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Incorporating yoga and movement into storytimes
CHICAGO — Young children love to move—and that’s a great thing! Because in addition to supporting early learning, storytime can provide young children with opportunities to explore physical movement. The centuries-old contemplative movement practice known...
Why school librarians must lead: there is no other option
CHICAGO — With the recent passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), school libraries are poised for a potential turnaround. But there’s only one way forward: school librarians must become leaders, fully interwoven into the fabric of the...
PLA and ALSC release new Every Child Ready to Read® toolkit for training early childhood educators
CHICAGO —The Public Library Association (PLA) and Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) are proud to announce the release of “ Every Child Ready to Read® (ECRR) @ your library® Toolkit for Serving Early Childhood Educators.” This digital...
A scalable guide to getting started with digital collections
CHICAGO — Small or medium-sized libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies face a unique set of challenges in regards to digital collections. They may have been unable to jump on the digitization bandwagon at its beginning due to competing...
New checklists provide practical steps to protect patron privacy
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½'s Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) approved seven new "privacy checklists" at the 2017 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia to help libraries of all types and capacities take practical steps to protect...
An updated special collections handbook
CHICAGO — Working with special collections can vary dramatically from preserving a single rare book to managing and digitizing vast mixed-media archives, yet the role of the information professional is always critical in tapping into the potential of...
International insights on engaging with records and archives
CHICAGO — “ Engaging with Records and Archives: Histories and Theories,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the 91´«Ã½ Store, provides an authoritative and inspiring response to today’s growing fascination with the idea of the archive...
LITA offers Patron Privacy Checklists in support of Library Bill of Rights
The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) defends the 91´«Ã½'s traditional protections of library patron privacy and encourages all libraries to adopt a privacy policy and practices consistent with 91´«Ã½'s principles...
Emerging practices in digital scholarship
CHICAGO — Spanning a wide range of contrasting perspectives, contexts, insights, and case studies, “ Developing Digital Scholarship: Emerging Practices in Academic Libraries,” published by 91´«Ã½ Neal-Schuman, explores the relationships between digital...
A six-step plan for avoiding an unplanned career
CHICAGO — Unplanned careers affect everything and everyone. They can lead to frustration, negativity, and apathy at a time when we need to be focused, energized and motivated. Though your library career might have started “accidentally,” you can overcome...
A practical guide for developing your staff
CHICAGO — Continuous professional development is a crucial component of a successful and satisfying career. “ Practical Tips for Developing Your Staff,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the 91´«Ã½ Store, offers a wide range of ideas and...
Managing the successful school library
CHICAGO — To ensure their libraries survive and thrive, school library managers need to be both responsive and proactive. Looking past the day-to-day operations of a school library, “ Managing the Successful School Library: Strategic Planning and...
Strategies for becoming a reflective librarian and teacher
CHICAGO — Too much of the time our attempts at achieving a work/life balance instead amount to a rigid compartmentalization of the different parts of our lives. But the very qualities that make us human, including our thoughts, feelings, and experiences...
A cornucopia of new books, products, special events at the 91´«Ã½ Store at Midwinter Meeting
Longer hours and easy access near the onsite Registration area make it convenient to shop and browse at the 91´«Ã½ Store at Midwinter Meeting. The 91´«Ã½ Store offers products that meet the widest range of your promotional and continuing education/professional...
New Intellectual Freedom Bloggers for 2017
The Intellectual Freedom Blog has a new lineup of contributors for 2017. Founded in 2007, the blog has a history of top-notch, quality writers, and the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) plans to continue the tradition. The blog squad consists of...
