Libraries
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Teachers, Principals, Parents: Support School Libraries
School libaries are the heart of a good school. How do school libraries help students and what can you do to support your school library media program as a teacher, principal, or parent?
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Help Your Preschooler Become a Library Lover
Introduce your child to the library with these tips and help them develop a lifelong love of books and libraries.
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The Truth About Teen Literature
After an NBC Nightly News segment highlighting some "racy reads," Young Adult Librarians are quick to point out that there is more to YA lit than the news segment made it seem.
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What YOU Think About Your Public Library
Public libaries exist to serve the public. How is your public library doing? Find out what some library users have to say.
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Popular Culture as a Bridge to Good Literature
A summary of the Literature of Young Adults Conference on October 12, 2001.
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Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
A summary of the workshop by Patrick Jones hosted by the Chicago Library System
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Library Response to the Tragedy
What are libraries doing in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11? Find out how your library can help you.
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Innovative Education in Libraryland
As Dean Leigh Estabrook leaves the deanship at UIUC, a look at the innovative LEEP distance education program at the University of Illinois.
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Teens Read
Review of Marc Aronson's Exploding the Myths: the Truth About Teenagers and Reading.
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Your Public Library
Why does your public library exist, and what is its purpose? A discussion of public library mission statements and policies.
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Library Books in more ways than one
Books about books and libraries in time for National Book Month.
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Literacy for Today
Literacy no longer merely refers to reading skills. People are now required to be able to deal effectively with vast amounts of information, which has given birth to information literacy.
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Reading at the Library
Diana Rosenberg advised her readers to "never apologize for your reading tastes." It's a reader's world out there, and the library is there to help.
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Job and Employment Services
Job seekers are more and more finding themselves at the library in their search for employment. See what the library has done to assist them.
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Young Adult Services in Public Libraries
What can young adults and teenagers get out of the library? More and more libraries are developing library services directed toward YAs.
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Bookstores vs. Libraries?
Are you a bookstore person or a library person? Is there a difference? Should there be a difference? This article discusses the differnce between bookstores and libraries and how this might lead to change.
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Censorship Part 2: Filtering
A discussion of Internet Filtering in public libraries as it relates to the case of Mainstream Loudoun vs. the Loudoun County Library.
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Censorship Part 1: Overview
Since libraries serve as information resource centers for large groups of people, library censorship is a critical issue.
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Where has Your Librarian Been?
Find out what your librarian can offer you and your community based on the education and training that he or she received in his or her M.L.S. program.
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