What Am I Reading?: “The Librarian Spy”
I have lately been reading books related to libraries and/or booksellers. A disproportionate number of these books are related to World War II. Why? No earthly idea. It does make me think that I should […]
The Ten Most Banned Books of 2023
The American Library Association (ALA) has released its list of the ten most banned books for last year. The numbers of books that are banned each year continues to rise. The short version: there was […]
Raymond Pun elected 2024-2025 ALA President Elect
From an ALA email announcement: “Raymond Pun, Academic and Research Librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education in California, has been elected 2024-2025 president-elect of the American Library Association (ALA) by ALA members. He […]
Trailblazers in Conversation with Skye Patrick and Mychal Threets
To celebrate National Library Week, the Los Angeles County Library is offering an inspiring conversation with Michael Threets and LACL Director Skye Patrick about Mychal’s life in libraries and his emergence on social media. “Calling […]
Today is the Right to Read Day sponsored by ALA
The American Library Association committed itself in 2023 to combat the number of book bans by instituting a Right to Read Day. Now, in 2024, with the significant uptick in book bans in 2024, they […]
California Department of Education Offers Professional Learning
The CDE Online School Library Survey is open. It is password protected, and the Password is the same as previous years, @YourLibrary, typed just as you see it. News and Media Literacy for All Session 7: English Language Arts […]
CSLA Northern Section to Offer Artificial Intelligence Workshop
California School Library Association Northern Section is offering a virtual AI workshop on Zoom. It will be on April 30, 2024 at 6:00. Teacher Librarians Linda Kennedy and Jennifer Zimney will provide a variety of […]
“Restore $3.2 Million to the California State Library for Online Tutoring”
From an EveryLibrary email: We need your help to Restore $3.2 million to the California State Library’s FY2024-25 budget for online tutoring services through public libraries. It’s an incredibly impactful program that the California State […]
CCLI Offers “Play & Playfulness” Conference in May 2024
Play & Playfulness in Library Instruction California Conference on Library InstructionMay 31, 2024 | University of San Francisco In the environment of academic libraries, where there is pressure to be more standardized and efficient, we […]