Comments for School Library Journal http://www.slj.com The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:33:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on Morrison’s ‘Bluest Eye’ Joins Wide Range of Books Challenged in Alabama Schools by Patti Henderson http://www.slj.com/2013/09/censorship/morrisons-bluest-eye-joins-wide-range-of-books-challenged-in-alabama-schools/#comment-103730 Patti Henderson Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:33:20 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=59117#comment-103730 I am the media specialist at Sanford Middle School which was mentioned in the Anniston Star article and in this article. I would like to make one distinction....we did not ask 2 twelve year olds to read the challenged book. We searched the checkout history of the book and found 2 twelve year olds who had chosen to read the book and asked them for their opinions and comments. The documentation we provided to the Anniston Star didn't explain how we identified the students and they didn't ask. I am the media specialist at Sanford Middle School which was mentioned in the Anniston Star article and in this article. I would like to make one distinction….we did not ask 2 twelve year olds to read the challenged book. We searched the checkout history of the book and found 2 twelve year olds who had chosen to read the book and asked them for their opinions and comments. The documentation we provided to the Anniston Star didn’t explain how we identified the students and they didn’t ask.

]]> Comment on Queens (NY) Librarian Reads to Alligator to Reward Summer Reading by Chris Gifford http://www.slj.com/2013/09/public-libraries/queens-ny-librarian-reads-to-alligator-to-promote-summer-reading/#comment-103703 Chris Gifford Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:35:43 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=60612#comment-103703 I declare, the things we do to get kids to read! I declare, the things we do to get kids to read!

]]> Comment on NCAC: School Visits Nixed for Medina, Rowell by Sandra http://www.slj.com/2013/09/censorship/ncac-school-visits-nixed-for-medina-rowell/#comment-103691 Sandra Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:38:36 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=61143#comment-103691 You know what is really offensive, is plain people making decisions that affect so many. I still remember being called out as a 6th grader and being told I was going to, "Get my a** kicked by an 8th grader. The reality, it was one hit from me, her hitting the ground and I was NEVER ever bothered all the way through high school graduation. Standing up to bullying was the answer. Parents time for a reality check. You allow your tween and teens plenty of computer freedom, but not the written word from an excellent writer with a good message. We have to stand up to bullying of all forms. Your censorship is a form of bullying. Shame on all of you. You know what is really offensive, is plain people making decisions that affect so many. I still remember being called out as a 6th grader and being told I was going to, “Get my a** kicked by an 8th grader. The reality, it was one hit from me, her hitting the ground and I was NEVER ever bothered all the way through high school graduation. Standing up to bullying was the answer. Parents time for a reality check. You allow your tween and teens plenty of computer freedom, but not the written word from an excellent writer with a good message. We have to stand up to bullying of all forms. Your censorship is a form of bullying. Shame on all of you.

]]> Comment on Kevin Henkes Live! Join us for an exclusive webcast with beloved children’s book author Kevin Henkes by Cassie J http://www.slj.com/2013/07/webcasts/kevin-henkes-exclusive-webcast/#comment-103679 Cassie J Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:59:38 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=54691#comment-103679 Is there a way to access the documents again that went with this webcast? I was not able to print/save them during the webcast. Thanks. Is there a way to access the documents again that went with this webcast? I was not able to print/save them during the webcast. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Books for Kids: Fall Picture Book Announcements by Chandra Lawrie http://www.slj.com/2013/08/webcasts/books-for-kids-fall-picture-book-announcements/#comment-103672 Chandra Lawrie Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:46:04 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=56370#comment-103672 Just here looking for some good seasonal books for our preschool. I have a couple for Winter that look fantastic by Barbara Ward, barbarabriggsward.com. They are The Snowman Maker and The Reindeer Keeper. Fun books for the younger crowd. IF you have any suggestions I would appreciate it! Just here looking for some good seasonal books for our preschool. I have a couple for Winter that look fantastic by Barbara Ward, barbarabriggsward.com. They are The Snowman Maker and The Reindeer Keeper. Fun books for the younger crowd. IF you have any suggestions I would appreciate it!

]]> Comment on Kevin Henkes Live! Join us for an exclusive webcast with beloved children’s book author Kevin Henkes by Kellie http://www.slj.com/2013/07/webcasts/kevin-henkes-exclusive-webcast/#comment-103669 Kellie Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:38:29 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=54691#comment-103669 Did I hear correctly that we can receive continuing education credit for viewing the webcast? If so, how is that done? Did I hear correctly that we can receive continuing education credit for viewing the webcast? If so, how is that done?

]]> Comment on Kevin Henkes Live! Join us for an exclusive webcast with beloved children’s book author Kevin Henkes by Kellie http://www.slj.com/2013/07/webcasts/kevin-henkes-exclusive-webcast/#comment-103668 Kellie Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:37:05 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=54691#comment-103668 My computer tech had to help me. He enabled the cookies and still got the result you found. Finally, he removed part of the original link (http://vshow.on24.com/view/vts/tys/tys.htm?cookie=true) I think he had to delete the part with the question mark then cookie=true. Once he did that, my system showed that the webcast could be viewed. My computer tech had to help me. He enabled the cookies and still got the result you found. Finally, he removed part of the original link (http://vshow.on24.com/view/vts/tys/tys.htm?cookie=true) I think he had to delete the part with the question mark then cookie=true. Once he did that, my system showed that the webcast could be viewed.

