About BAISL

     The Bay Area Independent School Librarians (BAISL) is an association of professional school librarians who believe that the library is a central and indispensable academic force within the independent school. BAISL is dedicated to furthering the professional growth of its member librarians and to improving independent school libraries in facilities, staffing, and resources.

Mission Statement

The Bay Area Independent School Librarians (BAISL) is an association of professional school librarians who believe that the library is a central and indispensable academic force within the independent school. BAISL is dedicated to furthering the professional growth of its member librarians and to improving independent school libraries in facilities, staffing, and resources.

To achieve these aims BAISL holds three meetings annually:

• to share information, conduct in-service workshops and visit other libraries,
• to evaluate and upgrade professional services, i.e. discuss ways to teach research strategies to students and to provide curricular support to faculty,
• to initiate networking and other cooperative projects,
• to explore the integration of the new technologies into the library program
• to share recommendations on new resources and equipment.

BAISL endorses the School Library Bill of Rights as affirmed by the American Association of School Librarians and the Students' Right to Read statement as issued by the National Council of Teachers of English.

Page last updated: Sunday May 06, 2007