Events & Pd

The 2019 American Association of School Librarians conference is November 14-16. Have you downloaded the app and earmarked your top sessions yet? Here are the #AASL19 learning events our readers are most eager to attend.

Now in its 15th year, the Summit will also include a tech playground and author panel. Breakout sessions will cover technology, community engagement, fighting budget cuts proactively, and providing equity for students.

The nonprofit, we are, works with children, families, and educators with a goal of dismantling systemic racism in schools and beyond.

Reviews of the books featured at this year's SLJTeen Live! virtual conference on August 8.

Can YA fantasy speak truth to power? Author Sayantani DasGupta addresses that question and more with Elana K. Arnold, Betsy Cornwell, Kiersten White, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Mimi Yu.

Overhauling library systems, forging alliances, finding communities, weathering suspicion, and weeding—sometimes thousands of titles. It’s all in the first year’s work for many librarians starting at a new school.

How to draw on, and supplement, classroom teaching skills while making the transition to a school library.

YALSA gets a new executive director, IMLS awards nearly 50 grants for cultural programs, and new diversity-related awards are announced.

Did you catch our behind-the-scenes live video chats with book creators during Book Expo? In case you missed them, we've rounded up some of our recent talks with Kwame Alexander, Eoin Colfer, Ngozi Ukazu, and more.