Responding to the shortage of media specialists, Black Hills State University in South Dakota is now offering an undergraduate library media program that’s entirely online.
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Mass Misinformation By Staff - 07/01/2006
A Massachusetts reader sets the record straight on state certification.
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Your Ticket to Success By Peggy Milam - 03/01/2005
National Board Certification can work wonders for your personal, professional, and financial life.
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A Higher Standard By Margie J. Thomas and Patsy H. Perritt - 12/01/2003
Many states have recently revised their certification requirements for school librarians.
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NEWS FROM THE WEB
Rebecca Knuth
Source: Library Journal Date: Nov 15, 2009
2009 National Book Awards On the red carpet with nominees in the Young People's Literature category.
Photos by Rocco Staino.
SLJ Covers 2009 A bigger and better view of SLJ's covers from 2009
BookExpo America 2009: SLJ's Day of Dialog School Library Journal held a Day of Dialog in conjunction with the annual BookExpo America on May 28, 2009 at the Brooklyn Public Library. Full story: bit.ly/1a0G7o
Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side (unabr.). 9 cassettes or 9 CDs. 11 hrs. Recorded Books (recordedbooks.com). 2009. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4407-3888-3: $67.75; CD, ISBN 978-1-4407-3892-0: $97.75. Gr 7 Up–Seventeen-year-old Jessica Packwood was adopted as an infant and raised in rural Lebanon County, PA, by a socially conscious vegan couple.
Celebrity decorator Evette Rios reads to enthusiastic second graders at the Brooklyn Brownstone School library as part of a First Book donation event. The Eight O' Clock Coffee brand and Candlewick Press are teaming up to contribute 20,000 books to children across the country through their partnership with First Book, an organization that provides new books to children in need.