News & Features

Frustrated and feeling a sense of urgency, library media specialists join the influx of educators seeking political office in the mid-term elections.

Educators can play a key role in helping these students move forward with resilience.

The teens have voted. Here are their 10 best books of 2018.

Looking for new titles to add to your Halloween-themed book displays and programming? Check out these recently reviewed spine-tingling works for tweens that will spook and terrify.

Smith, who famously raised a black-gloved fist in protest on the medal podium in 1968, has teamed up with award-winning Crown author Derrick Barnes for a graphic memoir.

How valuable is a master’s degree in library science? Opinions from the field have fluctuated, along with the fortunes of the profession. 

The Public Library Association (PLA) announces mini-grants and a new writing contest, and UNICEF and Stone Soup add writing competitions of their own in this edition of NewsBites.

What is Read Woke? School librarian Cicely Lewis and students at Meadowcreek High School in Norcross, GA, explore the idea that led to a reading revolution at their school—and internationally.

Judy Blume, Laurie Halse Anderson, and LeVar Burton are among candidates to be 2019 ALMA laureate.