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* Explore the NEW Resource: [PRESS RELEASE]
VIRTUAL SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
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* 2020 Annual Meeting - July 7. Details TBA

* CHECK OUT 2020 Bookmark winners

*  CONGRATULATE 2020 Award Recipients

* SAVE THE DATE:
2021 MSLA Conference:  March 21-22

*  WELCOME a LMS STUDENT to visit your Library:   Salem State University  vdiggs@salemstate.edu
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IN THE MSLA SPOTLIGHT

A robot made out of a cardboard box and decorated in a black bottom and gray top with yellow hands, feet and a tie sits on top of a school desk.

The Stoneham High School Library changed a storage closet into a History Learning Lab rich with artifacts for research.

C.M. Callahan School Library
Making the Most of Makerspaces!

Librarian, Alison Connelly changed a small storage closet in her library into a History Learning Lab for students to use for research papers and projects. With the help of the community, Alison was able to curate a lab that has artifacts that range from helmets to ration cards to uniforms. Click here to read about Alison's idea make research hands-on a reality and how well her endeavor has been received.

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MSLA Spotlight Archive
2017 to present.

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MA SCHOOL LIBRARY STUDY

The Legislative Special Commission on School Library Services
in Massachusetts
was created by the
Massachusetts Legislature
in
July 2014
to look at
equity of access to school library programs in our public schools.
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Update on the Special Commission on School Libraries (Oct. 2019)
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The Commission has issued:
The Massachusetts School Library Study: Equity and Access for Students in the Commonwealth
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Salem State University portal
MA School Library Study
Research Project
for the
Massachusetts School Library Study: Equity and Access
for
Students in the Commonwealth
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