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The YALSA Hub Reading Challenge, Shiny and New
Have you heard about “The Hub Reading Challenge,” sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)? As reported in SLJ’s Good Comics for Kids blog, YALSA is hosting an expanded, new...
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YALSA Teen Summer Reading Website Up and Running
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has launched its 2013 Teen Summer Reading Programs website, featuring lots of great resources that will make your teen programming a raging success....
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2013 ALSC & YALSA Book Picks: The year’s best titles for children and teens
ALSC Notable Children’s Books Younger Readers Drop down to YA Fiction In this Article BEST FICTION FOR YOUNG ADULTS GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BARNETT, Mac. Extra Yarn . illus. by Jon Klassen....
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ALA Youth Division Candidates Talk to ‘SLJ’
The American Library Association (ALA) will be selecting the presidents of its three youth divisions in the coming weeks, with voting opening tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. Central Time and closing at 11:59...
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Twelve Libraries Apply & Win Día Mini-Grants: Here’s How
As dwindling funds and looming budget cuts reach many of the nation’s public libraries, 12 institutions received $5,000 mini-grants to support programming in their diverse communities. After a...
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YALSA Town Hall: Teen Librarians Seek Ways to Build Stronger Partnerships
When it comes to reaching out to teen library patrons, partnerships between public and school libraries are absolutely key—but how to make them successful is an ongoing challenge, agreed more than 60...
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eva efron, Librarian and Advocate, Dies at 66
Long Island (NY) school librarian and tirelesss school library advocate eva efron died March 20 at the Tuttle Center in Port Washington, NY, following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 66....
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School Library Month Activity Watch: Share at the AASL Community Calendar
What have you done to celebrate School Library Month? The theme this year is Community matters @ your library, and some of your colleagues have contributed their activities to the “Community Calender”...
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Fresh Paint: Membership and Censorship
No matter how many school classrooms I visit, tours I lead, or new patrons I welcome into the Gum Spring library, I cannot help but stare in shock every time I am asked, “What is the cost of a...
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Keith Curry Lance Receives AASL Distinguished Service Award
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has announced that the recipient of its 2013 Distinguished Service Award is Dr. Keith Curry Lance, a Ph.D. sociologist who works with school and...
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Courtney Young, head librarian at Penn State Greater Allegheny, was elected to be the American Library Association (ALA) president for 2014-15. According to an ALA press release, “Young received 5,391...
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ALA Youth Divisions Announce New Presidents
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced the winners of its elections for the presidents and new board members of its three youth divisions. ALA also announced the members of its 2015...
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AEP, AAP to Merge; AAP to Create Pre-K Division
The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) have agreed to merge. The two groups will combine their programming, professional development, and...
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World Builder: Edwards Winner Tamora Pierce
Photo by Michael J. Okoniewski /Getty Images for SLJ. When Tamora Pierce found out that she had won the 2013 Margaret A. Edwards Award, she was initially speechless. Murmuring too softly for Jamie...
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ALA, It’s Time to Step Up for School Libraries | Editorial
As the end of the school year approached, the library listserv LM_Net considered several distressing strands: How do you close a library for the summer when it may never reopen; how do you hand off...
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ALA Hopeful, Excited by White House Push to Overhaul E-Rate Funding
The White House’s announcement Thursday that it is urging the FCC to overhaul E-Rate—the program that provides discounted Internet access and telecommunications services to U.S. schools and...
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Using Social Media to Engage Teens in the Library
“Brother Mike” Hawkins (at left) and YOUmedia’s Spoken Word team at the“Louder Than a Bomb” poetry competition in Chicago, March 2013.Photo courtesy of “Brother Mike” Hawkins. Taylor Bayless, a...
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Choices, Choices… For the Tech-Minded, ISTE May Be More Useful Than ALA
Illustration by John Corbitt. This month, librarians across the country are building their lists of can’t-miss panels, lunches, unconferences (participant-driven meetings), and exhibits as they gear up...
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ALA Promises Expanded School Library Advocacy in 2013–2014
The American Library Association on Monday revealed its much anticipated strategic plan for school library advocacy, based on findings from its School Library Task Force’s midwinter 2013 report. The...
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IMLS Says Libraries Key to Early Learning
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading today unveiled a new report on the role of museums and libraries in early learning [PDF], and issued a call...
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