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Sing At Your Library, a great part of the Kids! @ Your Library Campaign. At Your Library by Bill Harley © 2005 Round River Records, used with permission www.billharley.com
Listen to a brief intro to the rest of the podcast. [...]

The ALSC legislation committee is urgently requesting your aid in support of the SKILLS (Strengthening Kids Interest in Learning and Libraries) Act in the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. For more information and to take immediate action, please go to the ALA Legislative Action Center site: http://capwiz.com/ala/home/ . (It’s so easy [...]

by Traci Glass
Today I had the first meeting of the Spring Session of Teen Team – a volunteer program for middle and high school students.  Much to my great joy, I had a lot of tweeners this time – usually Teen Team has more than its share of Juniors & Seniors due to the really [...]

While I do plan a number of storytimes that are non-animal in nature, I have to admit that many of them do feature animals.  Toddler-friendly picture books overwhelmingly feature animals doing all sorts of adorable things and getting into all kinds of mischief.  The children love them and the parents want to check them out [...]

My goal with this monthly series is to encourage discussion about topics from our professional literature. I don’t plan to review a title, but rather will respond to portions of the work that speak to me and encourage others to do the same.
The book that I selected for January is The Family-Centered Library Handbook, which [...]

Educators and librarians have until April 15, 2008, to apply online for Picturing America, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), in cooperation with the American Library Association. Picturing America is part of the NEH’s We the People initiative.
If your application is selected, you receive a set of 20 laminated posters [...]

For those of you interested in “under the hood” kinds of things, we’re going to offer a regular blog post from one of the ALSC office staffers about once a month. Last month, new Marketing Specialist Jenny Najduch introduced herself. This month, it’s my turn!
–Diane Foote, Executive Director
Q: How did you learn about ALSC?
A: As [...]

Technology plays an important part in your role as a children’s librarian, school library media specialist, or other stakeholder in providing quality library service to children. Do you feel the need for easy access to updates and information about cutting-edge technology and its use with the kids you serve?
The ALSC Children and Technology Committee needs [...]

Friday, January 25, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, 10:00 Central,
9:00 Mountain, 8:00 Pacific, and 5:00 p.m. GMT/UTC/Zulu:
Friday, January 25, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 2:00 Central, 1:00
Mountain, noon Pacific, and 8:00 p.m. GMT/UTC/Zulu:
lds for Kids, Tweens, and Teens: Whyville
According to a recent New York Times article, 2008 will be the year of
virtual worlds [...]

Ever wonder how to build your own objects or modify those you have?

Join the ELVEN Institute as we look at the basics of building. This workshop will show how to create a simple object, modify it, take it back into your inventory, and then make more copies of it in the world.  As a [...]