]]> Comment on Kevin Henkes Live! Join us for an exclusive webcast with beloved children’s book author Kevin Henkes by Pamela http://www.slj.com/2013/07/webcasts/kevin-henkes-exclusive-webcast/#comment-103666 Pamela Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:23:43 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=54691#comment-103666 I ran the test and found that I needed to "enable my cookies". I followed the directions, reran the test and still was told that I failed the test. After a half an hour, I decided to go to the website to see if I could view the webcast anyway and I was surprised to see that I could. Unfortunately, I missed half the event. Did any one else have this problem and can it be fixed for future webcasts? I ran the test and found that I needed to “enable my cookies”. I followed the directions, reran the test and still was told that I failed the test. After a half an hour, I decided to go to the website to see if I could view the webcast anyway and I was surprised to see that I could. Unfortunately, I missed half the event. Did any one else have this problem and can it be fixed for future webcasts?

]]> Comment on Architects of Dreams: Anythink’s Pam Sandlian Smith on the Power of Children’s Librarians by Louise Youngblood http://www.slj.com/2013/05/careers/architects-of-dreams-pam-sandlian-smith-on-the-power-of-childrens-librarians/#comment-103657 Louise Youngblood Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:29:51 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=41908#comment-103657 Growing the capacity of our citizens should be the primary goal of all libraries. Thank you for your inspiring words and your principled stand on quality patron service. Louise Youngblood Young Adult Librarian Daphne Public Library Daphne, Alabama Growing the capacity of our citizens should be the primary goal of all libraries. Thank you for your inspiring words and your principled stand on quality patron service.

Louise Youngblood
Young Adult Librarian
Daphne Public Library
Daphne, Alabama

]]> Comment on Holy Bagumba! An exclusive webcast with beloved children’s book authors Kate DiCamillo and Jon Scieszka by Gill Summerley http://www.slj.com/2013/09/webcasts/exclusive-webcast-with-kate-dicamillo-and-jon-scieszka/#comment-103655 Gill Summerley Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:05:39 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=60653#comment-103655 Register for the interview Register for the interview

]]> Comment on Books for Kids: Fall Picture Book Announcements by Ilona Storie http://www.slj.com/2013/08/webcasts/books-for-kids-fall-picture-book-announcements/#comment-103651 Ilona Storie Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:32:00 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=56370#comment-103651 Has the archive of this webcast been published yet? I missed the webcast and cannot login to the archive. thanks!:) Has the archive of this webcast been published yet? I missed the webcast and cannot login to the archive.
thanks!:)

]]> Comment on Kevin Henkes Live! Join us for an exclusive webcast with beloved children’s book author Kevin Henkes by Dodie Ownes http://www.slj.com/2013/07/webcasts/kevin-henkes-exclusive-webcast/#comment-103638 Dodie Ownes Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:46:23 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=54691#comment-103638 Go to the registration page (click on webcasts tab and scroll down) and there is a box where you can put your email if you have previously registered. If you wait until 1:45 pm ET, you should be redirected right to the event lobby. Go to the registration page (click on webcasts tab and scroll down) and there is a box where you can put your email if you have previously registered. If you wait until 1:45 pm ET, you should be redirected right to the event lobby.

]]> Comment on Kevin Henkes Live! Join us for an exclusive webcast with beloved children’s book author Kevin Henkes by Cari Young http://www.slj.com/2013/07/webcasts/kevin-henkes-exclusive-webcast/#comment-103634 Cari Young Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:06:35 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=54691#comment-103634 What is the link for the webcast? I signed up, but never received an email with the link! What is the link for the webcast? I signed up, but never received an email with the link!

]]> Comment on Kevin Henkes Live! Join us for an exclusive webcast with beloved children’s book author Kevin Henkes by kquinlan http://www.slj.com/2013/07/webcasts/kevin-henkes-exclusive-webcast/#comment-103627 kquinlan Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:38:44 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=54691#comment-103627 Hi Michelle, You just need a computer with an internet connection. You can run a system test on the registration page to make sure it all checks out and that your Flash is up to date. Hope you enjoy the event! Hi Michelle,

You just need a computer with an internet connection. You can run a system test on the registration page to make sure it all checks out and that your Flash is up to date. Hope you enjoy the event!

