Brian Kenney
![]() As editor-in-chief of School Library Journal, Brian Kenney thinks he has the best job in the world. He gets to spend most of his time reading, writing, and talking about books, technology, kids, and learning. He works with a wonderful group of colleagues. And he gets to travel and meet some of the most fascinating people in the country: librarians. Before joining SLJ, Brian was an executive editor at Library Journal and—for nearly 20 years—a public librarian in New York City. Brian received his MLS when he was 14. User Stats
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OK, so it's not all workJuly 21, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1) Last time I was there I got to visit their usability lab, which uses high-tech software to measure eye movements as you browse the web--the lab has been used by a number of vendors and libraries in developing products. This trip I got to see something equally cool but completely different: the Marantz Collection. This is a picture book collection of over 21,000 volumes that the school received back in 2007. It was developed over the past 40 years by Kenneth and Sylvia Marantz, and I think goes right up to the present. Kenneth is professor emeritus of...Read More Recent Posts
My requisite Kindle postJuly 11, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (2) God knows every other bookish editor has already held forth on the Kindle. So here's my belated take on Amazon's reading machine. This week I traveled to Cleveland (off to interview the wonderful Carolyn Brodie who won the Scholastic Library Publishing Award--more on that later). Yes, it's just a 63 minute flight. But between the playful nature of the airline industry and the freakish nature of the weather, there's no telling whether that 63 minutes to Cleveland will turn into seven hours in Buffalo. So I did what you probably do. I packed a bag of books. And it's got to be a mix: mysteries (subgenres too e...Read More Recent Posts
SLJ's 2.0 Program Begins July 21July 9, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (74) For a while now (and prodded by our Technology Editor, Kathy Ishizuka) I've realized it would be a great idea if all of us here at SLJ went through a "23 Things" like experience. After all, we are always writing ...Read More Recent Posts
Killing Me Softly: the video versionJuly 7, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0) One of the best parts of being an editor is the email. Seriously! You just never know what's going to sail into your inbox. Case in point: "Killing Me Softly: No Child Left Behind," an essay by author and (now former) teacher Jordan Sonnenblick. Certainly we've all heard--and many of us have made--similar arguments against NCLB. But Jordan's piece, told from such a personal perspective, made for an especially powerful case. It had drama. I rushed to get it into the magazine and onto the web, where it became one of our most popular articles. It was also picked up by a number of blogs, including ...Read More Recent Posts
My favorite book is out-of-print!July 16, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0) So there you have. The ball's in your court. Get your suggestions over to Marilyn Mark, Associate Editor of Children's Books at mmark@marshallcavendish.com It will be interesing to see what they end up publishing. We here at SLJ are trying to keep up with new editions and reissues ourselves and have launched a new column, "Fresh Approaches, " in...Read More
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