Public Libraries
Gaining STEM skills is as important for young children as learning to read, asserts a new report by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and supported by the National Science Foundation. Libraries could play a critical role in this call for more preschool STEM learning opportunities.
A local medical school’s service requirement, combined with my young patrons’ need for mentors they could count on, made for a perfect match.
On February 4, libraries across the country celebrated Take Your Child to the Library Day.
Look at the library through an outsider’s eyes to see why some families still don’t use the library. Then make a plan to get those families involved, and pitch it to your supervisor.
A full list of the 2017 ALA Youth Media Awards winners and honorees.
Our reviews of the YMA titles, plus past interviews with the authors and illustrators.
The Book-Rich Environment Initiative will serve children living in HUD-assisted housing—and encourage families to use local libraries. The U.S. DOE and the National Book Foundation are among the new project's partners.
From astronomy and salsa storytime to family literacy and more, these programming ideas for the year ahead hit it out of the park.
Staff at the Fairfax County (VA) Library sent a new library card to "March" trilogy author John Lewis, who was denied one in 1956 because of his race.
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