May 2010

Features

From Children’s Literature to Readers Theatre
By Elizabeth A. Poe
Five 2nd-graders stand before a group of 20 preschool children sitting on the rug in the library’s story area. Each of...
Will Social Media Activism Rescue Besieged Libraries?
By Cindi Trainor
Library workers and supporters nationwide are turning to social media to spread the word about proposed funding cuts...
Fixing the Federal Depository Library Program
By Patrick Ragains
In April 2009, the U.S.
A Literature of Risk
By Michael Cart
Risky behaviors remain very real factors in the daily lives of 21st-century  teens. Ranging from physical and...

Departments

Librarian's Library: Titles for Teens
By Mary Ellen Quinn
Librarians who work with teens will welcome these useful guides.
In Practice: Dipping into the Stream

When you think of Twitter, you might think of Oprah. You might think of Ashton Kutcher. But do you think of Roy Tennant...
Editor's Letter: Tell Us a Story
By Leonard Kniffel
There’s nothing quite so satisfying as a good story well told. We all tell stories, and libraries are the best places...
Internet Librarian: The Biggest Front Porch

There are few pleasures in life as rewarding as being in the presence of a great storyteller—an opportunity I get every...
On My Mind: Let’s Review Everything
by Jeffrey Beall
For many years, readers’ advisory has been a fundamental and valuable library service that has helped library patrons...
Will's World: Quirkiness "R" Us

A couple of months ago I started a daily blog entitled “Will Unwound.” At first, I had no idea what I was...
Librarian's Library: New from ALA: May 2010
By Mary Ellen Quinn
Newsmaker: Award Winning Author Katherine Paterson Is Ambassador for Children's Reading

Katherine Paterson, two-time winner of both the National Book Award (The Great Gilly Hopkins and The Master Puppeteer)...
Next Steps: Weeding Grows the Garden

Michael Sawyer takes pride in weeding books. In fact, he estimates that over the past 30 years he has overseen the...
Librarian's Library: Tomes' Tome
By Mary Ellen Quinn
If books disappear, they’ll have a fitting monument in The Oxford Companion to the Book. The first part of this hefty...
Dispatches from the Field: Gadgets and Gizmos
By Jason Griffey
If we think back, we can imagine a time before the book and, once books became inexpensive and widespread, how...

News Stories

Faculty Survey Tracks Changing Perceptions of Libraries

A new survey of U.S. colleges and universities has some troubling findings for libraries about their declining use by...

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