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Behind Bars, But Ahead of the Game: Making Reading Memories with Parents Who Are Incarcerated
No full textWhen a parent is incarcerated, that situation brings challenges not only to the parent in jail, but also to the family left at home. A program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension is hoping to not only reconnect families but also to bring an element of literacy to their interactions
Collaborative Learning on Linked Data through a Virtual Study Group
No full textThis paper examines the challenges and successes of a virtual Linked Data Study Group that began at a multi-campus academic institution in 2018, and later grew to include a total of seven librarians from multiple institutions across the country. It describes the group’s planning for their monthly meetings and the discussions at the meetings which covered such topics as Linked Data basic concepts, BIBFRAME Editor, Sinopia Editor, and Wikidata. It also presents a collaborative project the group undertook after two years’ learning. The paper concludes with a summary of what the Linked Data Study Group has achieved thus far, the challenges they faced, and their future plans
Unsettling the Library Catalog: A Case Study in Reducing the Presence of “Indians of North America” and Similar Subject Headings
No full textAs the University of Denver (DU) has begun to accept and wrestle with its history, the DU Libraries have looked for ways it may be perpetuating the harms done to Indigenous populations. An example of this work can be seen in the libraries’ work on changing the displayed terminology used in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) to more current and appropriate headings that respect and correspond to the terminology used by the populations they are meant to represent. This article provides background for this work through a literature review and a more detailed account of how this topic is directly related to the institutional history of DU. A discussion of the specific steps and procedures taken to implement this change is followed by the obstacles encountered along the way and how they were overcome
Membership Committee: Member Profiles
No full textRosie Camargo, Cultural Literacy Specialist, South Holland (IL) Public LibraryAryssa Damron, Children’s Librarian, Washington, DC, Public Library SystemSally Battle, Youth Programming Librarian, Mount Prospect (IL) Public Librar
A Compendium of Jewish Culture: An Interview with Jane Breskin Zalben
No full textYou’re an icon in the children’s literature world, having written more than fifty books. Why does your latest title, Beni’s Tiny Tales: Around the Year in Jewish Holidays, feel different from your others? Do you feel closer to it?I need to answer this in a circuitous way because life often takes indirect paths. I have done many kinds of books and have illustrated and written most of them, but sometimes, I have illustrated other authors, and other times, other artists have illustrated my text.My first Beni book was Beni’s First Chanukah about bears and squirrels celebrating and sharing their holiday traditions as we did with our children and friends. It was my ode to all the Christmas trees I never had. All the red-and-green sugar-dusted cookies, wreaths, and pine roping my family would never do. I desperately wanted to spray-paint reindeers on my bedroom window prancing in fake snow and prayed for Santa to arrive, bringing me a Patty Playpal doll. A Jewish child growing up in a non-Jewish world
A New Librarian’s Take on ECRR: Best Practices for Evidence-Based Early Literacy Storytimes
No full textAfter finishing graduate school, I was fortunate to begin my career in the youth services department of a public library in northwestern Wisconsin. Since then, I have made it a goal to work towards creating the best storytimes I could by becoming an early literacy specialist.With this goal in mind, I continuously research early literacy, child development, and Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) practices and work to implement them in my storytimes
‘Round the Table: 2023 GODORT Award Winners
No full textJames Bennett Childs AwardProQuest/GODORT/ALA “Documents to the People AwardNewsBank/Readex/GODORT/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Research GrantBernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders AwardMargaret T. Lane/Virginia F. Saunders Memorial Research AwardLarry Romans Mentorship AwardDavid W. Rozkuszka Scholarshi
Get to Know . . . Perveen Rustomfram
No full textPerveen Rustomfram presides over one of the newest regional federal depository collections at the Ned McWherter Library at the University of Memphis (UM), which is also a depository for Tennessee state publications. She has had a fulfilling and illustrious career at UM, where she started as a reference and instruction librarian in 1995. She previously cut her teeth on government documents at the Memphis Public Library, where she worked from 1987 to 1993. Originally from Hyderabad, India, she obtained a BSW in Social Work from Bombay University, an MA in Sociology from the University of Hyderabad, a BLS in Library Science from SNDT University, and an MLS from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Editor’s Corner
No full textHello, and happy new year! What a ride the first year as DttP editor has been. Let’s take a quick look at just a few of the major events:GODORT celebrated its 50th anniversary.January 3—The number of daily infections of COVID-19 exceeded one million for the first time since the start of the pandemic.February 24—Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine
So, You Have to Get Vaccinated? A Brief Overview of State and Federal Authority to Mandate Vaccinations for Children
No full textVaccines are some of the most important inventions of the last several centuries, however, they are also possibly some of the most concerning, especially for new parents. Unfortunately, there has been a noticeable increase in hesitancy or outright hostility to vaccines over the years, which was furthered by the emergence of COVID-19 in 2020. It is understandable, with all the misinformation that has been spread over the last several years, that there are more parents that believe vaccination mandates violate their constitutional rights. However, it is important that parents understand that, while they may dislike it, they are still expected to comply with their state’s required vaccine schedule before their children reach school age. This article will touch on who can mandate vaccinations, some prominent legal challenges that determined vaccination mandates are constitutional, and will provide several examples of budgetary and regulatory proposals submitted by the president and Congress that were used to influence vaccination programs at a federal level