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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. More
  • 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. More
  • CT Storytelling Center Remembers Librarian Kate McClelland
    By Debra Lau Whelan - 06/23/2009
    Members of the Connecticut Storytelling Center have helped to create a quilt honoring the memory of librarian Kate McClelland, who along with colleague Kathy Krasniewicz, was killed last January by a hit-and-run driver. More
  • 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. More
  • 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. More
  • 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. More
  • 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. More
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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.

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