The School Library Association says many of its members were furloughed and some have been made redundant but librarians have been more essential than ever Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-03 09:36:20 UTC ]
From school libraries to big city libraries and small town ones, this is one Rioter's journey through the important libraries of her life. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-08-30 10:39:00 UTC ]
When Book Trust asked Firefly to support the UK Children’s Laureate campaign to increase funding for primary school libraries, I was delighted. Not just because I went to a school with a library, and sneaking off there on a rainy break-time was one of the treats of my school day! I also hoped... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-19 21:31:38 UTC ]
A school librarian talks about how he teaches students to think critically about fake news on the internet. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-01-25 11:30:00 UTC ]
Italy's annual book-donation program for school libraries is back this year, despite the constraints of the coronavirus pandemic. The post Italy’s ‘Why I Read’ Campaign Flies Again appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-11-18 17:11:45 UTC ]
A new monthly book club and greater outreach to public and school libraries are among the World Book Day plans for 2021, the charity’s c.e.o. has revealed at this year’s Bookseller Children’s Conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 19:52:05 UTC ]
How one school librarian has addressed fake news in his curriculum -- and how it can be replicated. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-03-15 10:31:27 UTC ]
First published in 1977, Usborne’s The World of the Unknown: Ghosts was among the most treasured books (and anecdotally, the most stolen) in school libraries of the late 70s and 80s. Many of my friends—a disproportionate number of whom are writers and artists—remember poring over the pages of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-29 09:48:13 UTC ]
Author Cressida Cowell has argued that the industry will become "dead in the water" without more support for children's reading, as she reiterated her campaign to make school libraries a statutory requirement. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-24 04:02:45 UTC ]
The School Library Data Group (SLDG), a sub-group of the Great School Libraries Campaign, has received a grant from the Foyle Foundation to undertake a major survey of UK school library provision. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Chrastka, executive director of EveryLibrary, shares a progress report on the year-old partnership between Follett and EveryLibrary in support of school libraries and librarians. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A group of school pupils are to petition the prime minister to save school libraries arguing that "knowledge is not a privilege". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The lack of investment in school libraries is a “blight on the intellectual development and creative future of all our children”, children's laureate Chris Riddell has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scotland’s First Deputy Minister has declared an intention to develop a national policy on school libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The federal education law ESSA, set to take effect this year, would provide critical support for school libraries if allowed to stand by the Trump administration. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The sweeping new federal education law includes major help for school libraries, but school libraries in each state must act quickly to take full advantage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Too many school libraries in England face cuts or closure with schools increasingly viewing books as obsolete, a conference has heard. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Such is the impact of the austerity cuts, particularly on public and school libraries, that it can take a while to find someone in the book industry with good things to say about the next five years of Tory government. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
All bank holiday weekend we’re teaming up with Amnesty International to explore ‘dangerous books’ – these may be books that have been banned by governments or religious leaders because they are thought to contain dangerous or wrong ideas, or books that give people the strength to live their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Patterson has extended his support of indies to Australia and New Zealand, offering bookshops $5,000 each from a pool of $100,000 to spend on initiatives to get children reading. The best-selling American author has already given indies in the US and the UK grants and he has also donated... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]