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The Digital Wild West of Apps Is an Opportunity for Librarians
Being able to accurately size up language and literacy apps for young children isn't easy in today's online environment. Yet it is a crucial service, one that librarians are uniquely suited to provide.
2016 New York Library Advocacy Day Ramps Up
On March 2, the state's librarians (and their friends) can meet with legislative staff and make their collective voices heard in Albany.
Harlem Advocacy Group Demands School Librarians
A petition by the Harlem Council of Elders calls on state and city officials to rectify the dearth of librarians by the start of the next school year.
LRNG Offers Summer Connected Learning Grants
Here's a chance to grab a grant to fund an innovative summer program related to connected learning. But you have to act fast: the deadline is February 19.
Why "The Hired Girl" Won the 2016 O’Dell Award
The win strikes a chord of redemption for supporters of the controversial book following a wide-ranging discussion over the main character's prejudiced outlooks.
De la Peña's "Last Stop on Market Street" Takes 2016 Newbery; Blackall's "Finding Winnie" Wins Caldecott
There were cheers, tears, and mouths agape at ALA Midwinter, as Matt de la Peña's "Last Stop on Market Street" and Sophie Blackall's "Finding Winnie" took the top spots in the YMA lineup. Laura Ruby's "Bone Gap" won the Printz.
ALA's ESSA Report Reveals Advocacy Plan
A new report out of ALA's Washington, DC office clearly spells out post-ESSA goals for school library supporters.
Syrian Refugees Welcomed to Canada with an SLJ Best Book
Distribution of Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson is part of IBBY Canada's welcome program for refugee families.
In Chicago, Bronzeville School Librarian Layoff Inspires Outrage—and Support
The campus librarian at Daniel Hale Williams School has been laid off, which means the number of librarians on staff at Chicago high schools with a 90 percent or higher African American student now rests at two. It was 19 in 2012.
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