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Connecticut’s School Librarians Seek Stakeholder Support
As more than 4,000 school library professionals from around the country flock to Hartford, CT, this weekend for the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) National Conference, Connecticut’s...
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ALSC Light the Way Grant Applications Wanted
The Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC) Library Service to Special Population Children and Their Caregivers committee is now accepting online applications for the 2014 Candlewick Press...
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Connecticut Students Sign ALA’s Declaration for Rights to Libraries | AASL 2013
A Connecticut student signs ALA’s Declaration. American Library Association (ALA) president Barbara Stripling convened with 50 school children from Hartford, Connecticut, along with library officials...
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Broadening Cultural Literacy with LGBTQ Content for YA | AASL 2013
Of the numerous concurrent sessions at the American Association of School Librarians‘s (AASL) National Conference this past weekend focusing on strategies for creating culturally diverse collections...
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School Librarians Explore Their Role as Education Leaders | AASL 2013
Several thousand school library professionals from around the country converged in Hartford, CT, November 14–17 for the 16th National Conference of the American Association of School Librarians...
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How to Create a “Culture of Reading” | AASL 2013
What makes a culture of reading? How do you get tweens and teens to be interested (and stay interested) in reading? These were two of the questions that Toni Vahlsing, director of libraries at Abington...
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Introducing YAAC! Teen Reviewers for 2014
Each year SLJTeen rotates the responsibility for reviews by teens to one of the YA Galley Groups selected by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). In 2014, the Young Adult Advisory...
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School Library Friends Toolkit Now Available from United for Libraries
If you’ve been struggling to find the time and resources to start up a friends group for your school library, help has arrived. United for Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, has...
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‘Text Messages’: Recommendations from ReadWriteThink
Text Messages is a free monthly podcast which provides families, educators, librarians, and tutors with reading suggestions they can pass along to teen readers. Sponsored by the National Council of...
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From Definition to Implementation, Librarians Embrace Common Core | AASL 2013
As expected, finding new and innovative ways to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) was one of the hottest programming themes during last month’s annual American Association of School...
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Teen Tech Week Best Buy Mini Grants Available
If you are a member of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), you can apply for one of 10 $1,000 mini grants for Teen Tech Week funded by Best Buy. YALSA is looking for unique and...
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YALSA Names Five New YA Authors as Morris Award Finalists
The American Library Association‘s Young Adult Services Association (YALSA) has selected five books as finalists for its 2014 William C. Morris Award, which honors a book written for young adults by a...
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Intellectual Freedom 101: Strategies for School Libraries | AASL 2013
Among the dozens of concurrent learning sessions at the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) National Conference last month, a popular theme was that of intellectual freedom in the...
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Tween Recommended Reads from ALSC
The “Tween Recommended Reads” list from the Association of Library Services for Children (ALSC) includes contemporary fiction, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and more. From R.J. Palacio’s Wonder to...
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ALA Awards Deadlines Extended
The deadline has been extended to Feb. 3, 2014, for a number of American Library Association (ALA) awards and grants, including the Scholastic Library Publishing Award, and the Sullivan Award for...
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Live Webcast Scheduled for ALA 2014 Youth Media Awards
Even if you won’t be attending the Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) in Philadelphia next month, you can still take part in the 2014 Youth Media Award announcements. ALA will...
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ALSC Awards 15 Grants to Libraries for Día Family Book Clubs
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded mini-grants to 15 libraries to start Día Family Book Clubs, part of ALSC’s Everyone Reads @ your library grant, funded by the Dollar...
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Sign Up Now for YALSA Teen Tech Week Webinars
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has organized a series of three webinars which can help ensure an enjoyable and successful Teen Tech Week (March 9-15, 2014) for you and your teens....
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The Givers: What It Takes to Serve On the Newbery, Caldecott Committees
Illustration by Gary Hovland For many librarians, the opportunity to help decide the Newbery and Caldecott Awards—the “Oscars” of children’s literature—would be a dream come true. But how does one get...
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YALSA Envisions the Future of Libraries, Teens
The Young Adult Services Association (YALSA) today released the results of a yearlong project in which key stakeholders from the worlds of libraries, education, technology, and youth social services...
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