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October 29, 2018 200 × 300 Reimagine Programming

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Brandi Bowers writes: “Providing readers’ advisory is an art that librarians are skilled at. However, sometimes you just can’t reach every student for one-on-one help finding the perfect book. To combat this issue, I try to make my library more accessible by providing passive readers’ advisory in a variety of ways. In my four years as a school librarian, I have made a number of changes to the library collection and library space with passive readers’ advisory in mind. For example, I started by adding genre labels to all of my fiction titles. I also added series number stickers to the spines of books so it is clear which volume in a series each book is.”

Knowledge Quest blog, Dec. 4
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YALSA has selected five books as finalists for its 2020 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, which honors the best nonfiction books written for young adults between November 1, 2018, and October 31, 2019. YALSA will name the 2020 award winner at the Youth Media Awards on January 27 in Philadelphia during the 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting.

YALSA, Dec. 5
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Choice publishes its Outstanding Academic Titles list each December. This prestigious list reflects the best in scholarly titles reviewed by Choice during the previous calendar year and brings with it the extraordinary recognition of the academic community. The complete list for 2019 features 521 books and digital resources from 132 publishers. Visit the Choice website each week for a new, themed carve-out of the 2019 OATs—featuring themes such as top 10 titles, subject-specific titles, or timely collections.

Choice, Dec. 2
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PLA has announced two additional #eBooksForAll webinars in December. The first, “#eBooksForAll Campaign Update,” will be held December 17, and the second, “Applying Trauma-Informed Concepts to Reduce Harm,” will be held December 18. Registration will close the day before each webinar.

PLA, Dec. 2
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AASL invites school library researchers to apply to attend “Research Practitioner Partnerships (RPPs) in School Library Research: The Third CLASS Summit” in Philadelphia on January 23 prior to the 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting. Anna-Ruth Allen will be the keynote speaker for the Third CLASS Summit. Early-, mid-, and late-career school library researchers are invited to apply. The deadline for applications is December 20.

AASL, Dec. 2
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Content-Area Collaborations for Secondary Grades, published by AASL and ALA Editions, demonstrates ways to use the Shared Foundations and Domains in your instructional design. Incorporating contributions from secondary school librarians across the country, this resource by Liz Deskins contains 20 units rooted in the AASL Standards and tailored to foster collaboration with content areas.

ALA Editions, Dec. 3
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ALA has selected 50 people to participate in its 2020 class of Emerging Leaders. The program is designed to enable library staff and information workers to participate in project planning work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity early in their careers. See the full list of participants.

Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment, Dec. 3

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