The 2010 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Committee is asking the ALSC membership to submit titles for consideration. The Sibert Award is presented annually to the author, author/illustrator, co-authors, or author and illustrator of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceding year. Honor Books may be named.
Informational books are defined as those [...]

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 [...]

Today is the first day of Banned Books Week. Robert P. Doyle writes in Books Challenged and Banned in 2008-2009: Speak-Read-Know,
The challenges documented in this list are not brought by people merely expressing a point of view; rather, they represent requests to remove materials from schools or libraries, thus restricting access to them [...]

The first 1000 libraries to register to be part of National Gaming Day @ your library (Saturday, November 14, 2009) may request free donations of games. Registration is open until mid-October.

Greetings ALSC Members:
It’s your president here, letting you know about some exciting conversations we’re beginning, and asking for your contributions. Two small groups have been convened to look at some pressing issues close to our hearts: The Board Subcommittee on Strategic Plan Alignment is considering ALSC business, looking at our core goals and objectives and [...]

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.

by Angela Reynolds
A few weeks ago, my boss asked if I would walk along with the Bookmobile in the local parade, and hand out some bookmarks about upcoming programs. Having walked in parades before, I knew firsthand that a plain-old librarian walking along, unless she has some pretty good swag to throw, is not [...]

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 [...]

The International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) offer on the web site, ReadWriteThink, a resource of lesson plans, web links and texts related to September 11, 2001.

Flight 93 National Memorial, (U.S. National Park Service) Pennsylvania
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum at The World Trade Center
The Pentagon Memorial

A colleague of mine suggested that ALSC members may be interested in
Reading for Healthy Families Oregon a statewide early literacy training program utilizing the Every Child Ready to Read @ your library curriculum. For more information please visit the RFHF website: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.home.page.shtml.
The Oregon State Library and Oregon Commission on Children and Families have partnered [...]