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Call for Papers: ALA/AASL Educators of Library Media Specialists Section (ELMSS) of 
the American Association of School Librarians 
 
 

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The ALA/AASL Educators of Library Media 
Specialists Section (ELMSS) of the American 
Association of School Librarians invites 
submissions for papers to be reviewed 
through a blind, juried process. Selected 
papers will be presented at the 15th Annual 
Conference of the American Association of 
School Librarians to be held in Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, 27-30 Oct. 2011. 
 
Educational reform of instructional practice is 
on the cusp of restoring a balance between 
authentic teaching and assessment for 
accountability. The Common Core Standards 
movement and a new generation of 
assessments from the U.S. Department of 
Education will replace teaching to multiple 
choice tests that narrow curriculum content 
and constrain critical thinking, creativity, and 
collaboration. Papers that are selected position 
school libraries in the context of educational 
reform that addresses issues such as, but not 
limited to, emerging adolescent literacy 
(grades 4-12); digital literacy; differentiation 
and intervention to address individual 
learning needs; collaboration for teaching and 
learning; critical thinking, innovation, and 
creativity; and learning content and 
competencies through inquiry. 
 
 
 

Papers should be original research that focuses 
on school library practice and related subjects, 
or school librarianship, and be within a 5,000 
word limit using APA style. Research in 
progress that reports preliminary findings is 
accepted. Please submit papers in electronic 
form to Carol Gordon, 
carol.gordon@rutgers.edu.  
 
Deadline for submission is 3 Jan. 2011 at 11:59 
EST. Papers for presentations will be accepted 
and evaluated on an on-going basis until the 
deadline. Authors of the selected papers will 
be contacted on 1 Feb. 2011. 
 


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