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Let’s Build a More Physically Active World | Editorial
Most of us could benefit from more physical activity, for sure, but so could our children. Study after study shows that kids thrive when they get the play and exercise they need. Like grown-ups, they...
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Getting “Phygital”: Embracing the Space Where Digital and Physical Intertwine...
I like to learn new words and am now thinking about one I first heard this summer: phygital. To the ear, it sounds a lot like fidgeting. But it looks like what it is, a compression of the words...
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The Challenge: Extending the Conversation About Censorship | Editorial
Who doesn’t love Banned Books Week? Since it was first created in 1982, the initiative has arrived each year to bring attention to the fight for the freedom to read. And the need to take action is all...
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Teens at Heart: Making an Impact | Editorial
There is a lot of joy in this special Teen Issue of School Library Journal: joy, and many stellar examples of professionals’ steadfast commitment to making a difference in the lives of young adults....
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Lead Brave: Buoyed by the Alliance of the Lilead Fellows | Editorial
Photo by Randy Asmo. What happens when you convene the top school library supervisors in the country and give them the space, time, and support to take their work to the next level? We are about to...
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A New Start: With School Libraries in ESSA, on to the Next Phase of Advocacy...
President Obama signing the Every Student Succeeds Act.whitehouse.gov I am savoring the moments spent watching President Obama sign the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) on December 10, 2015. The...
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The Joys of a Good Book (Battle, That Is)| Editorial
SLJ’s Battle of the Kids’ Books is back. This feverish book-based version of college basketball’s March Madness playoffs pits 16 middle grade and YA books against one another over four rounds of...
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The Evolution of Summer Reading | Editorial
While many think of summer as a time to kick back, public librarians see it as a time to pick up the pace. The iconic “summer reading” has long been a programming staple intended to maintain the...
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Thinking Hyperlocal | Editorial
It’s been in the air for a while now, but the concept of hyperlocal as it relates to libraries has been resonating with me recently. It is challenging me to think afresh about what a community is made...
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A Voice of One’s Own | Editorial
Once upon a time, a writing workshop changed my life. For a week during high school, I spent my days and nights with other Whittenberger Fellows, writing, critiquing, refining, and discussing poetry...
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It Starts with “Hello” | Editorial
The pet gecko named Lizzy tipped me over the edge, sparking pure admiration of the service style of the Bozeman Public Library, MT. Hanging out in a tank on the main service desk in the colorful and...
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Early Learning’s Pay Gap | Editorial
We have a catch-22 in our child-care system. We depend on and say we value the people who care for our kids in their earliest years—in day-care centers and in home-based child care. We expect them to...
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To the Table with ESSA | Editorial
Urgency, with a dash of intensity. That was the dominant tone of a recent call with John Chrastka, executive director of EveryLibrary, the national PAC for libraries. We were talking about the...
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Mind the Opportunity Gap | Editorial
The growing gap between rich and poor in almost every aspect of life is distressing, and while libraries are poised to play a key role in creating a more equitable society, they are too often...
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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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