Social Networking Guru danah boyd By Debra Lau Whelan - 03/25/2009
When danah boyd talks, people listen. The academic, blogger, and rock star of social networking research has just completed her PhD dissertation, “Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics." SLJ caught up with her to talk about the way American teens socialize on sites like MySpace, Facebook, LiveJournal, Xanga, and YouTube. More
Site of the Month: Facebook Book Clubs By Debra Lau Whelan - 06/01/2009
bit.ly/42jjOe What better way to get kids talking about books than on one of their favorite pastimes—Facebook. A recent application on the social networking site, Book Clubs offers students a free and convenient place to share ideas about books, authors, and related interests. With it, Facebook members can create or join a reading group devoted to any category, region, interest, or author.
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Moore of Everything: Thanks to Technology, the One Thing We Can Count on Is Change By Marc Aronson - 06/01/2009
I was driving along a muddy road in the English countryside last fall in a brown jeep that was probably used by the English army several wars ago. It was raining, and the only way to get the windshield wipers to work was to reach out and use my hand. The gear shift seemed like something out of an Erector Set.
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Atlantic City Free Public Library to Open New Teen Space By Debra Lau Whelan - 05/15/2009
When teens enter the Atlantic City Free Public Library in New Jersey this September, they’ll have a special place to call their own. Thanks to $40,000 from the South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, the library is creating Teen Space, a 985-square-foot state-of-the-art area devoted to 12-to-18-year-olds.
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Texting For Better Sex Ed By Lauren Barack - 05/11/2009
Sure, sex ed details have long been easy to find online. But now teens in North Carolina can get condom information, and how exactly to avoid an STD or pregnancy all with one simple, and anonymous text over their cell phone.
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My Bluford High Boys By Sara Stevenson - 05/01/2009
How a book club for reluctant readers proved the naysayers wrong.
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Flipped!: Want to get teens excited about summer reading? Just add video. By Jennifer Wooten - 05/01/2009
“They’re not doing legitimate work” complains the agitated woman, pointing at a group of teens on the public library’s computers. “They should be doing schoolwork, not watching YouTube.” I remind her that they are patrons, too, and what they do with their computer time is up to them.
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A Fuse #8 Production Elizabeth Bird, Children's Librarian, Children's Center at 42nd Street June 11, 2007 Jay Goes Walkabout
So I'm in my library, minding my own business, and who should walk through the door b... 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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