Opinion
A Colorado teacher librarian shares her thoughts about how librarians can work with counselors, psychologists and social workers in schools to increase awareness about this important issue.
As 2014 arrives, it is with great pleasure that I introduce you to our newest members of the team, poised to serve you, dear readers, even more effectively than before.
"Twenty thirteen was the 'year of the tablet' and good riddance," says Christopher Harris. Time to focus on the real reason to invest in any tool for learning: content and pedagogy.
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded mini-grants to 15 libraries to start Día Family Book Clubs and incorporate Día literacy activities into their existing programs throughout the year.
"I try to help my students be passionate readers," writes teacher Pernille Ripp. "I try to be a role model for this in the classroom—but to do this I have recently realized that I must also discuss why, for many students, reading sucks."
Thinking about Tanya Bolden's 'Courage Has No Color, the Story of the Triple Nickles' and Steve Sheinkin's forthcoming 'The Port Chicago 50,' Marc Aronson asks, "Why are there so few nonfiction books by people of color that are not about the history of their own race/ethnicity?"
Readers reply to Nina Lindsay's question: What qualities make a book a good one for kids? A school librarian challenges major publishers to stop ghettoizing "diverse" and "multicultural" children's books.
Let’s be honest. Physical resources are in decline, and the transition to digital holdings will only accelerate. So what can we do with all that library space opened up by the decline of print? Consider the Unperfekthaus, a German model that encompasses maker spaces and much more.
The "long-tail" promise of digital—that its long-term availability would come to impact the blockbuster phenomenon—has not come to pass. What does this mean for librarians?
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