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Category Archives: YouTube
A Radio Show? Sure!
Among the many things on the list of “things that I did not learn in library school” is “Produce/create/or anything to do with a radio show”. I don’t know the first thing about radio, but when a streaming Internet radio … Continue reading
LSSPCC Update
For the last four years I have had the honor to serve on the Library Service to Special Population Children and Their Caregivers Committee (LSSPCC). Each year we award the ALSC/Candlewick Press “Light the Way” Grant. Through the years I … Continue reading
Book to Film (Soon): Beautiful Creatures
Although I am a children’s librarian, I have a deep and abiding love for YA literature, as I’m sure most of us do. Some of our mature readers in the Children’s Library have already read their way through many a … Continue reading
#ALSC12 Shake Shimmy and Dace: Using Music with Preschoolers
Kate Schiavi of Louiseville Free Public LIbrary packed so much great info (and so much fun!) into this program! We learned a bit about music theory and “musicality” development in early childhood, the link between music and literacy, and how … Continue reading
Procrastination suits you well!
There’s still time to enter the ALSC/YALSA video contest! The deadline is midnight on Monday, April 30th for the first ever ALSC/YALSA video contest. Time is running out, but for a librarian like you it’s no problem to create a … Continue reading
Celebrating National Library Week
How did you celebrate National Library Week at your Library? Did you offer a special storytime celebrating books and reading? Did you offer a photo opp with a special library prop or puppet? Did you have a fun library-related trivia … Continue reading
April is almost here and the clock is ticking!
This is your final month to enter the ALSC/YALSA video contest. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3! First make a short video showcasing the digital lives of tweens and young teens at your library. Next, upload the video to … Continue reading
Fight the winter doldrums and get creative today! The ALSC/YALSA video contest
March comes in like a lion, so get your pride on by entering the first ever ALSC/YALSA video contest. Simply show us what’s happening at your library with tweens/young teens and technology in a short video. Show us what … Continue reading

