Public Libraries
A voice coaching program for teenagers at the Uniondale (NY) Public Library culminates in on-stage performances, high self-esteem, and community involvement.
Readers Theater gets kids up on their feet and learning—and it's lots of fun.
SLJ talks to the captivating Kate DiCamillo, who is not only an award-winning author and the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature but has also been recently named National Summer Reading Champion by the Collaborative Summer Library Program.
A library system's countywide Minecraft program is a core service, an afterschool sanctuary, and a peer support group.
How well are school and public libraries serving non-native English speakers?
Librarians armed with stats and professionalism urged lawmakers to raise public library funding and support for school librarians on the New York Library Association’s Library Advocacy Day.
A curriculum from Vinci, available to parents by subscription, promises to "inspire the genius" in young children. Public libraries have actually been offering remote services to families for a while now, maintains Lisa Kropp, who further considers the notion of virtual preschool.
As part of its National Safe Place Week (March 15−21) celebration, Seattle Public Library (SPL), with its 27 locations, was officially named a Safe Place on March 16. This designation recognizes SPL as a place where youth ages 12–17 can ask for help when in crisis.
Last week, a group of teens and supervising adults that belong to Save MO Libraries visited the Missouri governor's office to ask him to restore the $6 million in budget cuts to library spending—only to be escorted out by a state trooper moments later for being "disruptive."
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