Sheva Abeles-Allison is the librarian for Ashland High School. They grew up in the Chequamegon Bay Area and attended Michigan State University for an undergraduate degree in the Arts & Humanities. Since then Sheva has worked for various organizations in northern Wisconsin such as the Birch Hill Community House in Odanah, Luci Daum Design, Inc., Chicago Iron & Supplies and the Vaughn Public Library. This is Sheva's 5th year working as a librarian for the School District of Ashland. In addition to their role as librarian, Sheva is a current graduate student in the UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies. In their free time they enjoy making art, growing flowers, building a tiny cabin in the woods, hanging out with friends and learning new skills! 

Sandy Tomlinson is the assistant librarian for Ashland High School. Mrs. Tomlinson is from the Chequamegon Bay area, raised two children with her husband, Bob, and is a proud grandma. Mrs. Tomlinson has worked for the School District of Ashland for 30 years! Mrs. Tomlinson is a tech savvy creator who doesn't shy away from new technology. She can be found teaching students how to make 3D prints, design stickers and cards with the Cricut cutters, sew on the sewing machine, solve Chromebook woes and much more. In her free time, Mrs. Tomlinson enjoys spending time with her husband, children and grandchildren, crafting and gardening.

The book collection is organized into 3 overarching categories. Fiction on the east wall, Non-Fiction on the west wall, and Graphic Novels in the middle.

1. Fiction is denoted by a spine label call number that starts with FIC, the first 3 letters of the author's last name and the series number if applicable.
   E.g. FIC ABE Bk1
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2. Non-Fiction is denoted by a spine label call number that indicates the number scale of the Dewey Decimal System which runs from 000.001 - 999.999. The three to 6 digit number is then followed by the first three letters of the author's last name. The only exception to this is found in 921 Individual Biography, where the number 921 is followed by the first three letters of the subject's last name.
   E.g. 921 ABE
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3. Graphic Novel is denoted by a spine label that starts with G. The G is then followed by a Dewey number, the first three letters of the author's last name.
   E.g. G 741.5 ABE

Additional spine label keys include color tinted stickers which suggest book genres.
Rainbow heart stickers that indicate LGBTQIA+ authors and/or characters. Circular gold stickers indicate Indigenous & Native American authors and/or characters. Call numbers for books in Ojibwemowin and Español start with OJI and ESP.

Books, magazines, newspapers, 3D printers, desktop computers, iPads, laser engraver and cutter, programmable cutting tools, audio and video recording tools, board games, conversation cards, binoculars, handheld microscopes, DSLR cameras, GoPros, tripods, bluetooth speakers, microphones, sewing machine, research databases and more!

View a complete list at the SDA Library Strategic Plan Website.

The majority of funding for WI Public School Libraries comes from The Common School Fund.

Funding for consumables, such as paper, lamination film, PLA filament, labels, and other office supplies comes from an AHS allocated budget and grants. 

The Ashland High School Library utilizes both the National School Library Standards AND ISTE Standards. Visit this link to see the standards!

The library also references the work of the American Association of School Librarians and parent organization, the American Library Association. 

There are many ways our library and makerspace creates a welcoming, empowering and supportive space for all our students. 

• Provide Large Print, audiobook, and eBook copies of popular and by-request titles

• Install Large Print keyboards and magnification tools

• No fines issued for lost or damaged books, though many students willingly choose to pay to replace the copy.

• Maintain both quiet and loud spaces for working and gathering

• Supply culturally significant art supplies to encourage beading, sewing and leatherwork

• Facilitate hands-on learning opportunities as well as small and large group games

• Offer an array of reading options such as newspapers, magazines, graphic novels, eBooks, and audiobooks.

• Stock stories of and by indigenous, queer and historically marginalized communities as well as books in Spanish and Ojibwemowin for our multilingual speakers

• Improve Non-Fiction signage and teacher, staff & student knowledge of newly added items

• Publish another student book. Maybe a graphic novel?!

• Explore alternatives to the Dewey Decimal System such as Maawn Doobigeng and Brian Deer Classification System

• Experiment with how to best advertise books to teen readers

• Host beading workshops in the Makerspace

• Develop outdoor classroom boxes for checkout in collaboration with Science department

• Decide on the fate of cumbersome non-fiction such as 10+ book set gigantic encyclopedias

• Learn more about the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands and the amazing work they do.