Public Libraries
Giving birth! All the kids are doing it these days. And you know what giving birth means, right? It means having a little extra time to blog and get my non-work related projects done. Though, naturally, I wrote 50% of this post a day ago and then must have failed to save the darn thing. [...]
Colorado youth librarian Andrea Wyant shares an innovative program for kids and teens. Chop, saw, hammer, tape, glue and sew old toys into wild and beautiful creations called Frankentoys.
Unless you resided under a Wi-Fi free rock you may have missed the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign that went wholly and totally viral - among other news.
SLJ goes behind the scenes at Scholastic headquarters in New York City to watch the filming of Scholastic's Fall 2014 Online Preview, available May 14, where editors and authors meet to discuss upcoming titles.
Tim Wadham shares how Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library, was a pioneer in the library field and influenced services and literature for Spanish-speaking patrons.
The effects of the income gap are starkly evident in long-range studies of our youngest learners, making it critical for libraries to provide early learning services to those who need it the most: poor children.
On April 25, SLJ's Public Library Leadership Think Tank took place at Nashville (TN) Public Library. Meridian (ID) Library District director, Gretchen Caserotti, kicked off the day with a heartfelt keynote speech about her professional journey from children's librarian to library director, and you can listen to it here.
Hartford (CT) Public Library was recently awarded the "Hi-5" High Impact Literacy Award from the NewAlliance Foundation that comes with a $25K windfall for the library's embodiment of vision, responsiveness, innovation, spirit, and results in the field of literacy.
Missouri University of Science and Technology student Lara Edwards's school assignment resulted in a vibrant and detailed mural for the Leola Millar Children’s Library in Rolla, Missouri.
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