Ideas

I was vilified for criticizing the Dewey Decimal system. We librarians need to stop perpetuating its systemic racism in our libraries.

The grieving process can open new spaces for expression, writes author B.J. McDaniel, including picture books. 

What goes into an exceptional book cover? Betsy Bird investigates. 

In covering achievements in the library world, it’s natural to focus on outcomes, reporting and raising up the endpoint of success. This story represents a win, for sure. But as Colleen Kilbreath, director of the Stanton County (KS) Public Library recalls, it stemmed from failure.

Dear students: Listen deeply. Tell your truth. Ask questions. Hear what else this middle school media specialist has to say in her open letter.

Jason Reynolds and Ibram Kendi, co-authors of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, kicked off SLJ's Day of Dialog. Here is the entire keynote conversation.

The collaboration between Hartford (CT) Public Schools and the Hartford Public LIbrary boosts access to learning.

SLJ editor-in-chief Rebecca Miller sees libraries and librarians as a vital part of the solution for equity, starting in the early years, continuing throughout high school, and into the first-year experience on campus.