I’ve just returned from the Pura Belpré Celebración where we honored Margarita Engle, the author of  The Poet Slave of Cuba, a biography of Francisco Manzano; Yuyi Morales the artist and Marisa Montes the author of Los Gatos Black on Halloween; Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, author of Frida Viva La Vida! Long Live Life!; Maya Christina [...]

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Teresa Y. Neely’s Information Literacy Assessment: Standards-Based Tools and Assignments is geared toward academic librarians and ways to integrate the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)’s Information Literacy Compentency Standards for Higher Education into assignments and ways to assess. As I started reading, I revisited The American Association of School [...]

Anne Heidemann shares her impressions of Got Tweens? Serving Younger Teens and Tweens, the YALSA Preconference.

I was so happy to be included in the Diversity Leadership Pre-conference at ALA here in Anaheim. It was an amazingly inspiring day featuring presentations, discussions and brainstorming.
The day started off with ALA President Loriene Roy speaking about her vision of “celebrating community, collaboration, and culture” during her tenure as ALA’s first American Indian President. [...]

ALA Marginalia announces the Day-in-Review to be held at Salon Huron at ALA Island (179, 201, 29) at 5:00 p.m. Second Life Time/Pacific Time today (Friday, June 27), Sunday and Monday. It will begin at 4:00 p.m. Second Life/Pacific Time on Saturday, June 28.

Andrea Mercado of the PLA Blog is attending and will blog about the Foresight 2020 conference, presented by the Urban Libraries Council.
There is so much going on in Anaheim!

To all of you conference-goers, have a safe trip and a wonderful time! The ALSC Board meetings are open to all. (You can view the board’s agenda and topics of discussion by selecting ALSCBOARD from the list provided here.) And, don’t forget the ALSC membership meeting on Monday, noon to 1:00 p.m., at the Marriott, [...]

I won’t be going to Anaheim… but I am thinking of you conference goers! For those of you who are veteran attendees, this will seem old hat. But for the first or second timers, here’s a few tips that always help me have a better conference, in no particular order of preference:
*Take Snacks. And take [...]

Add ALSC to your Annual Conference schedule with exciting programs, events and giveaways!

Decide ahead of time which ALSC programs and meetings you want to attend by viewing: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscevents/alscannual/alsc08programs.cfm
WIN a ticket to the ALSC event of the year—the Newbery Caldecott Banquet!  For those who have not yet bought tickets to Sunday’s banquet, visit the ALA/ALSC booth [...]

ALSC’s Great Web Sites Committee voted to add the following sites in spring 2008:
All Safe Sites – www.allsafesites.com
Amazing Space – http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
Bnetsavvy – www.bnetsavvy.org
Debra Frasier – www.debrafrasier.com
EMuseum at Minnesota State University – www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/index.shtml
Ethan’s Bookshelf – www.ethansbookshelf.com
FBI for Kids – www.fbi.gov/fbikids.htm
Fun – Family Fun & Entertainment – http://fun.familyeducation.com
Gymnasium for the Brain – www.gymnasiumforbrain.com
Johnnie’s Math Page – [...]