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Editor’s Note: A Librarian’s Bucket List
No full textAbout twenty-five years ago, one of my bucket list goals was to find a job to combine my passion and skills for both writing and library science. That dream came true twenty years ago, when I began as editor of Children and Libraries
Representation Matters: Board Books with Children with Disabilities
No full textDiversity is an important part of children’s literature as demonstrated in numerous articles beginning with Nancy Larrick in 1965 and most recently codified in the We Need Diverse Books movement. However, while diversity has the aim of inclusion, disability representation has not always been part of the equation.The goal of this study is to explore the evidence of disability representation in children’s literature with a focus on board books through the examination of one library collection. Our team selected board books because we had access to a finite collection we could explore in its totality, and we expected that, due to the nature of board books being explicit in representation, we would be able to easily identify disability representation
Research Roundup: Placemaking: Expanding Our Reach and Empowering Communities
No full textDue to COVID, communities across the globe have had to rethink ways to safely connect and engage with one another. One option that has emerged is placemaking, “a collaborative process of people coming together to create the great public spaces at the heart of their communities.”Rooted in urban design, placemaking has enabled some communities to successfully negotiate COVID challenges while participating in a process that also has the potential to transform our post-pandemic world. Because 80 percent of children’s time is spent outside of school, it is exceptionally important for communities to leverage opportunities for them to learn beyond classroom walls. Libraries and other community partners can share placemaking resources while exploring new ways to harness placemaking principles to create better social, cultural, and economic outcomes. This is important since many of today’s youth and families are living in inequitable spaces
Membership Committee: ALSC Member Profiles
No full textBrian E. Wilson, Children’s Librarian, Evanston (IL) Public LibraryMichael Kwende, Children’s Librarian, Berkeley (CA) Public Library-Claremont BranchErica Siskind, Children’s Librarian, Oakland (CA) Public LibrarySukalaya Kenworthy, Librarian, Fort Lauderdale, F
In Brief
No full textOlathe, Kansas; York, Maine; Novi, Michigan; Adair, Missouri; Independence, Missouri; Bedford, New Hampshire; Salem, New Hampshire; Massapequa, New York; Riverhead, New York; Canby, Oregon; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Radnor, Pennsylvania; Horry County, South Carolina; Knoxville, Tennessee; Pflugerville, Texas; Plano, Texas; Davis, Utah; Smithfield, Virginia; Madison, Virginia; Stafford, Virginia; Bellingham, Washington; New Berlin, Wisconsin; Whitefish Bay, Wisconsi
Government Documents Round Table 2022 Award Winners
No full textBernadine Abbott Hoduski AwardProQuest/GODORT/ALA “Documents to the People” AwardJames Bennett Childs Awar
Editor’s Corner
No full textIt often feels like I’m dragging myself across the finish line of an academic year, but it honestly just feels so much worse since the pandemic. I suspect many of you are also feeling some level of exhaustion, so writing and publishing may not be a priority. I get it, which is why DttP might seem a little light of late. That being said, since GODORT is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and I thought it’d be worth taking a look at early publications to see how far we’ve come. The oldest issue available online is from November 1974, and I found a piece written by Jaia Heymann, who was elected chair of the Clearinghouse September 1974 through March 1975, and later stepped into the role of editor in September 1976 and stayed until June the next year. It’s quite funny and interesting that some of the same problems DttP was experiencing then are still happening, including the need for content. I hope you take the time to read her piece
Book Review: Open Source Library Systems: A Guide
No full textRobert Wilson and James Mitchell have written Open Source Library Systems: A Guide with two purposes in mind: “to gather in one place information on a variety of open source software (OSS) used by libraries worldwide” and “to provide an updated treatment of library OSS that has been sorely needed” (137). This approachable guide accomplishes both purposes and is well suited for anyone seeking a practical understanding of the parameters of OSS, the relationships and differences between OSS and proprietary software, and the place of both in the current library ecosystem