SLMP at Dominican University

06/11/2024

Happy Pride Month, Stars! Whoever you are, however you identify—you are welcome in our family.

05/22/2024

Please join the fight for information inequity by advocating for a school librarian on every campus in Illinois.

Certified school librarians teach information literacy, provide students with a safe space, provide equitable access to diverse resources, support technology integration, and positively impact stud...

04/25/2024

"Lowry explains how, from her first book to The Giver to now, she has always been intrigued with the concept of the gifts that age and youth can give to one another. "

Discussing her latest novel Tree. Table. Book. with SLJ, Lois Lowry explains how, from her first book to The Giver to now, she has always been intrigued with the concept of the gifts that age and youth can give to one another.

04/24/2024

"California schools can, for now, continue using a looser approach to how reading is taught to young children after a bill to mandate a “science of reading” strategy failed to even garner a hearing in the legislature."

https://ow.ly/NEI950RjtkS

The California Teachers Association was one of the bill's most prominent opponents.

04/23/2024

"One place to start, panelists agreed, was to hold civic conversations in the library. Encouraging people to use their voices in that safe space empowers them to use those voices elsewhere, to advocate for libraries and other causes they believe in"

https://ow.ly/4amc50RjtcY

At the 2024 Public Library Association (PLA) conference, held April 3–5 in Columbus, OH, presentations were notably targeted and useful. And, as a number bore out, those concerns overlap in many areas. “Intellectual freedom and diversity, equity, and inclusion—it’s not an either or, it’s a...

04/22/2024

"Librarians face multiple related issues, and academic librarians are challenged with how to navigate new tools that their faculty and administration may have heard negative or even frightening stories about."

Academic librarians are helping both students and instructors navigate the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence.

04/12/2024

"Americans now spend, on average, a little over three hours per day streaming various forms of digital media. Ninety-nine percent of respondents said they have a subscription to at least one streaming service"

https://ow.ly/lp7X50R7JKJ

Library entertainment platforms gain on commercial streaming services as consumers balk at subscription costs. With “subscription fatigue” on the rise, libraries are seeing a growing popularity in streaming services—and deciding how best to provide them.

04/11/2024

"All of our lives, we’ve had classes where the course has been engraved into the curriculum. And this course is new and fresh, and people are interested in taking it."

https://ow.ly/Rzqb50R7KbW

Students at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., share their takeaways from the pilot course that officially launches this fall.

04/10/2024

"April is School Library Month, and as we celebrate school librarians and the spaces they create, library leaders are working hard to bring more educators into the profession."

https://ow.ly/Epbo50R7JP2

This School Library Month, censorship and loss of library positions are once again hot topics of conversation. But district library leaders across the country are focused on something else as well—bringing qualified educators into the profession.

04/09/2024

Happy National Library Workers Day! 📚🎉 Let's join together to celebrate the hardworking staff who keep our libraries running smoothly. From librarians to technicians, we appreciate all that you do to expand our knowledge and foster a love of reading. Thank you for your dedication and passion!

04/08/2024

Check this out!
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A total solar eclipse will cross a large swath of the country on April 8, sparking tough management choices for leaders of the districts in its path.

03/29/2024

"Here, she discusses her concerns around the legislation recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would force a sale of the popular app, or result in its removal from app stores entirely."

This Texas teacher has built relationships through her TikTok platform, and worries what a ban will mean for her and her students.