Resources for Library Media Specialists:
Periodicals:
Teaching Tolerance Magazine and Educational Film kits
Subscribe to receive a free print subscription, order free educational film kits, and search for free lessons and activities.
District Administration Magazine
K12 district leaders can qualify for a free subscription to the DA print magazine.
Subscribe to free print or digital subscription if you recommend, evaluate, specify, or approve technology
purchases.
Boston Herald (electronic version)
Boston Globe (electronic version)
Free subscriptions through Newspapers in Education Program to electronic versions of the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe, along with a curriculum page with curriculum guides.
GALE Databases:
All schools with a full time certified library media specialist in MA have access to this suite of MBLC/MLS databases.
Customize the database page through GALE Pages and customize the Access My Library (AML) app.
Free GALE promotional bookmarks, tent cards, and posters! There also is an option to customize these promotional materials with the name of your school library, website, URL, QR code, and/or a picture.
More Free Bookmarks From the Federal Trade Commission
Open Ed Resources:
Free and openly licensed educational materials, such as PBS LearningMedia, Common Sense Media, the Library of Congress, and the Digital Public Library of America
Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium (MHEC)
Join the consortium for free to get discounted prices on books and supplies from many companies, including Brodart, Baker and Taylor, Ingram, Permabound and Cavendish.