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Summer Reading Lists Are Here!The 2023 ALSC Summer Reading Lists are here! Compiled by the Quicklists Consulting Committee, the lists are full of engaging and award-winning...
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Tuning Up Bike Month ProgrammingPhoto courtesy Multnomah County Library May is Bike Month, so it’s a great time to tune up your bike and your library’s bike-related...
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Preschool Outreach ProgramsI love doing traditional preschool outreach storytimes. Sharing great books and fun flannels? Singing and dancing to silly songs? I’m there...
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Aspiring to Build Antiracist Children’s Library CollectionsWelcome to Ask ALSC, where the Managing Youth Services Committee asks leaders in children’s libraries to share their response to an issue or...
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Picturing PalestinePresident Biden officially declared April National Arab American Heritage Month and in that spirit, this post will take the opportunity to...
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CSMCL DÍA GRANT WITH AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FOCUSINTERVIEW WITH DR. CLAUDETTE S. McLINN Dr. Claudette S. McLinn is Founder and Executive Director of the Center for the Study of...
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Meet Your ALSC Board: Soraya SilvermanMonthly, we will profile current ALSC Board members. We hope to offer information about the people who work to guide the organization so that you...
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Emerging Leaders Survey: Opportunities with the New Members Round TableOne thing you may not know about ALA’s Emerging Leaders program is that every year, new cohort members get to choose a project from a list...
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Why We Need Sensory StorytimesIn my area, libraries are bringing back their pre-pandemic range of programs, but one program is mostly missing: sensory storytime. I live in a...
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Meet Ana Cackley – ALSC’s Award CoordinatorLate last year, Ana Cackley joined the ALSC staff as Awards Coordinator. Here is your chance to learn a bit more about Ana through a series of...
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Censorship of Book DisplaysAs we see more and more books being challenged in school and public libraries (indeed, ALA reported a record number of censorship demands in...
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Accessible Tech for Youth at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book LibraryThis post is by guest blogger Ivy Kuhrman, the Young Adult Librarian at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library in New York City....
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Practice Picture BooksOne of the reasons that I love my job is that I can connect my passions with serving my community. In particular, I’ve had this dream of...
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Meet Allie Genia – ALSC’s 2023 Emerging LeaderAanii boozhoo kina wiiyaa, mino giizhigat. Allie Genia ndizhinikaaz. Waganakasing Odawak ndadibendaagwaz, mshiiken ndodem. Nkwejanong ndoojibaa,...
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Planning Youth Library Services Like a GardenI’ve found myself browsing through gardening guides and harvest cookbooks lately–that reading is inspired by my intention to spend more time...
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Ways I’ve Used My ALSC Membership (So Far)I joined ALSC in 2016. I was just a first semester graduate student with very little idea of what to expect as a children’s librarian. One of the...
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A Splash of Summer Reading: Outreach at Your Local Pool!Have you included outreach in your summer reading plans? If not, I have got the place for you! Your community’s municipal pool will be packed this...
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Empowering Caregivers in your CommunityPreparing children for a lifelong love of learning is a goal shared by most children’s librarians, although the ways we cultivate that joy vary...
