In my quest to find and share new and fresh ideas for youth library program, I searched through a few blogs and found some that are quite informative!
Technology is the keyword of the day and being able to quickly and efficiently disseminate information to the masses is luxury we are now afforded. Having the ability to make a post (via a blog, Facebook or discussion board) and gain feedback nearly instantly is the norm, not the exception. Blogs can allow librarians to send out ideas, get new ones, talk and share about what works and what doesn’t and commiserate with people easily!
One I found that I really enjoyed was set up by the state of Florida for their youth library workers - Florida Library Youth Program – to share and find out about what other librarians close (or not so close) to them are accomplishing or starting. They even have an RSS feed! I found it by searching through Google Blogs.
Here’s an excerpt from a post by Stephanie Race about one of my favorite programs, Banned Books Week:
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read (BBW) is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. BBW celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion, even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular, and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where the freedom to express oneself and the freedom to choose what opinions and viewpoints to consume are both met.
If you want to read the rest of the post you can find it here at Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read.
Happy Blogging!
Jeana : )
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