FYI,

Two items of possible interest from ALA Connect for youth services library staff:

Teaching Youth Ethics through Reference Interactions | Register Here

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Reference interactions offer valuable learning moments to teach young people ethical information behavior contextually and just-in-time based on their own information needs. This webinar provides guidance and scenarios on integrating ethical instruction when helping youth do research and other information tasks.

By the end of this webinar, the participant will be able to:

- Identify ethical issues in reference interactions

- Explain how to conduct research ethically

- Explain digital citizenship as it relates to reference instruction

- Suggest ways to instruct youth during reference interactions.

Speaker:

Dr. Lesley Farmer, Professor at California State University (CSU) Long Beach, coordinated the Teacher Librarianship program, and was named as the university's Outstanding Professor. She also manages the CSU ICT Literacy Project. Her most current books are Fake News in Context (2021, Routledge), and Reference and Information Services and Services for Children and Young Adults (2022, Rowman & Littlefield)

Date/Time:

Wednesday, October 30th at 1:00 pm CDT

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Camille Alcazar
Communications Specialist
American Library Association

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Reviewers needed for Booklist’s Youth Nonfiction Series:

Booklist regularly reviews nonfiction series that kids often turn to when writing reports. These aren't the flashy titles that win awards; rather, they are the workhorses of a collection that offer individual books on individual topics, ranging from states of matter to the states that comprise our country. 

Reviewers for this section will be responsible for writing "Series Nonfiction Showcase" reviews (joint reviews of 2-4 books within the same series) for our regular issues and individual book reviews for the bi-annual Spotlight on Series Nonfiction. These are paid, credited reviews, and assignments occur roughly monthly.

If you're interested, please send two review samples to ...@ala.org" style="color: #2199e8; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" title="mailto:Book...@ala.org"> Book...@ala.org with the subject heading "SNF Reviewer Application," along with a brief description of your professional background and subject area preferences.

For more information or questions regarding this post please contact Sarah Hunter (...@ala.org" style="color: #2199e8; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">shun...@ala.org).

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