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With librarians already hampered by tight budgets, adding an eBook collection may not be at the top of their lists. But the Ohio eBook Project, a new program launched by [...]

I'm a first-year librarian in a school serving grades 5-12. The entire library collection has been available to all students. When a parent complained that her fifth grader checked out [...]

The article discusses the use of decodables or decodable books in the library to support classroom literacy. Topics include factors that pose challenges to librarians seeking to engage with them, ways to use decodables in one's library including coordinating with colleagues, using curation expertise, and making a word study station, and how decodable books allow readers to develop their confidence.

The SLJ Summit will be a free, all-day virtual event on Thursday, October 28. The theme for this year is "In Community." The day will include live and prerecorded sessions, [...]

The article examines the role that can be played by libraries to make sure schools approach artificial intelligence (AI) right. Topics discussed include school districts in the U.S. that banned access to ChatGPT, citing fears over the ease with which students could cheat; view of media specialist Joni Gilman on AI tools, and opportunities and challenges posed by AI.

The article offers information on zine, a self-published or indie publication. Topics discussed include a great way to introduce zines to teenagers, examples of recently published zines, and benefits of zine making to children. Also mentioned are zine's micro-historical topics and a short history of zines.

The Library of Congress's American Memory Historical Collections site has two new online exhibits available at lcweb.loc.gov. One collection, 'Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry,' talks about [...]

Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars. 90 min. PBS. 2017. $19.99. UPC 841887034067. Gr 4 Up--The second part of a planned trilogy, the movie continues the adventures of Anne [...]

Brain Hive, the pay-as-you-go ebook service, is now widely available to K-12 schools. Membership is free and schools pay $1 per ebook when it's circulated. Schools have the option to [...]

BARTON, Chris. Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions. 1 CD. 15 min. Recorded Books. Jul. 2016. $15.75. ISBN 9781501931956. digital download. Gr 1-4--Lonnie Johnson was the kind of kid [...]

GRATZ, Alan. Samurai Shortstop. Dial. 2006. Tr $17.99. ISBN 0-8037-3075-6. Gr 9 Up--In a hypnotic opening scene, Toyo and his father assist as the teen's uncle, a samurai, performs ritual [...]

WOLFE Virginia Euwer. Bat 6. Scholastic. 1998. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-590-89799-3; pap. $4.99. ISBN 0-590-89800-0. Gr 5-7--For the past 50 years, the girls of Barlow and Bear Creek Ridge have [...]

Learn and Serve America: Corporation For National and Community Service. www.learnandserve.org. The Corporation for National and Community Service. (Accessed 7/19/05). Gr 9 Up--A component of the USA Freedom Corps, 'a [...]

Librarians may soon be singing a happy tune thanks to a new online service, the Naxos Music Library. With the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online--about 75,000 tracks [...]

diags. ISBN 1-$8952-103-X. LC 2001041656. --. Snowboarding. ISBN 1-58952-106-4. LC 2001041650. ea vol: 48p. (Radsports Guides Series). photos. further reading. glossary. index. Web sites. CIP. Rourke. 2002. PLB $27.93. Gr [...]

Baby Boogie: Music and Rhymes for Infants and Toddlers. CD. 25 min. Prod. by Champaign Public Library. Dist. by AV Cart. 2012. ISBN unavail. $11.99. PreS-K--Originally produced by the Champaign [...]

TUCKER, Spencer C. Almanac of American Military History. 4 vols. 2524p. appendix. bibliog, charts, chron, further reading. glossary, illus. index, maps. photos, reprods. websites. ABC-CLIO. 2012. PLB $415. ISBN 978-1-59884-530-3; [...]

The Cruisers: Cheekmate (unabr.). 2 CDs. 2:28 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4418-6334-8. $49.97. Gr 5-8-After successfully diffusing racial tensions and a potentially explosive atmosphere in their school the previous [...]

In this article the author, an elementary school librarian, comments on his experience purchasing and using a Kindle, an electronic book reader (ereader). He discusses his reluctance to purchase an ereader he felt would be technologically obsolete in a short while, comments on the ease of reading content on an ereader in comparison to a laptop computer, and voices his displeasure with the limited collection of ebooks available from his local library in comparison to Kindle's online store.

'Build it and they will come' didn't seem to be on the minds of the zoning board overseeing a proposed 6,800-square-foot new children's wing of the East Hampton Library in [...]

THE NEW BOOK OF POPULAR SCIENCE. 6 vols. charts. diags. illus. photos. reprods. bibliog. further reading. index. CIP. Grolier. 2008. PLB $299. ISBN 978-0-7172-1226-2. LC 2007041858. Gr 6-10--Libraries that did [...]

'She gasped when she saw a girl wearing hijab on the cover,' says Deborah Vose, recalling a seventh grader who wandered into her library one afternoon and stood, captivated, before [...]

