Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

ALSC Blog. http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/

The Association for Library Service to Children uses its professional blog to publish regular posts on current issues and novel ideas relevant to children’s librarianship, as well as cover “programs, conferences, initiatives, resources, and activities of interest.” Posts offer practitioners’ insights into a wide variety of events and topics (from “Tips for ALSC online education courses” to “Sensory Storytime: A (brief) How-To Guide”). Parents and teachers can also benefit from many of these professional’s recommendations relating to activities, current media, and childhood development. But librarians are, of course, the target audience: current practitioners are sure to benefit from ASLC’s innovative ideas for programs and services, as well as its thorough coverage and recommendations of events.… (mais)

ALSC Blog is the official blog of the Association for Library Service to Children. The blog is intended to be a resource for children’s librarians to get news and issues in the field of children’s librarianship as well as information on activities, programs, conferences, and resources in which children’s librarians would be interested. Its bloggers are a group of volunteers from ALSC members. Information on each of the current bloggers can be found in a side page of the blog’s website. The blog appears well maintained and kept up to date. It covers a number of different areas within youth librarianship including audiobooks, e-readers and e-books, professional development, library outreach, summer reading, storytime, and early literacy. It also features a poll and a calendar of ALSC events. The blog is able to be searched through the search box or by selecting a category from the long list. Undoubtedly, this blog is an invaluable tool for children’s librarians.… (mais)

The ALSC blog is an excellent resource for information on both what is happening within the American Library Association's Association for Library Service to Children but also information on what various youth services librarians around the US are doing to provide innovative library services to young patrons. In addition to posts about things such as the ALSC's elections, conferences, and donations, it also includes posts about a variety of programming and library events that either regular contributors to the blog or guest contributors have recently put on at their libraries. These range from story times to STEM programs to programs and workshops for parents and are aimed to inspire readers of the blog to develop their own new programs. The blog also addresses issues such as technology use by young children and presents a variety of views on such topics. It is easy to navigate as it makes excellent use of categories to narrow posts to specific topics and is searchable.… (mais)