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Libraries and Autism By SLJ Staff - 10/29/2008
For every 150 patrons at your public library, chances are that one has autism—and most librarians don’t have the experience to deal with them. That’s why the Scotch Plains Public Library and the Fanwood Memorial Library, both in New Jersey, produced a customer-service training video for its staffers to better serve those with autism and their families. More
We’ve Got the Technology: But our today's schools ready for a radical transformation? By Marc Aronson - 12/01/2008
“We are 20th-century teachers using 19th-century methods to reach 21st-century students.” That’s what I heard a bright, committed teacher tell her fellow educators at a recent educational technology conference. That terse, powerful statement reflects what many people, including myself, have often voiced or thought.
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VA School Librarian Leaves $1 Million to Library School By Rocco Staino - 11/19/2008
When retired school librarian Jane Iris Crutchfield died in December 2006 of cardiopulmonary failure, few realized the impact she would have on future generations in the field: her estate recently bequeathed $1.12 million to her alma mater, the School of Information and Library Science of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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A Copyright Guide for Educators By SLJ Staff - 11/12/2008
Do you often question whether it’s OK to include portions of a book, film, or song in your classroom lesson? What about whether YouTube can be used as a teaching tool? Hopefully, librarians will have a clearer understanding of copyright law with the new guide The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education.
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RDR Books: Harry Potter Lexicon Case Isn’t Over Yet By SLJ Staff - 11/12/2008
Get ready for another round of the Harry Potter Lexicon case. RDR Books, publisher of the print version of the popular Web site, has appealed a recent decision to stop publication of the bookMore
Obama and Libraries By Debra Lau Whelan - 11/04/2008 It may be too soon to know how high libraries will fare on President-elect Barack Obama’s agenda, but it’s safe to say that the profession has a special place in the heart of the next president of the United States.More
Hoberman Named Kids' Poet Laureate 11/01/2008
Mary Ann Hoberman, a writer whose musical rhymes have captivated children for more than 50 years, was named the nation's second Children's Poet Laureate, a position that aims to instill a love of poetry in children. “Generations of readers who first discovered poetry in the books of Mary Ann Hoberman remember it not as a dry textbook encounter but as a moment of joyous play,” said J...
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Remembering Coleen Salley 11/01/2008
The family of New Orleans storyteller Coleen Salley has created the Coleen Salley Storytelling Endowment at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). The news comes after Salley's death on September 16, 2008, at the age of 79, following the discovery this summer that she had Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
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Practically Paradise Diane Chen, Librarian, Hickman Elementary School, Nashville, Tennessee March 23, 2007 Shaking Up Our Profession
Movers & Shakers! Each year Library Journal takes nominations for 50 plus librari... More
Practically Paradise Diane Chen, Librarian, Hickman Elementary School, Nashville, Tennessee March 6, 2007 The Perfect School Library
Welcome to the first posting of this new blog for SLJ. I appreciate the simplicity of... More
PreS-K–A five-year-old (rabbit) awakes one morning to discover that there will be no school, no daddy flying home today, and no going outside–until the snow stops.
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The staff of Salinas Public Library (CA), aka The John Steinbeck Public Library, pose with Lewis Buzbee, author of Steinbeck's Ghost, a middle-grade novel that centers around the threat of the library's closing in 2004. After a difficult struggle, the library remains open and has just extended its hours to seven days a week.
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