Public Libraries

Serving on the front lines, engaging with the public, libraries can be a critical asset to mental health.   

Tackling a variety of topics important to school librarians and all educators, these presentations, discussions, and panels are available for viewing. 

At community sites across the city, including San Francisco Public Library branches, the kids who struggled the most during the spring are logging into class and getting time with friends at learning hubs.

A crash course on the ebook purchasing and vendor landscape.

As experts continue to try to learn more about the coronavirus and transmission, the REALM Project reports on results of the fifth round of testing library materials.

This is the time to re-make librarianship in the long term. Here's how some leaders are doing it.

The News Literacy Project is offering a four-part professional development series; Choose Your Own Adventure in ebooks; a new Capstone platform; the final days to apply for the Bechtel Fellowship; and more in this edition of News Bites.

Ensuring that all students have access to reading material during remote learning; adjusting expectations for student research; fielding questions about Little Free Libraries.

"Now is an especially critical time to inform readers," writes Kathy Ishizuka, SLJ editor in chief. "That means publishing stories centered on the people who power libraries and schools. We are here for it, and we hope you are, too."