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Style Your Locker

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Personalize your school locker with handcrafted bling! Middle schoolers were welcomed to join us in school-themed crafting that would add flair to their lockers while adding organizational value at the same time.

Junior Ambassadors Program

Photograph of Junior Ambassadors loading a bus of donated items to be sent to children in Haiti.

In 2015, the United Nations established 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) with the intent that these goals be met by 2030. In May 2019, the UN began an SDG Book Club for young people. The UN encourages young people to read the books that they hope “will inspire the children to help make the world a better place for everyone.”

Read more about Junior Ambassadors Program

National History Day and Teacher/Librarian Collaboration

National History Day (NHD) projects have been part of our collaborative library programming for years. They are a great way for students to learn the research process in a deep and meaningful manner, meeting many National School Library Standards. It's also a great way for students to practice the various literacies: news, information, media and digital.

Resources to Support OER Programming in Your Library

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Last month, we talked about utilizing open educational resources (OER) in your school library programming, and we offered some simple suggestions for how to get started.

This month, we’re going to look at some resources you can utilize to find great openly licensed materials. We'll also share some programming ideas you can infuse with those resources. But first, we'll start by sharing our favorite OER resources.

APPLY NOW: 2019 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award

Three girls and a man look at a children's book in a school library

School libraries are invited to apply for a $5,000 award recognizing outstanding humanities programming in kindergarten through eighth grade, the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office announced.

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Confirmation Bias & Information Literacy: Resources for Young People

A cartoon drawing of a girl sitting at a desk in front of a computer that has the words "news update, fake, true" written across the screen

Confirmation bias is defined by Dictionary.com as "the tendency to process and analyze information in such a way that it supports one's preexisting ideas and convictions."

Bookmark Design Contests

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Ranganathan’s Sixth Law of Library Science: Every reader his/her bookmark. I kid, but we do all know that there are two types of people in the world: those who use bookmarks ... and monsters.