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Reading and watching on equity, voting activism, and other issues that will that will feed your spirit and enrich your online learning program.

Facilitating research, public librarians question if school assignments are age-appropriate. 

With school athletics seasons canceled and professional leagues shuttered, students can find comfort in these sports books, movies, and streaming shows.

With students learning from home, Denver Public Schools' ebook and audio checkouts topped 51,000 in April. Here's how librarians are making that happen. 

Stephenie Meyer's retelling of Twilight from vampire Edward Cullen’s point of view will have a first printing of 750,000 and will be released in hardcover, ebook, large-print formats, and audio.

Target, Seattle Public Schools, and the Free Library of Philadelphia have something in common. All have been sued for having websites or digital tools that fail federal accessibility standards for individuals with disabilities. Knowing the rules of 508 compliance is important for school librarians, who are often responsible for tech, including maintaining website content.

In San Francisco, employment agreements say that librarians can be deployed as disaster workers. Elsewhere, librarians voluntarily pitch in to help municipalities.

Spring research season is here. Adjust your practice to ensure students have a rich and meaningful immersion while working on year-end projects.

As the world confronts this global health crisis, educators are also charged with helping students through the grief and trauma. SLJ spoke with mental health experts for advice and resources to meet the psychological and emotional needs of kids and adults.