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The Children's Literature Lecture Award (formerly called the "May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award from 1970–2020), was originally named in honor of twentieth-century American educator May Hill Arbuthnot. It is awarded annually to honor an author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children's literature paper considered to be a ...
School library media centers in the 21st century can, and should be, hubs for increased student achievement and positive focused school reform. —Kathleen D. Smith [ 12 ] The school library exists to provide a range of learning opportunities for both large and small groups, as well as individuals with a focus on intellectual content ...
In 2007 AASL expanded and restructured the standards that school librarians should strive for in their teaching. These were published as "Standards for the 21st Century Learner" and address several literacies: information, technology, visual, textual, and digital.
Panelist Dr.Cora Dunkley speaking at Association for Library Service to Children 2022 President's Program, Lucia Gonzalez, President. At the beginning of the century The Congress on Professional Education recommended that the Association develop a set of Core Values. [44] In 2007, Loriene Roy was elected as the first Native American President ...
It is the official journal of the Association of Library Service to Children, and a journal of American Library Association. [1] The journal was established in 2003 and succeeds the Journal of Youth Services (formerly Top of the News), which was published until 2002 in collaboration with the Young Adult Library Services Association.
Recognizes a library or library system which has made a significant effort to work with the labor community and by doing so has brought recognition to the history and contribution of the labor movement to the development of the United States. Joseph W. Lippincott Award. An annual award established in 1938 to a librarian for distinguished ...
Human rights is a professional ethic that informs the practice of librarianship. [8] The American Library Association (ALA), the profession's voice in the U.S., defines the core values of librarianship as information access, confidentiality/privacy, democracy, diversity, education and lifelong learning, intellectual freedom, preservation, the public good, professionalism, service and social ...
The five laws of library science is a theory that S. R. Ranganathan proposed in 1931, detailing the principles of operating a library system. Many librarians from around the world accept the laws as the foundations of their philosophy. [1] [2] These laws, as presented in Ranganathan's The Five Laws of Library Science, are: Books are for use.