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Features the Web site of East Woods School Library, New York launched by Ruth Lorbert. Goals of the Web site; Contents.

Reports on the symposium on school library media programs sponsored by School District 16 of the New York City Board of Education on May 15, 1976. Title of the symposium; Panel discussion topics; Aim of the symposium; Keynote speaker.

Focuses on the circulation of young adult books at the Patchogue-Medford Library in New York. Comment of Barbara Hoffman, head of the YA department, about the idea for a "robot" named R2-Read2; Mention of the BookWhiz software program, produced by the Educational Testing Service; Credit given to Maryann Still for her role in the project; The addition of a voice card for the robot.

Reports on protests following New York City's latest round of budget cuts that forced its three library systems to cut back dramatically on hours and staff. New York Public, Brooklyn and Queens; How all three systems have instituted a severe reduction in hours; Previous cuts.

Presents news items related to library science in the United States as of November 1986. Renaming of the Albany Library School in New York; National Librarians Association's launching of a job advisory network; Total number of visits reported by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. in 1985.

Features Rafe Martin, owner of OxCart Bookshop in Rochester, New York, who won the first Lucile Micheels Pannell Award presented by the Women's National Book Association, Inc. at the Dallas American Booksellers Association Convention in June 1983. Purpose of the award; Prizes; Applications for the 1984 Pannell Award.

The article discusses the work of volunteer Dan Blank with developing an online presence for the school newspaper program at P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson elementary and middle school in Harlem, New York City. The use of Web 2.0 technologies and online social networking tools by students at the school is examined. The challenges of developing the school newspaper program are explored.

Presents information on Ezra Jack Keats Writing Club for kids at Lynnwood Elementary School in Guilderland, New York. Information on the writing activity for children; Success of the club.

Features the exhibition "The Original Art" featuring illustrations of children's books, that started in a gallery in New York City in 1980. Persons involved in the organization of the first exhibit; Views of several children's book illustrators on their participation in the first show; Changes in the exhibition. INSETS: Where the Art Is;How to Spot a Great Picture Book.

Focuses on the availability of the book `Brooklyn Pops Up,' created by the Brooklyn Public Library and the Moveable Book Society in New York City. Price of the book; Artworks featured in the book; Artists involved in the creation of the book.

Reports that the New York Public Library in New York City is circulating videocasettes from the Donnell Film Library.

Features the Math Peer Tutoring Center at the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City, New York. Background information on the creation of the tutoring program; Call for more tutors; Award received by the library service.

Discusses the Babywise program in Nassau County, N.Y. which is funded by the New York State Library and administered by the Nassau Library System's Division of Children's Services. Goal of the program; Cooperation of the Head Start centers in the county; Presentation; What's included in `welcome packets' given out; Provides access for librarians to families who may have never come to the library.

Highlights the American Library Association's 1986 conference week in New York, New York. Membership and Council meetings held; Program of events; Topics and issues discussed. INSET: Pay Equity Preconference..

Discusses the result of the study of the Educational Priorities Panel on the status of school library services in public schools in New York City. Allocations for library materials; Expenditures for library personnel; Types of services available in the schools; Factors hindering the development of library programs; Recommendations of the Board of Estimates and City Council to rebuild school libraries.

Focuses on a database project at the Bank Street School for Children in New York City. Laboratory and demonstration school for the Bank Street College of Education; Experiment with the database management program called Personal File System; Creation of form in which the children will enter their reading suggestions; Popularity of realistic or contemporary fiction.

Focuses on Long Island Library Association Coalition's involvement in a court case against elected members of the Board of Education of Island Trees in New York. Removal of books from high school libraries; Sole basis given for the books' removal; Discretionary functions of local boards of education; Forum for communication of diverse ideas.

Follows up on some of the 1991 library news stories that will probably continue to make news in the year ahead. The White House Conference on Library and Information Services in Washington, D.C.; Librarians in Russia; Business in education in Miami, Florida and Chelsea, Massachusetts; Budgets; The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Connecting Libraries and Schools Project (CLASP) grant in New York City. INSETS: Endangered Library Schools;New Lines and Imprints in Children's Publishing.

