congratulations to @cangrolib.bsky.social !

14.03.2026 14:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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@mamagilbs.bsky.social Library vibe check!

14.03.2026 14:21 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Potomac regional has begun!

14.03.2026 13:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Legislative Liaison Heather Murfee sent out some timely calls for action to support libraries on the list serv yesterday & today. Here’s quick review of things you can do if you have 5 or 10 minutes!! Federal funding for ‘27 is up for decision NOW! @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

14.03.2026 00:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We’re ready for some Saturday fun in Potomac tomorrow!!!

14.03.2026 00:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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President Christine Leo Ware at her 4th regional in VA- today with Michelle Bergstresser and Jana Bailey in Shenandoah!

11.03.2026 23:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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So many happy faces today at the Shenandoah regional!

11.03.2026 23:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Congrats to Lisa Harman!

11.03.2026 23:10 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Roanoke regional in full swing today at the Salem Civic center!

10.03.2026 14:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Clinch regional kicking off a full week of VAASL fun across the state!!!

09.03.2026 19:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of ALA Members participating in a 1980 Equal Rights Amendment march in Chicago, holding a blue, white, and yellow flag with "American Library Assn" printed in the middle. Text over image reads, "ALA's Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship. 'Librarianship cannot upgrade itself without upgrading opportunities for women who constitute the majority of the profession.'" ALA150, American Library Association

Photo of ALA Members participating in a 1980 Equal Rights Amendment march in Chicago, holding a blue, white, and yellow flag with "American Library Assn" printed in the middle. Text over image reads, "ALA's Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship. 'Librarianship cannot upgrade itself without upgrading opportunities for women who constitute the majority of the profession.'" ALA150, American Library Association

Librarianship has long been dominated by women, but that has historically not translated to true equity in other dimensions. ALA's Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship was created in 1976 to further the advancement of women within the field.

Read more: https://bit.ly/47kkQmb

#ALA150

08.03.2026 20:40 👍 55 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 1
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VAASL is happy to endorse the following members for AASL elections! @aaslala.bsky.social

08.03.2026 16:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of the March/April 2026 issue of American Libraries Magazine. Cover features a portrait of Mychal Threets wearing a "Library Joy!!" t-shirt and holding a copy of his book "I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy" and standing in front of a large rainbow. Text on cover reads: "Newsmaker: Mychal Threets p. 14. 5 Library Wins Worth Celebration p. 20. Plus: Airport Libraries, ADA Compliance, Meeting with Congress"

Cover of the March/April 2026 issue of American Libraries Magazine. Cover features a portrait of Mychal Threets wearing a "Library Joy!!" t-shirt and holding a copy of his book "I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy" and standing in front of a large rainbow. Text on cover reads: "Newsmaker: Mychal Threets p. 14. 5 Library Wins Worth Celebration p. 20. Plus: Airport Libraries, ADA Compliance, Meeting with Congress"

Check out the March/April issue of @amlibraries.bsky.social, featuring Newsmaker (and National Library Week Honorary Chair!) @mychal3ts.bsky.social, recent library wins, airport libraries, and tips for congressional advocacy.

Read here: https://bit.ly/4ueZrom

07.03.2026 18:15 👍 272 🔁 54 💬 1 📌 4

Are you local? You should come! I’m presenting! @vaasl.bsky.social #tlsky

17.02.2026 20:41 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Killer haul!!!

07.03.2026 16:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yay!!!!!

07.03.2026 16:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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First door prize at this year's regional James @vaasl.bsky.social conference! Can't wait to check it out
#LUSLIB670

03.03.2026 14:04 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Yay!!!!!

07.03.2026 16:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Won the @follettcontent.bsky.social door prize at today's regional @vaasl.bsky.social conference!! I never win anything! Can't wait to dive into this book 🤓

03.03.2026 17:39 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0
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Online registration closes tonight at midnight for the Potomac regional on 3/14!

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Can’t wait to see everyone this week at our next three regionals!

07.03.2026 16:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Congrats to our first up LOY from the James Region!

07.03.2026 16:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The James regional was a blast! 107 librarians gathered together to connect, learn and celebrate!

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Spring regional online registration deadlines are on the horizon!!

24.02.2026 21:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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VAASL members can now join the Library of Congress Federal Credit Union! www.lcfcu.org/join

23.02.2026 02:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black and white photo of a Black woman checking materials out to a group of children. Small caption in top right reads: "Photo [original caption]: 'LOS ANGELES, October, 1949 – Elementary school pupils William Bias, Elizabeth Coggins and Jerry Sekido think it’s pretty interesting to watch Nellie Greene charge out their library books with the new Recordak charger on the Children’s Traveling Branch, operated by the Los Angeles Public Library.'" Text over photo reads: "ACTION, NOT REACTION: Integrating the Library Profession. Words: Denise Rayman, Photos: ALA Archives" ALA150, American Library Association

Black and white photo of a Black woman checking materials out to a group of children. Small caption in top right reads: "Photo [original caption]: 'LOS ANGELES, October, 1949 – Elementary school pupils William Bias, Elizabeth Coggins and Jerry Sekido think it’s pretty interesting to watch Nellie Greene charge out their library books with the new Recordak charger on the Children’s Traveling Branch, operated by the Los Angeles Public Library.'" Text over photo reads: "ACTION, NOT REACTION: Integrating the Library Profession. Words: Denise Rayman, Photos: ALA Archives" ALA150, American Library Association

In the midst of the Civil Rights era in America, librarians were battling for and against segregated libraries in the South, and over integration within their own ranks. Integration of the library profession was a long process that started in the early 1900s.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3ZJpar4

22.02.2026 18:01 👍 52 🔁 22 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks @slupodcast.bsky.social! Can’t wait to listen to everyone else. #tlchat

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