Professional Development

AGOSTO, Denise E. & June Abbas, eds. Teens, Libraries, and Social Networking: What Librarians Need to Know. 184p. bibliog. index. Web sites. CIP. Libraries Unlimited. 2011. pap. $40. ISBN 978-1-59884-575-4; ebook $40. ISBN 978-1-59884-576-1. LC More...

Later this year, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) will hold its annual conference in Chicago (November 17-20) and celebrate its first century of service. How appropriate, since NCTE was founded in the More...

HARPER, Meghan. Reference Sources and Services for Youth. 307p. illus. bibliog. chron. further reading. glossary. index. Web sites. CIP. Neal-Schuman. 2011. Tr $65. ISBN 978-1-55570-641-8. LC 2011004987.  The concept of school and public library collaboration More...

BAUMAN, Stephanie G., ed. Storytimes for Children. 252p. bibliog. index. Web sites. CIP. Libraries Unlimited. 2010. pap. $30. ISBN 978-1-59884-565-5; ebook $30. ISBN 978-1-59884-566-2. LC 2010033534.   This compilation of ideas for beginning school or More...

The 13th national conference of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), held October 25–28 in Reno, NV, featured several vendor announcements.Follett Software Companyreleased the latest version of InfoCentre at AASL. InfoCentre 3.0, a new More...

SLJ talks to Rick Riordan about his latest bestseller 'The Red Pyramid,' book one of the Kane Chronicles. More...

Do you have the tools to ensure that your students become 21st century learners? If you're in need of some more help, sign up for a one-day professional development course entitled, 'Empowering 21st Century Learners: More...

The American Library Association's youth services divisions have new presidents-Carl Harvey, a school librarian at North Elementary School, in Noblesville, IN, was elected president of the American Association of School Librarians; Mary Fellows of the More...