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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
KT the Magnificent: An Interview with Kathleen T. Horning By Nina Lindsay - 07/01/2009
It’s been a heck of a year for Kathleen T. Horning. In January, Horning (known affectionately to friends and colleagues as K. T.) was tapped to deliver the 2010 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, joining a list of past presenters that includes children’s book greats Maurice Sendak, Philip Pullman, and Kevin Henkes, a friend and fellow resident of Madison, WI.
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Supreme Court: Strip Search of Middle Schooler Unconstitutional By SLJ Staff - 06/26/2009
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that school officials violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old Arizona girl when they suspected she had ibuprofen in her possession and strip searched her. Officials involved in the case, however, are immune from liability.
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Librarian, Author Lee Bock Dies at 64 By SLJ Staff - 06/11/2009
Earline “Lee" Bock, author, librarian, and longtime SLJ contributor died on March 26 after a 14-year battle with lymphoma. She was 64.
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BookExpo America 2009: Librarians Descend on BEA By Rocco Staino - 06/01/2009
Bowling with Scott Westerfeld, sipping tea with Mo Willems, and getting bag loads of autographed books are just some reasons why more than 25,000 people showed up from May 29-31 for Book Expo America (BEA), where publishers, booksellers, and librarians gathered at New York’s Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center to celebrate their love of reading.
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Fearless: An Interview with Laurie Halse Anderson By Kathleen T. Horning - 06/01/2009
It’s hard to believe that only 10 years have passed since Speak (Farrar) was published. Laurie Halse Anderson’s edgy first novel for teens was immediately recognized as groundbreaking, and its little-known author was praised for her ability to write artfully about tough topics such as date rape.
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Hey, Small Spender: An Insider's Guide to Navigating ALA's Chicago Conference on the Cheap From the Editors of 'Time Out Chicago' - 06/01/2009
Good and cheap. That’s our daily mantra during these troubled economic times. So if you’re planning to attend the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual conference in Chicago July 9–15, we want to make sure you get the most bang for your buck.
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Practically Paradise Diane Chen, Librarian, Hickman Elementary School, Nashville, Tennessee March 23, 2007 Shaking Up Our Profession
Movers & Shakers! Each year Library Journal takes nominations for 50 plus librari... More
Practically Paradise Diane Chen, Librarian, Hickman Elementary School, Nashville, Tennessee March 6, 2007 The Perfect School Library
Welcome to the first posting of this new blog for SLJ. I appreciate the simplicity of... More
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
2008 National Book Awards Nominees in the young people's literature category graced the red carpet on Awards night Nov. 20, 2008.
The Buzz Nov. 2008 So the economy’s gone south, you still need your gadgets.
Folktales from Around the World: The Bear Prince. DVD. 11:56 min. with tchr’s. guide. Prod. by Colman Communications. Dist. by 100% Educational Media (schoolvideos.com). 2008. $39.95.
K-Gr 4–While this animated Mexican fairy tale will be new to most viewers, the story contains familiar elements from such popular tales as “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “Puss in Boots.”
Let them eat cake! Library aide Shanta Ramkhelawan (left), librarian Camina Raphael, and Colleen McCrea, head of the children's library, served delectable dessert to more than 130 people celebrating the 85th anniversary of the historic Robert Bacon Memorial Children's Library in Westbury, NY. Upon opening its doors in 1924 it was only the third children's library in the world.
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