SLJ - January 01, 2008

Features

Café Society: Do school libraries need a double shot of espresso?
When Jim Chadwell, the former principal of Northwest High School in Texas, renovated his media center four years ago, he had two things in mind: Starbucks and Barnes & Noble. “He wanted a place where students could read, do research, and work on classroom assignments, but also socialize,” says Media Specialist Naomi Bates.

The Metamorphosis: Birth of a Library Activist
See Me, Hear Me: Skype in the Classroom
Guilty Pleasures: Great Reads for Grown-Ups