School Libraries

As childhood trauma is recognized as a public health issue, librarians and educators help students who have experienced violence, loss, and other issues.

The actor-oriented transfer perspective can help librarians learn how are students using information literacy skills and why they decide to use the skills in the ways that they do.

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's survey uncovered details about comics use in schools, including the Top 10 comics read in the classroom and that teachers using comics face the most opposition from their fellow educators—not parents or administrators.

The Dewey Decimal System is in many ways an outdated mess,  and many of its flaws are more insidious than examples of old-fashioned conventions.

Pat Scales advises school librarians on teachers judging a book by its page count and forcing students to return books above their reading level.

With citizen science projects like those in NASA's GLOBE program, students are learning scientific skills, connecting their regions with global trends, and aiding scientists with research.

Here's how school and public libraries moved away from the Dewey Decimal Classification System to serve their students and communities better.

A school librarian and Smithsonian food historian guide students in their explorations of food heritage and provide research tips.