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Category Archives: Bloggers
“Screen Time” is Bad
“Screen time” is bad for children. “Screen time” shouldn’t enter into professional discourse concerning services for children in libraries. “Screen time” is detrimental to our professional practice and distracts from the core values of librarianship. The phrase “screen time” is … Continue reading
Book to Film: Good Night, Mr. Tom
Whatever platitudes we spout about judging books by their covers, the truth is almost everyone does just that. A book with a cover deemed “boring” by children is going to live a sad life in the library, a life of … Continue reading
Reorganizing Non-fiction: A Dewey Hybrid Model
Almost five years after reorganizing our picture book collection we recently decided to commit to a plan and dig in to a full-on rethinking of the children’s non-fiction collection. The project, called Operation Awesome NonFic Reorg (at least that’s what … Continue reading
Parachute Science: A School-Age STEM Program
I was listening to the radio a few months ago when I heard a story involving toy parachute soldiers–those small plastic figures with thin plastic parachutes strapped to their backs like you might have won at a school carnival as … Continue reading
Annual or Institute: Submit Your 2014 Program Proposal
ALSC is now accepting proposals for innovative programs for the 2014 ALA Annual Conference and the 2014 ALSC National Institute. To submit a program proposal, please fill out the online program proposal form located on the ALSC website. All proposals … Continue reading
Posted in ALA Annual 2014, Blogger Dan Rude, Institute 2014
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Using the Bookstore Model
Last week I visited the media center at the School of Engineering and Arts in Golden Valley, MN to hear about how they used a bookstore model to arrange their collections. The collection is divided into two large pieces: “Information” … Continue reading
Posted in Blogger Heather Acerro
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Board Book Storage
We recently changed a lot in my library when we made the decision to switch to subject categorization in our picture books. One of my favorite things that we changed was how we stored our Board Books. When I started … Continue reading
Posted in Blogger Katie Salo, Books, Collection Development
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Family Science Programs – part 2
In my post on Family Science Programs last month, I reported on the Los Angeles Public Library‘s partnership with the California Science Center to offer hands-on preschool science programs to families at the library. It was their grant – and … Continue reading
