Coffee. Conversation. Characters. ☕📚✨ Our Author Breakfast at MASL 53 is the perfect way to start your day before diving into conference magic. Join @kylelukoff.bsky.social for delicious bites and brilliant storytelling. Because when All Characters Welcome, authors take center stage. 🎃🖊️

Registration is open for our Spring Workshop with @lieberrian.bsky.social in April!

The curtain rises… 🎭✨ We’re thrilled to announce @mobleyinthemix.bsky.social as our Opening Keynote for MASL 53! As we kick off All Characters Welcome, get ready to be inspired, energized, and maybe even a little spellbound. 📚🎃 You won’t want to miss how this story begins.

⏳MASL 52 Deadlines are coming fast! Don't miss out on this chance to Grow Together! ⏳ www.mimasl.org/masl-52-conf... #MASL52 #growingtogether

I will be presenting about the need for #youngteenlit at the @michiganmasl.bsky.social 52nd Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on December 12. Want to attend the conference? Check out the details at the link below. www.mimasl.org/masl-52-conf...

Please help us congratulate our very own Christina Chatel for being honored as School Librarian of the Year by @milibraries.bsky.social! 🏆👏

🤓Fun Fact Friday 🤓 Our Opening Keynote speaker, Jillian Heise, is on the 2026 Caldecott Committee and the Founder of Classroom Book A Day! Don't miss her presentation at MASL 52! #MASL52 #GrowingTogether #ClassroomBookADay www.mimasl.org/masl-52-conf... @heisereads.bsky.social

Mychal Threets at AASL25!

Some of our MASL members have spent the last couple days learning at American Association of School Librarians’ biennial conference in St. Louis! #AASL25 🤓📚 @aaslala.bsky.social

🤓 Fun Fact Friday 🤓 Our Closing Keynote speaker, Beck Calzada, was an AASL President and has won many national awards! Don't miss her presentation at MASL 52! #MASL52 #GrowingTogether www.mimasl.org/masl-52-conf... @becalzada.bsky.social

Want to attend MASL 52 but can't swing it? Our friends at Virco and MAME4Ever are here to help! Scholarship opportunities for first-time attendees and regulars are available! Applications close on Friday, so apply today! 💰 #MASL52 #GrowingTogether www.mimasl.org/masl-52-conf...

Are you Ready for It? The MASL Conference has moved Back to December and will be here before you know it! Grab your Cardigan and register today! ✨📚🎶 www.mimasl.org/masl-52-conf... #MASL52

Who wouldn't want breakfast with Saadia Faruqi!? Don't forget to add on the Author Breakfast to your conference registration for an unforgettable morning! Register today at michassocschoollibrarians.regfox.com/masl-52-conf...

🚨MASL 52 Conference Registration is now live! 🚨 You can find more information at www.mimasl.org/masl-52-conf... We have a super packed agenda with an exciting line up of speakers, a fantastic preconference, scholarship opportunities, and a giveaway!

🚨 CALLING ALL STUDENT TEACHERS! 🚨 Join Regional Educational Media Center Association of Michigan for the TeachMI: Student Teacher Summit—a free, high-energy, one-day professional development experience tailored just for Michigan’s student teachers! Register today at: bit.ly/registerteac...

MASL is well represented at American Library Association’s annual conference in Philadelphia! 📚Shoutout to our very own Governor Gretchen Whitmer for being a keynote speaker at this year’s conference! 🤩 #ALAAC25 @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

📚🤖 Exciting moments from the MASL Summer Institute on AI! Michigan school librarians are exploring how AI is shaping the future of education and libraries. 💡🙌

Don’t miss Rebecca Lowe’s inspiring #library programming this Friday #episode 322! #tlsky #tlskychat @michiganmasl.bsky.social

MASL Members attended a showing of The Librarians in Ann Arbor, MI. This film is a powerful narrative that delivers an urgent message about the critical importance of literature and the need to fight for what’s right, not just for ourselves, but for the next generation.

Wonderful evening in Lansing with @beachdunegirl.bsky.social and @scrippsmsmedia.bsky.social representing MASL at the Library of Michigan Foundation’s Night for Notables. First class event celebrating 20 amazing Michigan authors and Michigan books.

We are excited to share the Top Ten Titles of @milibraries.bsky.social’s 2025 Mitten, YouPer, and Thumbs Up! Awards! How many have you read?

Have you ever wanted to present at a conference but weren't sure where to start? MASL is the perfect opportunity to share your ideas and gain valuable speaking experience. The call for speakers is now open! Apply today at forms.gle/BjbPQnLVNWzV...

