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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

  • The Twilight Saga: New Moon
    By Kent Turner - 11/20/2009
    Director Chris Weitz’s film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s New Moon (Little, Brown, 2006) is an improvement over last year’s franchise launching Twilight, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and will no doubt leave fans of the series eager for the next installment, while leaving others perplexed by the hoopla surrounding the critic-proof film series. More
  • Oklahoma Needs School Librarians
    By Lauren Barack - 11/20/2009
    For qualified media specialists, the state of Oklahoma is a boomtown—there are more positions available than librarians to fill them. More
  • Teens Still Text and Drive, Pew Report Says  
    By SLJ Staff - 11/18/2009
    Texting and driving are a dangerous mix, yet one in four American teens of driving age say they’ve texted while driving, and half of all teens ages 12 to 17 say they’ve been a passenger in a car while the driver has texted behind the wheel, say a new report. More
  • Effie Lee Morris, Advocate of Library Services to Children, Dies at 88
    By Rocco Staino - 11/17/2009
    Effie Lee Morris, a leading advocate of library services for children, minorities, and the visual impaired, and the first African-American president of the Public Library Association (PLA), died of cancer on November 10 at her home in San Francisco, CA. She was 88. More
  • High School Library Books Returned 51 Years Late with $1,000 Check
    By Rocco Staino - 11/16/2009
    The phrase “the check is in the mail” took on a whole new meaning for Phoenix, AZ, high school librarian Georgette Bordine, who recently received a surprise package in the mail containing two books belonging to the Camelback High School library—which were 51 years overdue. More
  • Former AASL President Winona Jones Dies at 81
    By SLJ Staff - 11/12/2009
    Winona Jones, former president of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) from 1990 to 1991, died November 6 of an immune deficiency. She was 81. More
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
    By Kent Turner - 11/11/2009
    Director/cowriter Wes Anderson adds existential heft to Fantastic Mr. Fox, his nimble-footed adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic showdown between nature and man (Knopf, 1970). Anderson asks how a fox can attain happiness without killing and devouring its prey, toning down the book’s central question: Why wouldn’t a father steal a few chickens to save his starving children? More
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