American Libraries: Youth Matters

Make Room for Homeschoolers

Sanhita SinhaRoy — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:54:06 +0000

By Abby Johnson

Children educated at home can help make a library more fantastic

Did you know there are an estimated 2 million home-educated children in the United States? According to a report from the National Home Education Research Institute, there were approximately 2.04 million American homeschoolers in 2010, and that number is increasing by 2%–8% each year. That’s almost 4% of all school-age children in this country.

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It’s Always Time for CE-TV

Beverly Goldberg — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:30:53 +0000

March/April 2012

By Linda W. Braun

Grow your skill set online, 24/7

Have you heard of Khan Academy? Sal Khan started the organization in the belief that people could learn by watching short, targeted videos online. Subjects run the gamut: from algebra to art history to the principles of banking to taking the SAT.

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Making Progress by Fives

Beverly Goldberg — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:54:28 +0000

January/February 2012

By Dorcas Hand

At the Australian School Library Association conference in October 2011, Executive Director Karen Bonanno offered several excellent insights in her keynote (Vimeo, 31:46) that are useful to all librarians in this era of tightened budgets and job opportunities.

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Reach Out through Outreach

Beverly Goldberg — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:02:49 +0000

November / December 2011

By Abby Johnson

A library community is wherever the patrons are

Some of the most important library work I do is outside the library’s walls. Outreach—traveling offsite to bring service to potential users—is essential to serving my community and especially its children.

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The Lowdown on STEM

Beverly Goldberg — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:22:23 +0000

September/October 2011

By Linda W. Braun

A formula for luring teens toward science and math

Each week I have at least one conversation about how schools and libraries are working to support teaching and learning in STEM: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. I’ve discovered that some librarians are struggling to figure out what their role should be in the STEM universe. I’m here to give you a few pointers.

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My Midsummer Metamorphosis

Beverly Goldberg — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:42:46 +0000

July/August 2011

By Jennifer Burek Pierce

Remembering why librarianship beckoned in the first place

Summer is an island. The trees around my house come into leaf, a bright and wafting curtain of green between me and the neighborhood. Spring semester has ended, and fall term lies far in the distance, little more than a dot on the horizon. Wavelets ripple and inch near, passing, but not pressing, reminders of the forces at work in the seemingly distant world.

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A Facility Forever Young

Beverly Goldberg — Fri, 27 May 2011 14:10:01 +0000

May/June 2011

Jennifer Burek Pierce

Kids’ comfort rules in Cedar Rapids’ library plans

What do young people want?

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Hope Springs Eternal

Beverly Goldberg — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:20:06 +0000

March/April 2011

By Jennifer Burek Pierce

The garden of children’s literature is always in bloom

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Screening Your Reads

Beverly Goldberg — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:28:44 +0000

January/February 2011

By Jennifer Burek-Pierce

A book trailer’s value is in the eye of its beholders

In the office to my left, a colleague works with two oversized monitors and a driving simulator attached to his computer. From my right comes a steady bass thump as another colleague keyboards while listening to rap. In the midst of such 21st-century, tech-centric activity, an old-fashioned book-lover could feel decidedly dinosaur-like.

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A Feeling for Books

Beverly Goldberg — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0000

November / December 2010

By Jennifer Burek Pierce

Therapeutic connections to library practice

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