While many librarians are familiar with Japanese anime adaptations from popular manga series, such as "Naruto," this roundup will focus on stand-alone feature-length films. Whether your library is looking to [...]

Smiles for a Lifetime. DVD. 1 : 18 hrs. The Dental Diva. 2007. $29.95. PreS-Gr 6--This live-action production is intended to educate children, as well as their parents and caregivers, [...]

Get Fit America for Kids! DVD. color, approx. 67 min. Prod. by Get Fit America. Dist. by Razor Digital. 2005. ISBN 159552-280-8. $14.98. K-Gr 6--Renowned fitness/wellness expert Scott Cole, of [...]

KIPLING, Rudyard. A Collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories. illus. by various. 127p. CIP. Candlewick. 2004. RTE $22.99. ISBN 0-7636-2629-5. LC 2004045858. Gr 2-6--Eight well-known tales serve as a [...]

(unabr.) 4 cassettes. 4:45 hrs. Recorded Books. 2003. ISBN 1-4025-4255-0. $37 (Rental: $11.50), read-along pack: $ 59.99. Gr 5-8--Gloria Whelan (HarperCollins, 2003) describes the perilous journey to a Siberian town [...]

Here's some new and interesting technology unveiled at, the American Library Association's most recent midwinter meeting: Dynix (www.dynix.com), the automation vendor formerly known as Epixtech, has created a new package [...]

Colonial Williamsburg, the Virginia-based historical museum, is offering 'electronic field trips' as an interactive way to tell students the story of America. Seven programs will originate live from the museum's [...]

MOLNAR, Irma, retel. One-Time Dog Market at Buda: and Other Hungarian Folktales. tr. from Hungarian by retel. illus. by Georgeta-Elena Enesel. 129p. bibliog. notes. Web sites. Linnet. 2001. PLB $25. [...]

Learn Along Songs: Yuletide Favorites. 1 cassette or 1 CD. 57 min. Moonlight Rose Publications. 2001. ISBN 1-56479-311-7. cassette: $10, CD: $15. PreS-Gr 5--Janice Buckner sings 11 sacred and secular [...]

* Garland, Sherry. Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam. illus. by Trina Schart Hyman. 58p. CIP. Harcourt. 2001. RTE $18. ISBN 0-15-224200-7. LC 00-8300. Gr 3-6--This handsome volume [...]

When the same general topics appear in set after set, season after season librarians may understandably feel fatigued and are more likely to gravitate to new and unusual approaches to [...]

Youth services librarians in public and school libraries have long relied on arts and crafts as a staple of storytimes and other programming. These activities keep kids engaged, help develop [...]

My one-year-old daughter is really into trucks right now. One of her favorite books of the moment is I Love Trucks by Philemon Sturges. Every time I read it to [...]

The article focuses on the use of collection development database tools available from library acquisitions vendors. It notes that these tools can help streamline the collection development process through their organization, access points, and bibliographic suggestions. It cautions against basing all collection development on vendor products as their evaluation criteria may be unclear.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered schools and workplaces. With libraries, bookstores, and comic shops mostly off-limits as well, readers are turning to online sources, and publishers and creators have responded [...]

Last month Nashville Mayor Karl Dean shot off a letter to Chris Henson, acting director of the city's schools, stating that the Nashville Public Library was about to begin the [...]

The article presents questions and answers on the appropriate response by librarians when adults demand book removal from libraries.

February 2007 March 4-10. YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Teen Tech Week. Check out the wiki, along with program ideas and resources at www.ala.org/ ala/yalsa/teentechweek/ttw.htm. When you register, you'll [...]

February 24-27. Reading the World Conference, San Francisco. A celebration of multicultural literature for children and young adults, this event will feature Joseph Bruchac, Yuyi Morales, and many other authors, […]

Focuses on biography collection management in school libraries. Problems associated with available biographies, including an overabundance of unimportant detail and the author's failure to flesh out facts which would otherwise improve the material and be of interest to a reader; Citations which illustrate these limitations; Role of librarians in seeking out biographies worthy of collection for readers.

November 2006 December 27-30. MLA (Modern Language Association) Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA. A great event for teachers of language or literature as well as MLA members. The conference will feature [...]

High school librarian Cora Kunkle never ordered Of Pandas and People for her collection, but 60 copies ended up in her library's collection anyway. The textbook, promoting intelligent design as [...]

This article evaluates the Muppets Party Cruise Playstation 2 video game.

The article presents a calendar of events for 2007. The Reading the World Conference is a celebration of multicultural literature for children and young adult. It will feature authors such as Joseph Bruchas and Yuyi Morales. The article also provides information for the Children's Literature Roundtable, hosted by the Children's Defense Fund and the 23rd Annual Long Island Children's Literature Conference.

Features the SAFARIMontage video equipment from Library Video Co. Number of video recordings loaded in the server; Retail price of the packages; Benefits to teachers.