By focusing on asks for "little things that bring you joy," to bring volunteers en masse and generate involvement, Barabra Johnson talks AASL Presidential Candidacy on this episode. We discuss her "say yes" attitude, her journey to becoming the Instructional Technology Coordinator for Colchester Public Schools, and  CTs response to artificial intelligence. Check out the candidate announcement for voting details: https://www.ala.org/news/2025/12/aasl-announces-candidates-2026-election. 

https://www.colchesterct.org/technology-services-home 

Maureen Schloser https://maureenschlosser20.wixsite.com/mysite 

Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries https://www.bushcenter.org/topics/education/laura-bush-foundation-for-americas-libraries

Joyce Valenza https://joycevalenza.me/ 

Sarah Kelly Johns https://ischool.syracuse.edu/sara-kelly-johns-2/#Biography

CASL https://casl.wildapricot.org/ 

AASL Board https://www.ala.org/aasl/about/board 

AASL Strategic Plan https://www.ala.org/aasl/about/govern/strategic-plan 

Report of the Educators’ Common Core Implementation Task Force https://aftct.org/sites/aftct.org/files/ccss_task_force_report_0.pdf 

Knowledge Quest https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/

Nerd Camp CT http://www.nerdcampct.org/ 

Iowa HSB 636 https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iowa-bill-ban-public-school-172706563.html 

Connecticut SB-1271 https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-09-15/connecticut-school-library-book-ban-law-2025 

Allison Klein, Interim Executive Director, https://www.ala.org/aasl/about/staff 

ALA Public Policy and Advocacy https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/ppa 

ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif 

Florida Library Assocation https://www.flalib.org/ 

Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) https://www.floridamediaed.org/ 

Amanda Jones https://ilovelibraries.org/article/librarian-named-to-times-list-of-the-worlds-most-influential-rising-stars/ 

The Librarians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQOCY-qDzE 

CT Data Center https://www.wshu.org/connecticut-news/2026-02-27/ct-ai-data-centers-regulations 

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says, NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5674741/ai-schools-education 

Let Them https://www.melrobbins.com/book/the-let-them-theory/ 

That Librarian https://soundcloud.com/bloomsburypublishing/that-librarian-by-amanda-jones 

https://www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/the-compound/