Advice on how to do your job better from School Library Journal
Libraries and Autism By SLJ Staff - 10/29/2008
For every 150 patrons at your public library, chances are that one has autism—and most librarians don’t have the experience to deal with them. That’s why the Scotch Plains Public Library and the Fanwood Memorial Library, both in New Jersey, produced a customer-service training video for its staffers to better serve those with autism and their families. More
Artist, Author Stephen Huneck Dies at 61 By Rocco Staino - 02/03/2010
Stephen Huneck, a wood carving artist, furniture maker, and children’s book author and illustrator died January 7 from a self-inflected gun wound. He was 61 years old and lived in St. Johnsbury, VT.
More
Illinois Third Grade Teacher Wins 'SLJ' IRA Sweepstakes By Lauren Barack - 02/01/2010
Patti Key, a 25-year third-grade teacher, is heading to the International Reading Association’s (IRA) 55th annual convention in April—as the grand prize winner of the SLJ IRA Sweepstakes.
More
Web 2.0 in Hardcover: A recommended reading list on 2.0 and education By Steve Hargadon - 02/01/2010
I love books, especially the actual physical ones. I madly scribble notes in the margins, and stuff them with related articles as if they were file folders. I can think of no better afternoon than one spent indulging in the discovery of ideas within a library or bookstore. Here are some titles that I think significantly inform the conversation about Web 2.
More
Fight Content Filters By Lauren Barack - 02/01/2010
Buffy Hamilton thinks one shouldn’t take online content filters lying down, but instead build a well-supported case to get them removed. “I think out of an effort to be proactive, keep children safe, and avoid litigation, schools may err on the safe side,” says Hamilton, school librarian at Creekview High School in Canton, GA.
More
Crisscrossing the Globe: A world of international books for young people By Elizabeth Poe - 02/01/2010
2010 marks the fifth year the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) has selected an honor list of international books. Once again, titles on the list crisscross the globe. They have been published in Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, India, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
More
People Who Need People: How 11 intrepid users get the most out of social media By Kathy Ishizuka - 02/01/2010
Barbra Streisand had it right. We do need one another, as much online as off. At its heart, social media has less to do with technology or a particular application than forging connections with others. How one creates those connections is the question we posed to some insightful social media users.
More
Art in Theory and Practice, II By Wendy Lukehart - 02/01/2010
This is the second part of a series devoted to the intellectual and social benefits of visual thinking. This column probes how teachers and librarians can reap those benefits for their young clientele through a unique method of sharing picture books. When The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.
More
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
Rockin’, Rollin’ and Ridin’ with Rebecca Frezza & Big Truck. CD. 23 min. Prod. by Big Truck Music. Dist. by CDBaby.com. 2009. $8.99.
Gr 1-5–A veteran of Noggin Channel and PBS Kids, Frezza created these eight exceptional rock ‘n roll songs for elementary grade children who are too old for Raffi, but not old enough for adult pop music.
Friends and colleagues of the late Effie Lee Morris may enjoy this photo of the children's librarian, which Nicholas Glass, founder and executive director of Teachingbooks.net, recently found on his computer. It was taken at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, and features (from left) Ashley Bryan, Christopher Myers, and Morris, also an advocate for children's literature and library service to youngsters with impaired vision, who died of cancer on November 10, 2009.
View All Stories
Rockin’, Rollin’ and Ridin’ with Rebecca Frezza & Big Truck. CD. 23 min. Prod. by Big Truck Music. Dist. by CDBaby.com. 2009. $8.99. 
