Explainer Videos

Evolved and Familiar

AASL spoke to more than 1,300 school library professionals as a foundation for the standards revision. Learn how AASL used community input to remodel the National School Library Standards to reflect current learning environments while still honoring and carrying forward beloved elements from previous standards and guidelines.

Standards Structure

Discover the core elements of AASL’s National School Library Standards integrated framework, and how these elements fit together to ensure standards-related activities are mutually reinforcing for learners, school librarians, and school libraries.