PaperTigers (http://www.papertigers.org/index.html) describes itself as a website about books in English for young readers. While books discussed are multicultural from or about any part of the world, it has a particular focus on the Pacific Rim and South Asia. The site includes book reviews, interviews, an online gallery of art by various illustrators, and a [...]

BAM! Body and Mind (http://www.bam.gov) is maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This site helps to answer kids’ questions about health issues as well as recommend ways to make their bodies and minds healthier, stronger and safer.
This is one of many sites recommended in the [...]

Smithsonian Education offers educator resources including Virtual Heritage Tours. If you haven’t had the chance, I encourage you to explore the site and share it with your patrons.

The ALSC Great Web Sites Committee has added more recommended Web sites to Great Web Sites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites), an online resource containing hundreds of links to commendable Web sites for children.
Great Web Sites for Kids (GWS) features links to Web sites of interest to children 14 years of age and younger, organized into diverse [...]

During the 2009 Annual Conference, the American Library Association’s Council adopted the Minors and Internet Interactivity statement as part of ALA’s Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights. As stated in the introduction to the Interpretations,
Although the Articles of the Library Bill of Rights are unambiguous statements of basic principles that should govern the [...]

The word is out. While The Pigeon still isn’t allowed to drive the bus, a Twitter account has been approved. According to Mo Willems’s post on July 5, The Pigeon will “tweet” or “coo” live from the American Library Association Annual Conference starting Friday, July 10.

The Betsy Ross Homepage (http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/) is the Web Site of the Month on the ALSC Great Web Sites for Kids (http://www.ala.org/greatsites). The page contains a virtual tour of her house, flag rules, flag trivia and lots of information. The Betsy Ross Homepage was launched on January 1, 1996, the 244th anniversary of Betsy Ross’s birth. [...]

I know that we all struggle with following copyright but also needing music and videos to use in programs and on websites.  Infopeople is offering a free webinar on this subject featuring Mary Minow, an attorney and former librarian who specializes in copyright issues. The one-hour webcast will be held on June 17 at noon [...]

Yes, summer is almost here, a perfect time to plan how to promote your library’s research databases this fall.
As I begin my plan, I’m thinking:

Use them myself. Keep a notebook. Share what I learn with colleagues and patrons.
Offer classes and pathfinders for each database.
Provide individual appointments for students, parents and teachers to demonstrate the [...]

The Great Web Sites for Kids committee has selected 19 sites as a 2009 Great Web Site for Kids. These sites have been added to the Great Web Sites for Kids page. See the annotated list below, or go to the website: http://www.ala.org/greatsites.
Great Web Sites for Kids are those considered the best web sites for [...]