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Proposed Federal Budget Could Cut State Library Funding by Nearly $1 Million

President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) budget request to the U.S. Congress, released on February 9 by the U.S. Government Publishing Office and the Office of Management and Budget, included...

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Make the Case To Attend ALA, ISTE—or Any Conference

thinkstockphotos.com It’s that time of year again! Conference fever is brewing for the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Orlando, FL (June 23–28) and the International Society for...

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How To Crowdsource a Library

The fully-stocked junior/senior high school library in Greenville, CA “Just. One. Book.” On June 7, writer and mom of two Margaret Elysia Garcia opened her blog, “Throwing Chanclas,” with those three...

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Eight Librarians Flip Their Skills To Serve a New Calling

Shannon McClintock Miller “Being a librarian isn’t a job that ends with a shift,” says Megan M. Cusick, grassroots specialist in the Office for Library Advocacy (OLA) at the America Library Association...

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Behind the Poster: Artist Calef Brown Talks with SLJ

Seeking to start conversations about dissent and tolerance, a children’s book illustrator created a stunning poster. When SLJ subscribers opened up their February issue, they discovered a bonus: A...

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Advocating for the Worth of Librarians Pays Off in CA | Take the Lead

Thinkstock montage/SLJ According to the most recent statistics available from the California Department of Education, 859 credentialed librarians are working among the 296,000 school libraries in...

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Amid ESSA Uncertainty, Educators Urged To Be “Aware” and “Active”

School librarians are feeling keenly uncertain about educational funding and direction, particularly that which comes from the national level. But those marshaling support for school librarian programs...

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School Librarians of Rhode Island Raising the Profile of Their Profession

School librarians know very well that the services they provide run a wide gamut, from arranging author visits and running book fairs to setting up maker spaces and spearheading STEAM programs. But the...

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Incoming ALA President Jim Neal: Supporting School Libraries

Agility is on Jim Neal’s mind these days. The 2017–18 American Library Association (ALA) president-elect, who begins his tenure at the close of the ALA Annual Meeting in Chicago (June 22–27), has...

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New Advocacy to Save School Librarians, One Click at a Time

School librarians and supporters have a new platform for expressing their support for keeping school libraries open and fully staffed. Save School Librarians, a project of EveryLibrary, Follet...

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Building Bridges and Restoring Jobs | Take the Lead

Susan K.S. Grigsby Being a school librarian can be isolating. We are often the only one in the building, and we frequently run our libraries without clerks or paraprofessionals. That isolation can feel...

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Parsing the New ALA School Librarian Competencies Framework

Left to right: Dorcas Hand, Sara Kelly Johns, and Susan Ballard An ALA committee has defined eleven professional competencies that emphasize leadership and growth. Using the work roles of school...

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Hurricane Relief for Libraries; Be a Rebel and Tweet; Grants for Autism...

ALA and Follett Rally Around Libraries Hit by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma not only upended families in Texas, Florida, and the Caribbean, but these storms decimated many school and public libraries. To...

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What’s Your Why? Defining Your Mission | Take the Lead

When did you last think deeply about why you are a teacher librarian? I challenge you to articulate that. You will be empowered.

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Five Ways I Created Opportunity at My Title I School

Manage the money, amplify student voice, and more tips from SLJ's 2017 Hero of Equitable Access.

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Advocate This, Not That!

Four bold strategies to elevate your school library.

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Libraries Can Help Disrupt School-to-Prison Pipeline

A recent conference at the Brooklyn Public Library focused on “Interrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline.”

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A Call to Action on Proposed 2019 Federal Budget

EveryLibrary and ALA are calling on library advocates to contact Congress and spread awareness about the impact of proposed federal budget cuts.

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Repurposing School Library Positions | Take the Lead

A school district superintendent describes school libraries as "a model of the type of learning space towards which education is evolving."

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Washington State Bill Includes Allocation for School Library Materials

The Washington Library Association (WLA) advocates helped secure a line-item allocation for school library supplies in a school funding bill that is now headed to the governor's office for signature.

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