Help us celebrate School Library Month with AASL Chapters and the incredible school librarians in their states and regions! www.ala.org/aasl/slm #AASLslm

Our promotion committee has curated resources for school librarians to get to know #SchoolLibraryMonth and it's history. Check out our #AASLslm Timeline and other resources at: buff.ly/iplWEmI

Happy School Library Month! We are grateful to have the support of Governor Whitmer who has proclaimed April as School Library Month in Michigan! You can read her proclamation at: bit.ly/MIslm25. #MISchoolLibraries #SchoolLibraryMonth

“An effective school library is not just a room with books. It’s a tool that comes alive when librarians and community members tend to it and develop programming and relationships with students to model the joy books can bring us.” #MiSchoolLibraries

Registration is now open for the AI Summer Institute, sponsored by MASL and Michigan Virtual! Join us at Michigan Virtual’s campus in Lansing on June 18, 2025, for a day of learning about AI. Register by May 2 to get the early price price of $75, which includes lunch! @michiganvirtual.bsky.social

The Institute of Museum and Library Services - the only federal agency that provides resources to our nation’s libraries, museums, and archives - is at risk. Read the joint statement from Michigan Libraries, Museums, and Archives to learn more and get involved. #SAVEIMLS 🔗 ow.ly/vyZS50VkiI7

MASL 52 Teaser....We'll be Growing Together with Jillian Heise (@heisereads.bsky.social) as our Opening Keynote Speaker in Grand Rapids this December!

Rebecca Lowe, Scripps Middle School’s Librarian, recently collaborated with ELA teacher AlissaBeth Rieman to present on their Career READiness Rodeo at the Oakland Schools 2025 CR-STEM Conference! Way to represent Michigan School Libraries! #MiSchoolLibraries @scrippsmsmedia.bsky.social

Save the Date for MASL 52! Join us as we Grow Together in Grand Rapids this December! #MASL52

Huge congratulations to Staci Vought for being named Troy High School’s Teacher of the Year AND the overall District Teacher of the Year!! 🏆 Way to make school libraries the crowning jewel of your school! www.facebook.com/share/v/18Lt...

Let’s give a big round of applause to our President-Elect, Becky Lowe, who was just named Scripps Middle School’s Ancillary Staff of the Year! Way to make your school library a crowning jewel of the school! 👏 @scrippsmsmedia.bsky.social

What are our Michigan members looking forward to at #AASL25?

Read books everywhere! Book joy all the time because you never know… you could become a Super Bowl champion 📚💭🏆 📸: Ryan Kang

Our very own @medialoguer.bsky.social was just interviewed on the School Librarian Learning Network podcast. Give it a listen here!

MASL members traveled to the Michigan State Capital today to present Senator Bayer with the Outstanding Government Official award.

MASL was well represented at the final LibLearnX conference in Phoenix, AZ. It was a fantastic conference with many learning and collaboration opportunities. Katie Lawrence, @kathylester.bsky.social, Bethany Bratney, @scrippsmsmedia.bsky.social, Heidi Armock, and @beachdunegirl.bsky.social 📚

Congratulations to all the honorees of this year’s Youth Media Awards! Thank you to ALA members & library professionals everywhere who pour their passion, time & dedication into finding the very best books & media for their communities. Your work matters.📚 #ALAYMA ilovelibraries.org/article/2025...

📚The #KidLit event of the year is almost here! Join us for the live announcement of the 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards! 📅 Mon., Jan. 27 🕖 7am PT | 8am MT | 9am CT | 10:00am ET Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page. www.facebook.com/AmericanLibr...

Yesterday some of our MASL members travelled to Lansing to meet with Senators Polehanki and Camilleri. These senators, along with Senator Bayer, were presented awards for their support of school libraries in Michigan. We are so thankful for their work to ensure school libraries thrive in Michigan!

#youngteenlit #itstimeforyoungteenlit #mglit #tlsky #Publishers, we are asking for a new category of literature that falls in between middle grade and young adult. Middle schoolers need Young Teen Lit and librarians are eager to purchase! #youngteenlit should have the following 5 elements (1/6)

Newbery/Caldecott 2025: Fall Prediction Edition (Fuse 8)

New to MASL or didn't attend MASL 51? Take a couple minutes to renew your MASL membership! Fill out the simple and easy membership renewal form here michassocschoollibrarians.regfox.com/2025-masl-me...

The countdown begins. In just 5 weeks, librarians will unveil the 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards at #LibLearnX25 in Phoenix! If you aren't able to attend in person, join us for the livestream. Monday, January 27, 2025 8:00am MT | 9:00am CT | 10:00 am ET www.ala.unikron.com #ALAYMA

The Best Kids’ Books on Mental Health of 2024 childmind.org/article/the-... @childmindinstitute.bsky.social

Best Middle Grade Books of 2024

Check out this week's AASL Tip of the Week, featuring our very own @kellyhincks.bsky.social!