The program below is one of many featured on ALA’s online clearinghouse for school/public library cooperation managed by the AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation. Visit the clearinghouse to learn more or share your own exemplary partnership!
Title of Program: Great Library Card Adventure/Get Carded
Type of Program: Library Card Campaigns
Age level: Elementary & [...]

The program presented below is one of many featured on ALA’s online clearinghouse for school/public library cooperation managed by the AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation. Visit the clearinghouse to learn more or share your own exemplary partnership!
Title of Program: Educator Library Cards
Type of Program: Library Cards for Educators/Schools
Age level: Elementary & Secondary
Description [...]

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 [...]

by Tricia Bohanon Twarogowski
In this final installment of the series examining programs for children with special needs and their families, I share ideas on two final topics: potential partnerships and future possibilities for this specialized programming.
Partnerships
As mentioned in Part One, reaching out to community organizations affiliated with special needs is beneficial not [...]

by Tricia Bohanon Twarogowski
Last week in Part Three, I shared program plans from past Rhythm and Rhyme storytimes for children with special needs and their families. As a result of the partnership between the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (PLCMC) and the Autism Society of North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County Chapter, training videos have [...]

By Tricia Bohanon Twarogowski
In Parts One and Two, the reasons behind and facets of programming for children with special needs were covered. In this third entry to this blog series about special needs programming, I provide two program plans that I developed for Rhythm and Rhyme Storytimes at Matthews Branch of the Public [...]

by Tricia Bohanon Twarogowski
In Part One, the reasons for serving children with special needs in a storytime setting were highlighted. This week I will cover some elements of the Rhythm and Rhyme Storytime for Children with Special Needs and their Families which make the programming distinctive.
Relaxed Rules: Due to developmental differences of [...]

by Tricia Bohanon Twarogowski
With budgetary and staffing issues currently facing libraries, children’s programming managers and staff may wonder, “Why begin a new storytime program for children with special needs and their families?” The answer: to provide support for a vastly underserved area of our population. Efforts to provide special needs programming are [...]

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 [...]

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Episode 9

Episode 9: Outreach to Latino Populations
The Latinos are the fastest growing minority population in the United States. Dr. Jamie Campbell Naidoo predicts that within 20 to 30 years, they are going to be the majority. In this 24-minute podcast, ALSC member Dr. Naidoo discusses

what led him to research and teach diversity and [...]