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U.S. Department of Education Seeks Peer Reviewers for School Library Grant...
The U.S. Department of Education is looking for peer reviewers for an upcoming school library grant funding process. The American Library Association (ALA) District Dispatch blog reported on March 12...
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Introducing Students to NCTE’s Notable Poetry Titles
The first step in inviting children into the world of poetry is simply reading poems aloud, and these volumes offer many possibilities for read-alouds as well as choral reading or poetry performance...
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Open Call for 2014 James Moffett Award Applications
Do you have a collaborative classroom project in mind for the coming school year? The National Council of Teachers of English’s (NCTE) Conference on English Education (CEE) in conjunction with the...
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‘Every Child Ready to Read’ Materials Available for Spanish-Speaking Communities
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Public Library Association (PLA) have released a new Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) resource for librarians who work with...
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ALSC & YALSA’s Best Audio Picks of 2014
At the recent Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) in Philadelphia this January, the Association for Library Service for Children (ALSC) and the Young Adult Library Services...
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Apply by June 1 for YALSA/Dollar General Teen Read Week Grants
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation are seeking innovative and literacy-focused Teen Read Week™ programming proposals. Each of the 10 winning...
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January 2014 YALSA Report Serves As a Guide for Library Community’s Youth...
YALSA’s “The Future of Library Services for and with Teens: A Call to Action” was released in Jan. 2014. Image courtesy of YALSA Just three months after its release, the American Library Association’s...
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2014 YALSA Teens’ Top Ten Nominees Announced
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association, officially announced the 2014 Teens’ Top Ten Nominees. Teens are encouraged to read the 25 nominees...
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DC Public Schools Looking to Hire 30 Media Specialists
A bake sale in support of DCPS libraries. CHPSPO photo by Sandra Moscoso-Mills. In early April 2014, American Association of School Librarians (AASL) president Gail Dickinson says she received the news...
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Call for 2015 YALSA Conference Programs
YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) is now accepting proposals for continuing education sessions to be presented at the 2015 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco, June 26-30, 2015. In...
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Kid Lit Authors Share the Love During ALA Speed Dating Event | ALA Annual 2014
Author Jason Edwards (center) with two speed dating attendees. Ding! With the peal of a bell, 21 children’s and YA authors started to spread the love about their books, chatting eagerly to tables full...
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ALSC President’s Program: Partnerships that Positively Impact Children,...
Left to right: Librarian Brandy Sanchez of Daniel Boone Region Library in Columbus, MO; author and advice columnist Amy Dickinson; Brooklyn Public Library early childhood coordinator Rachel Payne....
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Early Learning, Partnerships Top Trends at 2014 ALA Annual | ALA 2014
Parachute play in the Networking Uncommons at the 2014 ALA Annual Conference. Photo courtesy of Library Sparks In the same way that no one steps into the same river twice, no two conference-goers...
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Diversity Movement Gains Visibility at ALA Annual | ALA 2014
Photo by Wendy Stephens. If you ran into a youth services librarian at the American Library Association (ALA) Conference in Las Vegas (June 26-July1), odds were good that they were sporting a colorful...
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The FCC To Vote on $5 Billion E-Rate Proposal, Librarians Are Speaking Out
Marijke Visser, assistant director at the Office of IT Technology at ALA, has been working with the FCC on how to distribute e-rate funds to libraries. Image courtesy of the ALA. On July 11, the...
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Eisner Foundation Builds Graphic Novel Collections and Programming
Great news for Ypsilanti District Library, Michigan, and Lewis and Clack Library in Helena, Montana—both libraries have received grants from the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation for their graphic...
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Contests, Awards, and Giveaways for Librarians Serving Teens
Teen Blogging Contest for Teen Read Week YALSA’s young adult literature blog, The Hub, is looking for teens to guest blog about various topics related to young adult literature and literacy culture...
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Beyond Words Grant Winners Announced
Two libraries devastated by fire can now begin the process of rebuilding their schools and communities thanks to the commitment of Dollar General and the AASL Beyond Words Catastrophic Grant awards....
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Laughter, Tears, and Gratitude at ALA Youth Media Awards Ceremonies | ALA 2014
Newbery winner Kate DiCamillo at the Newbery-Caldecott banquet. Photo by Robin Brenner. I had the good fortune this year to attend two of youth literature’s top awards ceremonies while at the American...
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FCC E-Rate Vote to Inject $5 Billion Into WiFi for Schools and Libraries Passes
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. On July 11, the FCC voted to approve FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s revised order of WiFi financing reform through E-Rate—in a narrow 11th hour vote 3-2 amongst the committee...
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