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College Readiness: Librarians Can Help the Transition | On Common Core
Education buzzwords—whole language, multiple intelligences—come and go, but 45 states chose to adopt the Common Core Learning Standards. Why? Because the Common Core defines the critical thinking, the...
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Reed Adds Library Amendment to Immigration Bill
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) is offering a library amendment to the immigration bill that the Senate is considering this week. The amendment, #1223, would make public libraries eligible for funding for...
View ArticleFinding Bigfoot in the Stacks
Columbus State Community College’s Delaware, OH, Campus Learning Center starts its information literacy outreach early—really early. The library doesn’t just reach out to new students, or even...
View ArticleGale, Libraries Team To Offer High School Diplomas
For years, adults who had dropped out of high school had only one venue to prove that they’d mastered the same skills that a diploma reflects: passing the general educational development (GED) test....
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Ferguson Libraries Step Up to Serve Community in Turmoil
Libraries in the Ferguson, MO area provided educational services and creative programs for children and families while the start of school was postponed for two weeks because of unrest in the area. As...
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Literacy for Incarcerated Teens
An image from Richard Ross’s book “Juvenile in Justice,” which documents the world of incarcerated youth. Photo by Richard Ross. Literacy for Incarcerated Teens (LIT), founded in 2002 by former-New...
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Pew Report Finds Millennials Are Readers, Library Users
The Pew Research Center Internet Project issued a new report September 10 on the library habits of Americans under 30. “Younger Americans and Public Libraries” examines the ways Millennials—those born...
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Ferguson Library Provides Calm Refuge for a Torn Community
Photo by @IndyJazzBelle On November 24 a grand jury in Ferguson, MO, delivered its verdict on the August 9 shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a Ferguson police officer. The...
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EasyBib Compares Two Years of Information Literacy Data
Students’ confidence radically mismatches librarians’ assessment of their skills, two reports from EasyBib conclude, particularly in website evaluation, paraphrasing, and direct quotation. Also,...
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President Obama Announces New Library Initiatives
President Obama and Osman Yaya At a visit to Washington, DC’s Anacostia Neighborhood Library on April 30, President Barack Obama announced two new initiatives that promise to rally America’s...
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OITP Hacks the Culture of Learning in the Library | ALA Annual 2015
While the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) is largely concerned with policy on the legislative level, an OITP-sponsored program at ALA’s 2015 annual...
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Public, School Libraries Crucial to Flint’s Recovery
Flint River, MICourtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Since the revelation that water in Flint, MI, is contaminated with toxic levels of lead, public and private institutions, individuals, and civic...
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