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Posted by Rob Christopher on 11/08/2023Media Literacy Education: Counteracting the Disruption
Posted by Rob Christopher on 10/27/2023
a guest post by Belinha S. De Abreu, Ph.D.
The Trying Present, and the Bright Future, for Warriors Against Book Bans: An Interview with Author and #ALAAC23 Honoree Pat R. Scales
Posted by Rob Christopher on 09/19/2023
Recipient of The Freedom to Read Foundation's 2023 Roll of Honor Award, Pat R. Scales is a longtime First Amendment advocate. She is a former chair of ALA’s Intellectual Freedom Committee and serves on the Board of Advisors of the National Coalition against Censorship.
Social Justice and Media Literacy: Using Data from and about Urban Teens for Library Decor
Posted by Rob Christopher on 06/16/2023
a guest post by Kelly N. Czarnecki
Building Safe Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Children and Teens with Books
Posted by Rob Christopher on 05/12/2023
a guest post by Liz Deskins
School Librarian Origin Stories
Posted by Rob Christopher on 04/26/2023
Whether they’re creating a safe space for us to nerd out away from bullies, providing resources to finish term papers and guide us through the most challenging issues of our adolescence, or ensuring that our children have access to books critical to their own social and emotional development, school librarians have proven heroes to many of us.
How Are You Celebrating Autism In Your Libraries In April?
Posted by Rob Christopher on 04/06/2023
a guest post by Amelia Anderson
"Keep the literal and figurative lights on; cockroaches hate that": Michael Cart on YA lit, censorship, and his new book
Posted by Rob Christopher on 05/23/2022
For well over a decade now, Michael Cart and his book Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism have served as invaluable guides to both the history and unfolding landscape of YA lit. Longtime columnist and reviewer for Booklist, as well as a prolific author and editor, Cart decided that the new fourth edition called for a sweeping update.
“We need to have difficult conversations, but they should be respectful ones”: Belinha S. De Abreu on media literacy and social justice
Posted by Rob Christopher on 04/13/2022
In his Foreword to Belinha S. De Abreu's new book, Yohuru Williams writes, "Young people are literally bombarded with images and information, raw and unfiltered. The contours of when and how they receive information have changed dramatically from just a few years ago, resulting, on the positive side, in a democratization of information, and on the negative side, in the monumental task of discriminating fact from fiction while discerning credible sources ...