Reading While White Blog: A new blog, “Reading While White” debuted this week, co-created by Nina Lindsay of the Oakland Public Library, along with Sam Bloom, Allie Jane Bruce, K.T. Horning, Angie Manfredi, and Megan [continue reading]
News
ACL Meeting Reminder, Heavy Medal Blog Is Back, NY Times Article on Love and Loss
ACL Meeting Friday, September 11, 2015: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, September 11, 2015, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Berkeley Library Director Resigns, Barefoot Gen Anniversary Project Announced
Berkeley PL Director Resigns: Jeff Scott has resigned from his post as director of the Berkeley Public Library (CA) after opposition to his policies on weeding materials from the collection: www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_28734895/berkeley-library-director-resigns Barefoot Gen Anniversary Project: [continue reading]
Intern Needed for Children’s Fairyland
San Jose State Univ. iSchool Student Needed for Internship at Children’s Fairyland: Oakland Public Library, Children’s Services, www.oaklandlibrary.org 125 14th Street, Room 6, Oakland, CA 94612 JOB TITLE: Fairyland Librarian JOB DESCRIPTION: Children’s Fairyland is a storybook [continue reading]
ALA Conference Report, Part 3
ALA Conference in San Francisco – Reports from Our Members: Helen Bloch: I attended the ALSC Leadership meeting focused on the recent white paper on Media Mentorship (www.ala.org/alsc/mediamentorship). Lisa Guernsey, a researcher from the New [continue reading]
ACL Meeting, Kids Comics Awards Announced
ACL Meeting Friday, July 10, 2015: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, July 10, 2015, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library. Our [continue reading]
ALA Conference Report, Part 2
Report from Jessica Ormonde, Half Moon Bay Library: Saturday Ignite Session – Adventures in Preschool Science Erin Berman from the San Jose Public Library shared tips, and ideas from her preschool STEM program. They focused [continue reading]
ALA Conference Report, Part 1 – San Francisco Celebrates!
ALA Conference in San Francisco – Reports from Our Members: The ALA Conference in San Francisco kicked off big-time on Friday with the news of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on marriage equality. The positive [continue reading]