FYI, Sharing another job opening: The Union City Public Library, Hudson County, is seeking a friendly, customer service-oriented, creative, highly motivated, and enthusiastic part-time librarian to join our active Youth Services Department that serves children and teens in a diverse urban community of 65,000+. Duties include but not limited to: ·       Providing excellent customer service ·       Supporting children with homework assignments ...Continue Reading

FYI, I’m sharing this second job opening for a Youth Services Librarian at the Mercer County Library System: The Mercer County Library System is seeking to fill a full-time candidate to supervise the Youth Services Department of the West Windsor Branch. We are seeking an energetic librarian, with a passion for children’s services, and a strong commitment to providing excellent public service. This is an excellent opportunity for a librarian with a strong vision that wants to become a part of a 5 Star Library Syste ...Continue Reading

FYI, Sharing this job opening: The Mercer County Library System is seeking a full-time, 35 hour per week position in the Youth Services Department at the West Windsor branch. The emphasis of this position will be on teen services, although all aspects of youth services to all ages is expected. This is an excellent opportunity for a professional with a strong vision to provide exciting services and programming to children and teens in this busy, thriving youth services department.  This position includes at least o ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross postings   FYI, Día – Children’s Day/Book Day turns 25 this year! Conceptualized by author Pat Mora, Día emphasizes the importance of diverse books for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Libraries and other organizations are encouraged to host Día programs on or around April 30 to mark the occasion.   ...Continue Reading

FYI,   "The American Library Association (ALA) and the Banned Books Week Coalition are excited to announce that banned author Jason Reynolds has been named the inaugural Honorary Chair for Banned Books Week 2021. The New York Times bestselling author will headline the annual celebration of the right to read, which takes place September 26 – October 2, 2021." Full press release here: www.ala.org/news/member-news/2021/04/...An exclusive piece on Entertainment Weekly: ew.com/books/jason-reynolds-banned ...Continue Reading

FYI, Sharing this from ALA Connect for informational purposes only: Good morning everyone I am a member in a Library group in India called Lifrarians/, they have a very large membership and are very active. Recently, they have extended their outreach projects to setting up libraries for rural Indian schools. They are using crowd funding to purchase books and they have partnered with a non-profit publisher of books called Pratham Books/ who specializes in various local languages. Pratham/ has b ...Continue Reading

Hi Colleagues, I am interested in knowing if anyone is doing Dungeons and Dragons for kids over Zoom, and if you have a Dungeon Master you could recommend.  Thank you!  Jen Dunne Principal Librarian for Children's Services Moorestown Library 111 West Second St. Moorestown, NJ 08057 ...Continue Reading

FYI,   Just sharing this in case anyone is willing to help out by completing the survey ~Sharon Greetings! We are a team of researchers from Rutgers University, the University of Kentucky, and the University of South Carolina. We are conducting a project on Drag Storytimes, or Drag Queen Storytimes, in public libraries. We are currently conducting a brief survey to gather information about books that are used during Drag Storytimes.  If you are a children's librarian or childre ...Continue Reading

FYI,   This was posted in ALA Connect:   Library Journal is looking for examples of unique summer reading/learning programs for k-12 learners. Please send  your examples to Macey Morales, Deputy Director, Communications and Marketing Office at mmor...@ala.org. Forwarded by:   Sharon Rawlins, MLS, she/her/hers Youth Services Specialist for Lifelong Learning NJ State Library 185 West State St. P.O. Box 520 Trenton, NJ 08625-0520 sraw...@njstatelib.org 609-278-2640 ext. 116 609-278-2650 ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross postings FYI,   REFORMA – the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos & the Spanish Speaking, is a proud affiliate of the American Library Association and we need your help and partnership.   Since 2014, the REFORMA Children in Crisis Project (CIC) has partnered with REFORMA chapters, non-profit organizations, community groups and individuals to get books and public library information into the hands of unacc ...Continue Reading