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Social Media as a Means for Everyday Advocacy
No full textOver the past several years, the power of social media to create connections through the pandemic has had both positive and negative impacts. Libraries make use of social media as a marketing tool, a public forum, and as a digital third place for programming and community connection.Most libraries use social media to communicate the needs of the library and patrons, and as a means to connect with community partners and stakeholders. I’ve spent the last eight years working in rural and remote libraries in Wyoming, New Mexico, and Nebraska, and each has used social media to their advantage in community engagement
ALSC President’s Program: Grassroots Leader Librarianship
No full textI had never thought about being a leader of any sort. Leadership wasn’t any part of my aspiration growing up. I come from a working-class family. Both my parents spent their childhoods running between shelters, away from the American airplanes dropping bombs on Japanese military bases in Taiwan. World War II interrupted their elementary education and thrusted them into a life of blue-collar workforce long before they were ready for adulthood. While they cared about their children’s education, the necessity to keep our family above the water meant that we the children had no role model for what career we could dream of and how far we could reach for our future
Couples Who Collaborate: Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
No full textRobin Page and Steve Jenkins are the husband and wife/author and illustrator team behind more than forty books for children, well-known and beloved for their clever exploration of the animal world. Sadly, Steve passed away on December 26, 2021.For lovers of children’s literature, he left behind a legacy of creativity, curiosity, and kindness that will be felt for generations to come. Robin shares Steve’s commitment to making a difference in the lives of children through the books they created
World Bank Group Publications Announcement
No full textWASHINGTON, DC, June 13, 2023—In alignment with the World Bank’s initiatives on openness, on June 30, 2024, World Bank Group Publications will be discontinuing the World Bank eLibrary, its value-added, subscription-based platform for libraries and institutions. World Bank eLibrary subscribers will continue to receive access through the end of their current subscription period, and no new sales or renewals will be accepted as of June 30, 2023
From the Chair
No full textI was a folklorist before I was a librarian. And that means the first thing that comes to mind when I hear ‘round table’ isn’t ALA organizational structure, but Arthurian legend. While those things might feel worlds apart, a folklorist will tell you that legends are ostensibly historical stories that can provide an interpretive framework for contemporary experiences, the way we talk about the past is how we make sense of the present. So I think that stories of Arthur and his knights can provide relevant perspectives on GODORT and its greater role. I don’t just mean that government information librarians are heroic figures, though I won’t correct anyone else who says so, I mean that thinking about round table narratives can help us better understand round table realities
House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
No full textIt’s finally here—the January 6th report, or its full title, Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol. This report might not be what you expect: it focuses far more on the 2020 election and electoral law than the Wednesday in January 2021 when a mob of armed and angry citizens breached the Capitol building. The crux of the report, instead, is a meticulous compilation of activities by the Trump administration leading up to the 6th, involving memos, tweets, office politics, allegations of election fraud, and attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. Through its intense level of detail, extensive endnotes, and frequent appeals to bipartisanship, the report aims to demonstrate transparency in order to assure anyone who needs it of the integrity of the 2020 election
Growing Book-Based Partnerships: NSU Alvin Sherman Library and PBS KidVision
No full textThis is the story of how a small seed planted in 2019 with a single short video grew into a veritable garden of virtual video collaborations between KidVision and the Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Alvin Sherman Library. For more than ten years, Penny Bernath, education director and host of South Florida PBS KidVision Pre-K, has partnered with the Alvin Sherman Library, a unique joint-use library serving the Broward County community as well as the students, faculty, and staff of NSU.Affectionately known as Miss Penny by children in the South Florida community, she has been a special guest at storytimes for the library’s special events, including Summer Reading, trick-or-treat storytime, Jumpstart Read for the Record, and the library’s signature annual literacy festival StoryFest! These projects provided rich soil when it came time to plant the next crop of collaborations—online programming
Where the Wild Things Are: Children’s Book Creators Team Up for Conservation Work with Wild Tomorrow
No full textPlenty of children’s book authors write about wild things. This past fall, a group of children’s book authors and illustrators put their words into work—taking a collective trek to South Africa, with a purpose.The newly formed Children’s Book Creators for Conservation (CBCC) spent two weeks on a volunteer trip in South Africa with Wild Tomorrow, a nonprofit focused on reconnecting and restoring habitat for threatened wildlife in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Truth in Stories: Recognize Bias by Examining Point of View in Fiction and Nonfiction
No full textCan students recognize bias and perspective in written works? In this study, the children focused on traditional stories presented in book or digital book format. This question is not only essential to a child’s success in school, but it is also a lifelong skill with far reaching consequences. The news has been filled with instances of inaccurate and misleading information, posted by bad actors, bots, special interest groups, or foreign interests to social media platforms. This information can lead a person to action, which can be detrimental to society and the individual. The skill of identifying misleading or inaccurate information is critical for an informed citizenry.To address this question, we must define bias and perspective. A bias is an individual’s belief, perspective is how one’s perception affects their understanding
Still Crabby after All These Years: A Crabby Librarian Origin Story
No full textThe Crabby Librarian has her roots in the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) product catalog my co-workers received in fall 2005 before I even started working at Madison (OH) Public Library in January 2006.The theme for summer 2006 was “Paws, Claws, Scales, and Tales.” At that time, if you wanted to guarantee delivery of items in the catalog several months before summer started, you needed to order in the fall. My colleagues (that I didn’t even know at the time) thought these crab hats in the catalog looked cute and “someone would use them for something,” so they purchased them.The hats arrived a few months after I started as the new head of the children’s department. My new co-workers were sure I could do something with the hats, since they decided they didn’t want to wear them