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Choosing Leaders: What Are You Voting For? | Editorial
Next month the United States will elect a new president. This election cycle has much at stake. How each of us talks about the race and takes part is consequential. Libraries have always been about...
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These Superintendents Are Sold on Libraries | Editorial
Superintendents (clockwise from top left) Mat McRae, Karen Sullivan, Pam Moran, and Timothy Purnell at the SLJ Summit. “Contemporary learning starts with libraries,” said Pam Moran, superintendent of...
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Books as Allies: SLJ’s Best Books Help Kids Find Their Way | Editorial
With the 2016 list of Best Books, SLJ celebrates 50 years of acknowledging the top titles in publishing for kids. The list, the reviews editors note, “represent the books that opened our minds, lifted...
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Faked Out | Editorial
A full 64 percent of U.S. adults recently polled by the Pew Research Center say fake news sows “a great deal of confusion” about basic facts. Another 24 percent concede that it creates “some...
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Getting Book Rich | Editorial
llustration from Thinkstock/SLJ Some problems are so persistent and complex that only a whole new approach can break open the potential for a solution. That may just be the case with so-called book...
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Go Science! Inspiring Young Minds | Editorial
SLJ‘s 2017 AVERAGE BOOK PRICES ARE HERE Get the list prices for books sold in 2016 and 2017 to date, based on figures supplied by Follett. Where do cheerleading and scientific inquiry meet? In my...
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Fast-Tracking a More Radical Approach to Literacies | Editorial
Literacy sits at the core of library work, but what it means is evolving rapidly. When considered in its broadest sense, literacy is a rich concept that encompasses reading as well as information and...
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Dedicated to Building a More Equitable World | Editorial
A heart sits front and center on the cover of our May print issue, which is dedicated to examining how librarians are working to promote equity in their communities. The symbol represents a key element...
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A Is for Aspirational: Library Design for Developing Ambitions | Editorial
The letter A makes a fine shape for a wooden bench. I wished I were a child again when I walked into the Parsons Branch of the Columbus (OH) Metropolitan Library (CML) last month. The building is...
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Fun First: Make Learning Better with Play | Editorial
Photo by Rebecca T. Miller It’s easy to see the necessary intersection of play and learning when thinking about how babies and young children engage with the world; play enables them to gain all the...
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Bringing a Better You Back to School | Editorial
A new school year always inspires rounds of creativity, as librarians and teachers prepare to engage students in the work and fun ahead. This year is no different, with librarians around the country...
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The Faces of Leadership | Editorial
Here you’ll find a snapshot of what leadership in school libraries looks like. Among the five individuals cited in this year’s competition for our School Librarian of the Year award—with thanks for the...
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Kids, the Ultimate Stakeholders | Editorial
When it comes to the future of our planet, our kids are exposed to a proverbial landslide of information—and misinformation. They need support to sort truth from myth, fact from fiction. Children also...
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Picking Up the Pieces on Opioids | Editorial
Librarians in Philadelphia and Denver hit major media this summer as news broke of how they were intervening to help save the lives of people overdosing on opioids. For those unfamiliar with just how...
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Stargazing: Let’s Prioritize Environmental Literacy | Editorial
Winter is wonderful for stargazing. I like to take advantage of the long, dark hours to build in an evening walk with my kids to take in the night sky. Sometimes we wander through the neighborhood to...
View ArticleA Safer Future: Shaping a New Norm with #MeToo | Editorial
Librarians can do more to raise awareness of the rights of girls and women, and of sexism and its price—and build cultural literacy about consent vs coercion.
View ArticleEmpower Yourself to Meet Challenges Ahead | Editorial
In these changing times, librarians must take action to build community, foster equity, and develop a rich and resilient social fabric.
View Article10,000 School Librarians and Counting | Editorial
Nationally, the data confirms, the field has been grappling with a precipitous decline in full-time equivalent school librarian positions over the past decade. It's time to rebuild.
View ArticleTeen Power | Editorial
It has been thrilling to watch the #NeverAgain movement rise. Adults have a special opportunity to stand up with young people.
View ArticleTapping the Lifelong Potential of Making | Editorial
Making is having a positive impact on how kids learn and transforming how they feel about the world around them.
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