School Libraries

A school librarian provides information and tips for completing the National Board Certification process, which goes beyond what states require of educators and bills itself as the “gold standard.”

"It doesn’t really matter what they did out there,” says the teacher librarian, who serves youth from age 10 to their early 20s at El Centro Junior/Sr. High School in the Sacramento County Youth Detention Facility.

From testifying before the state legislature’s education committee to creating a library refuge that helps kids love books, Cox personifies leadership.

Award-winning authors and illustrators whose books center Black history discuss how they delve into research to tell powerful stories. With Carole Boston Weatherford, Lesa Cline-Ransome, Amina Luqman-Dawson, and James E. Ransome. 

More librarians find their work challenging, but most still love what they do, the latest LJ/SLJ Survey shows.

Because of Florida legislators who support the “Don’t Say Gay” law and book banning, some school librarians objected to the location. AASL president Kathy Lester says having the conference there means standing with local librarians.

With misinformation posing "a threat to our democracy,” panelists lobbied for news literacy to be “embedded in the American education system” and suggested lessons. 

From creating SEL book displays to leading nature outings that help heal historical trauma, SLJ Summit panelists described ways they support students.