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An effort by authors, readers, librarians, educators, and others to diversify publishing is a major issue affecting Library and Information ...

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At Santa Rosa Junior College, for Spring 2020, I am taking Sociology 2, Modern Social Problems. For this class, I am exploring the question:...

For Sociology 1 at Santa Rosa Junior College, I am exploring a social movement, including its identifiable ideology and possible structural ...

Among this past week’s highlights: the Scholastic Book Fairs planning box arrived at Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts. Just a few m...

If you’d been thinking about buying books, this is a special weekend to do it, because your purchases can support Santa Rosa Charter Scho...

Here’s a text-graphic that compares monthly costs to subscribe to Amazon Prime versus the average cost in taxes to support a library. T...

Over the summer, I like to highlight activities and resources that promote reading. Copperfield’s Books is offering young people the chan...

Our campus continues to be enriched by Scholastic Book Fairs proceeds; here’s Lissa Provost checking titles at a Scholastic “warehouse sa...

Are you interested in knowing what Scholastic Book Fair dollars can support? On Feb. 27, this book cart was laden with books newly catal...

This week was enjoyably characterized by cataloging and barcoding new materials. First up were textbooks and educational resources from S...

At Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts today, a team of volunteers transformed the library into a bookstore for Scholastic Book Fair a...

Excitement is building for Scholastic Book Fairs at Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts. Eleven cabinets arrived today, as well as a m...

“Literacy Week” and the Scholastic Book Faire are almost here, and parent-volunteer Lissa Provost put up this attention-grabbing banner t...

A while ago, I wrote that library staffing diversity needs to include autistic perspectives to help identify trouble-areas when evaluating ...

An editor’s markup of a conservative media pundit’s manuscript — now part of a lawsuit’s documents — draws attention to the craft of editin...

Image credit: The Road Virus on Facebook I’ve long been intrigued by bookmobiles’ capability to expand a library’s physical reach — an...

Each year, the last week in September is observed as Banned Books Week , an annual expression of support for “the freedom to seek and expr...

Rudine Sims Bishop Among notable recognitions during a recent presentation of the ALA Youth Media Awards : Rudine Sims Bishop received t...

Hermione Granger, via dellbelle39.tumblr.com How do you envision the characters in a book when no description is explicitly given? Do yo...