]]> Comment on Queens (NY) Librarian Reads to Alligator to Reward Summer Reading by klishnor http://www.slj.com/2013/09/public-libraries/queens-ny-librarian-reads-to-alligator-to-promote-summer-reading/#comment-103590 klishnor Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:14:39 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=60612#comment-103590 I'm trying to come up with some snappy remark, but in the meantime may I applaud Susan for her dedication and imagination. Getting children to read books is still incredibly important. Some say that books are obsolete but I wonder how many of our current information storage methods will be useable in 200 years,. Now try 2,000 years into the future. As evidence, try the following. In 1984 to 86 Britain did "Domesday 2", a collection of data, sounds, images and videos for the UK which was stored on the newest"Laserdisc" technology as it "should be useable for a long time". In the 2000's they had to copy the data onto several new storage media as there were only a few Laserdisc readers still working, and the computers that the system ran on were museum pieces. Here's a link to to the Wikipedia article about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Domesday_Project Books on the other hand remain functional for centuries, and if you can understand the changes in language, for millennia. I can pick up a book printed in 1800 and if it's in a language I know, read it without difficulty. I’m trying to come up with some snappy remark, but in the meantime may I applaud Susan for her dedication and imagination. Getting children to read books is still incredibly important.

Some say that books are obsolete but I wonder how many of our current information storage methods will be useable in 200 years,. Now try 2,000 years into the future. As evidence, try the following. In 1984 to 86 Britain did “Domesday 2″, a collection of data, sounds, images and videos for the UK which was stored on the newest”Laserdisc” technology as it “should be useable for a long time”. In the 2000′s they had to copy the data onto several new storage media as there were only a few Laserdisc readers still working, and the computers that the system ran on were museum pieces. Here’s a link to to the Wikipedia article about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Domesday_Project

Books on the other hand remain functional for centuries, and if you can understand the changes in language, for millennia. I can pick up a book printed in 1800 and if it’s in a language I know, read it without difficulty.

]]> Comment on Books for Boys by David McManus http://www.slj.com/2013/09/webcasts/books-for-boys/#comment-103331 David McManus Tue, 17 Sep 2013 04:35:05 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=60104#comment-103331 I realise the event, Books for Boys, October 2, is in America, and I am in Britain, but I have to say it, politically incorrect and sexist though it may be - what on earth do three women, intelligent though they may be, know about what teenage boys like to read? Whisper it gently, ladies - BUT YOU AREN'T MALE! What next - a self help guide for women going through the menopause, perhaps written by a gay man? Boys don't read, BECAUSE THEY SEE IT AS GIRLY, and three women, however worthy their intentions, trying to persuade them otherwise, is simply NOT going to work! I await the knock on my door from the thought police... I realise the event, Books for Boys, October 2, is in America, and I am in Britain, but I have to say it, politically incorrect and sexist though it may be – what on earth do three women, intelligent though they may be, know about what teenage boys like to read? Whisper it gently, ladies – BUT YOU AREN’T MALE! What next – a self help guide for women going through the menopause, perhaps written by a gay man? Boys don’t read, BECAUSE THEY SEE IT AS GIRLY, and three women, however worthy their intentions, trying to persuade them otherwise, is simply NOT going to work! I await the knock on my door from the thought police…

]]> Comment on Holy Bagumba! An exclusive webcast with beloved children’s book authors Kate DiCamillo and Jon Scieszka by Mim http://www.slj.com/2013/09/webcasts/exclusive-webcast-with-kate-dicamillo-and-jon-scieszka/#comment-103282 Mim Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:15:32 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=60653#comment-103282 Never mind - pop-ups were the problem. :-) Never mind – pop-ups were the problem. :-)

]]> Comment on Holy Bagumba! An exclusive webcast with beloved children’s book authors Kate DiCamillo and Jon Scieszka by Mim http://www.slj.com/2013/09/webcasts/exclusive-webcast-with-kate-dicamillo-and-jon-scieszka/#comment-103281 Mim Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:14:18 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=60653#comment-103281 Hello, I tried to register for the interview because I will not be able to make it "live." However, the link doesn't work. Advise, please! Thanks. Mim Hello,

I tried to register for the interview because I will not be able to make it “live.” However, the link doesn’t work. Advise, please!

Thanks.

Mim

]]> Comment on Wanted: 365 YA Programming Ideas by yesha http://www.slj.com/2012/11/programs/wanted-365-ya-programming-ideas/#comment-103256 yesha Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:49:30 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=18847#comment-103256 Where can we go on the YALSA site to see these? Inquisitive Librarian Where can we go on the YALSA site to see these?

Inquisitive Librarian

]]> Comment on When the Library Is Bigger Than the School by Martha von Schilgen http://www.slj.com/2013/09/schools/when-the-library-is-bigger-than-the-school/#comment-103246 Martha von Schilgen Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:26:06 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=60341#comment-103246 School librarians are trained as teachers AND librarians who support the curriculua taught in every subject. Why wouldn't a high school want a school librarian? I can see why a charter school would love to be attached to a library with a much broader and deeper collection with such nice tech tools. Me, too! School librarians are trained as teachers AND librarians who support the curriculua taught in every subject. Why wouldn’t a high school want a school librarian? I can see why a charter school would love to be attached to a library with a much broader and deeper collection with such nice tech tools. Me, too!

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