MSLA Region: Boston
Greetings to members of the Boston region: Boston, Malden, and Chelsea!
We are excited for another great year in the Boston region. We have a whole roster of events, activities, and meetings planned. These professional development sessions aim to be worthwhile, meaningful, and will add value to your practice. Please do not hesitate to reach out at any time with ideas, suggestions, and comments. 
2019 BOSTON AWARD WINNERS
MSLA Super Librarian Award Winner 2019: Aaron Noll, Winship Elementary School, Brighton, MA, with Carrie Tucker, MSLA President. 
Administrator Advocate Award Winner 2019: Akosua Osei-Bobie, Principal of the Shaw Elementary School, Dorchester, MA, with school librarian Morgan Van Clief and MSLA President Carrie Tucker.
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Our Most Recent Event
More Than Words Book Store Warehouse
More Than Words, a job training and youth development program that empowers nearly 350 youth, started in Waltham and recently opened a second store in Boston at 242 E. Berkeley St. This wonderful program helps youth to take charge of their lives by engaging them to take charge of the More Than Words business. We visited the company on March 6, 2019 from 3:30-5:00pm and received a tour given by John Avi Sochi, and arranged by Beverly Eugene-Graham, Volunteer and Community Engagement Coordinator. Many of us have donated books to More Than Words and were amazed to see how the company operates and how they handle the volume of books that they receive on a daily basis. We highly recommend visiting the E. Berkeley St. bookstore!
Past Events
"Sharing Best Practices: Ideas for Collaboration with Administrators and Teachers"
Mon. October 29, 2018
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm (snacks start at 3:45)
Keefe Library, Boston Latin School
Have a new principal to inform about your library? Want to entice teachers into collaboration? Have a great year-end report you share with school leaders? Join us to learn about resources and strategies that inform leadership and build successful collaborations with teachers. This session will be informal and focus on sharing best practices. Bring a computer (or borrow one of ours) if you have resources to share, we'll have a projector set up. Most importantly bring one or two of your best ideas or a current challenge you have that the group can help with. This will be a solutions focused meeting. We hope to draw from everyone's toolbox and send you back to school with at least one great new idea, resource or strategy!
Visiting the Boston City Archives on Wednesday, June 6th, 2018
Marta Crilly, Archivist for Reference and Outreach at The Boston City Archives spoke to a group of twelve librarians at the Boston City Archives in West Roxbury. Everyone thouroughly enjoyed her presentation, tour of the archives, and hands-on observation of various types of records including Boston Marathon Bombing mementos. Thank you to everyone who attended!
Marta Crilly would love to have students and librarians visit the Archives! She can be contacted at Marta.Crilly@boston.gov.
More Than Words Book Store Warehouse
More Than Words, a job training and youth development program that empowers nearly 350 youth, started in Waltham and recently opened a second store in Boston at 242 E. Berkeley St. This wonderful program helps youth to take charge of their lives by engaging them to take charge of the More Than Words business. We visited the company on March 6, 2019 from 3:30-5:00pm and received a tour given by John Avi Sochi, and arranged by Beverly Eugene-Graham, Volunteer and Community Engagement Coordinator. Many of us have donated books to More Than Words and were amazed to see how the company operates and how they handle the volume of books that they receive on a daily basis. We highly recommend visiting the E. Berkeley St. bookstore!
Past Events
"Sharing Best Practices: Ideas for Collaboration with Administrators and Teachers"
Mon. October 29, 2018
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm (snacks start at 3:45)
Keefe Library, Boston Latin School
Have a new principal to inform about your library? Want to entice teachers into collaboration? Have a great year-end report you share with school leaders? Join us to learn about resources and strategies that inform leadership and build successful collaborations with teachers. This session will be informal and focus on sharing best practices. Bring a computer (or borrow one of ours) if you have resources to share, we'll have a projector set up. Most importantly bring one or two of your best ideas or a current challenge you have that the group can help with. This will be a solutions focused meeting. We hope to draw from everyone's toolbox and send you back to school with at least one great new idea, resource or strategy!
Visiting the Boston City Archives on Wednesday, June 6th, 2018
Marta Crilly, Archivist for Reference and Outreach at The Boston City Archives spoke to a group of twelve librarians at the Boston City Archives in West Roxbury. Everyone thouroughly enjoyed her presentation, tour of the archives, and hands-on observation of various types of records including Boston Marathon Bombing mementos. Thank you to everyone who attended!
Marta Crilly would love to have students and librarians visit the Archives! She can be contacted at Marta.Crilly@boston.gov.
Awards! - Boston Takes Home 4 Awards! MSLA 2018
Congratulations to Boston Public School Department of Libraries! Four take home 2018 Massachusetts School Library Association awards for excellence. Bonnie McBride, Fenway High School; Morgan Van Clief, Shaw Elementary; Susan Harari, Boston Latin School; Maura O'Toole, The Mather School. Read more about the awards.
Award Winners were recognized by Boston School Committee in May.
Visit the Awards page for more information on each award.
Here's a history of MSLA Awards.
Congratulations to Boston Public School Department of Libraries! Four take home 2018 Massachusetts School Library Association awards for excellence. Bonnie McBride, Fenway High School; Morgan Van Clief, Shaw Elementary; Susan Harari, Boston Latin School; Maura O'Toole, The Mather School. Read more about the awards.
Award Winners were recognized by Boston School Committee in May.
Visit the Awards page for more information on each award.
Here's a history of MSLA Awards.
Updated: April 2, 2019 Page Editors: Deeth Ellis dellis@maschoolibraries.org and Karen Davidson-Heller kdavidson@maschoolibraries.org