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Youth Mentoring Program at Santa Ana Library Takes National Program Award
Santa Ana Public Library’s (SAPL) Circle of Mentoring replicable program, an umbrella approach of mentoring relationships serving as the foundation across all of SAPL’s teen programming, was honored at a White House ceremony in November 2014.
Scholastic’s New Report Examines Kids' Attitudes on Reading
The “Kids & Family Reading Report, 5th Edition” survey from Scholastic launched on January 8 with findings, including what kids are reading for fun, the makings of a frequent reader, and what kids want to read.
E-Rate Win for Schools and Libraries: Modernization Order Brings Another $1.5B
The FCC voted another $1.5 billion to E-Rate, a federal subsidy program that brings high speed broadband to schools and libraries, and advocates, including the American Library Assocation and the Association for Rural & Small Libraries, are voicing their cheer.
James Patterson Gives Last of $1M Pledge to Indie Bookstores
"We want going to the bookstore to be an event itself," says Francine Lucidon, owner of The Voracious Reader in Larchmont, NY, and one of the 178 recipients of James Patterson's $1M grant awarded to independent bookstores across the country.
'Highland Park Kids Read' Takes on Censorship Battle in TX School District
Nonprofit group Highland Park Kids Read is set to protest the pulling of "objectionable" books from the district's curricula at a December 9 board meeting of the Highland Park Independent School District.
ABDO Changes Series Title After Seven-Year-Old Champions Gender Neutrality
"There's no such thing as a 'boy book,'" wrote seven-year-old Parker Dains from California in a letter to Abdo Publishing after she saw the Abdo series she enjoys about insects was part of a series called "Biggest, Baddest Books for Boys." Abdo responded with changes.
Pictures of the Week: The 2014 National Book Awards Ceremony
Ursula Le Guin is honored at the National Books Awards ceremony on November 19 and steals the show with her speech.
13-Year-Old Girl Wins Minecraft Hunger Games Tournament on International Games Day
ALA’s International Games Day, on November 15, brought together hundreds of libraries around the world to participate in gaming, including a battle-to-the-death tournament of Minecraft won by a middle-schooler from Providence, RI.
St. Louis School Librarian Offers LibGuide on Ferguson
“As a librarian, I always feel like I have to share what resources are out there and the best of what is out there,” says St. Louis school librarian Katie Voss, who created an online LibGuide of materials related to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO.
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