Presents information on the free software pbwiki.com, developed by media specialist Sarah Chauncey in Monsey, New York in 2005, for setting up password-protected wikis or collaborative Web sites. Reason for creating the wikis; Definition of a wiki; Information on how wikis work. INSET: Making Wikis Work for You.

Discusses the benefits provided by Access Brooklyn library card for the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), New York. Features of the card; Comment from Ginnie Cooper, BPL director; Information on how the card operates; Problem eliminated with the use of the cards, according to Deloris McCullough, assistant division chief of BPL for youth services.

Highlights the booktalk programs of Miller Avenue School in Shoreham in New York City. Purpose of the booktalk programs; Activities during booktalks; Methods used by the school to provide reading guidance and assistance to Miller students.

Reports on program developments on various libraries in the United States as of February 1986. Celebration at the New York Public Library Early Childhood Resource and Information Center for the late Ezra Jack Keats; Fifth Annual Art of the Children's Book Festival at Reno, Nevada in April.

Reports on the multi-million dollar appropriation for the New York Public Library's branch and research libraries in the city budget for the 1986 fiscal year. Capital and operating funds; Multi-million dollar gift from Vincent Astor Foundation; Number of neighborhoods who will benefit from appropriation.

Presents news items concerning libraries in the United States as of October 1, 1982. Renaming of the Long Island University's Palmer Graduate Library School as Palmer School of Library and Information Science; Discovery of 5600 library books in the home of Glenn Swartz, a clerical assistant in the Central Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.

Reports on conferences and other events organized by libraries in the United States as of October 1979. The of the 25th Allerton Institute for Librarians conference at the University of Illinois; Symposium sponsored by the Alumni Association of Syracuse University School for Information Studies; Workshop to be hosted by the Palmer Graduate Library School and C.W. Post Center of Long Island University in New York.

Profiles Rochester City School District superintendent John M. Franco who won the 1977 'Distinguished Library Service Award for School Administrators' given by the American Association of School Libraries. Views of Franco on library programs; Establishment of library media centers in Rochester, New York; Increase in the number of library media specialists since Franco's assumption as superintendent.

Reports that yellow signs that proclaim one's profession can be ordered from Mark Evans, director of the Livingston/Wyoming County Library Systems in New York City.

Reports on the availability of microfiche covering black history through the Schomburg Clipping File which is published by the New York Public Library. Number of subject headings available; Production of the microfiche by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Other features of the file.

Focuses on a library media skills summer program at the Middletown City School District in New York. Goal of providing students with means of improving library media skills; Incorporation of principles of the mastery approach to education; Stimulation of an interest in reading.

Takes a look at the program events scheduled for the EVERYCHILD conference on young people and media, which will take place in New York City, on August 23-25, 1985. Keynote speech topic; Sessions by children's book authors and illustrators; Everychild Honors Luncheon.

Reports on the approval of the Pilot Project Extender Bill in New York in June 1983. Continuation of school library system pilot projects; Development of regional cooperative networks; School library systems affiliated with the New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency.

Reports on the outcome of the ballot held by the board of Island Trees Union Free School District in Long Island, New York, regarding the treatment of nine books from the high school library. Board's ban and removal of the books in 1976; Agreement to allow the return of the books in the library.

Recommends a selection of books and other publications for school libraries. New York Public Library's release of a list of 1981 children's books suitable for gift-giving or reading aloud; Center for Science in the Public Interest's poster on the benefits of aerobic exercise.

Presents news items related to the book industry in the United States, compiled as of April 1978. Children's Book Council's revision of its pamphlet 'Choosing a Child's Book'; New York Public Library's release of the new edition of its 'Books for the Teen Age.'

Reports on the celebration of the School Library Media Day by the school library media specialists of the Fayeteville-Manlius School District in New York. Open house at the high school library media center; Purpose of the event; Most popular part of the program.

Reports that New York Governor Hugh Carey has signed into law a Child Abuse and Pornography bill. Provisions under the bill; Criticisms against the legislation; Controversial section of the bill.

Informs on the winners of the New York Academy of Sciences' Fourth Annual Children's Science Book Award Program. Presentation of awards on March 11, 1975; Winner in the junior and older categories; Honorable mentions.