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The article focuses on a creative photography workshop led by Mars Patterson at the Madison Public Library, where children and parents are encouraged to explore their surroundings and capture everyday objects with fresh perspectives. Topics include the transformative experience of engaging in creative activities at public libraries, fostering discovery, pride, agency, and creativity among participants.

The article offers information on the 2024 ALSC Advocacy Challenge, encouraging members to engage in advocacy efforts beyond their usual networks. Topics include strategies for reaching out to individuals outside of the library profession who share similar values, such as inclusion and equity. Efforts demonstrate how advocacy can effectively expand library outreach and community impact.

The article focuses on the importance of providing effective readers' advisory (RA) services for school-aged readers (aged 8-12) within libraries, addressing the developmental considerations and interests specific to this age group. Topics include the need for personal connections through conversation, offering multiple reading options and formats, and considering the physical, emotional, and cultural milestones of middle years children to strengthen RA recommendations.

The article focuses on the evolution of storytime in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the use of online platforms and the importance of maintaining engagement and connection with children and families. Topics include the transition to virtual storytimes, the challenges and benefits of online formats, and the need for flexibility and adaptation in delivering engaging storytime experiences.

The article discusses the children's librarians are challenged to provide inclusive programming in today's public libraries. Sensory and American Sign Language (ASL) storytimes are often common offerings. It mentions that the Safety Harbor Public Library in Pinellas County (FL), librarians offered ASL classes for family members of D/HoH individuals and people wanting to learn a new language3 and their storytimes offered a place for both D/HoH and hearing parents and children to interact.

The article offers tips to library professionals on dealing with a crying child in the library children's department. Topics discussed include the significance of the child development practices adopted by public libraries to support literacy development, importance of establishing a routine for leaving the library to build the executive function of a child, and the need for library staff to reassure adults accompanying the child that crying is typical and not offensive to them.

The article informs that Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) prioritizes children's services and programming to diverse communities, and ALSC provides guidelines and tangible resources, children's librarians with not only actualizing library services that support the most vulnerable communities. It mentions that Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) serves the largest and most diverse urban population of any library in the nation.

The article discusses importance to create online programming in libraries of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Topics discussed include information on repository model for library workers promoting virtual programs, such as storytimes; use of customizable templates which aim to create an on-brand look without having to start from the ground up; and benefits from increased innovation among the library staff.

The article the US Department of Health and Human Services indicate a small but growing number of unvaccinated children under the age of two.1 Low vaccination rates can result in outbreaks of preventable diseases and even death. It mentions that the World Health Organization (WHO) identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten threats to global health in 2019.

The article discusses the growing popularity of homeschooling since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It emphasizes finding homeschooled families and co-operatives in the community, seeking resources for the library to offer, and providing pertinent resources to homeschooled students. After research, advocating and reaching out to local public, private, and charter school administrations to encourage relationships between the library and schools are advised.

The article informs about Ramsey County Library's Kindergarten Library Card Party, and about Caldecott Honor winner and add scores of kindergarteners. Topics include local women's nonprofit organization focusing on volunteerism, was interested in developing a program where they could put books into the hands of kindergarteners; and fund resulting from a state constitutional amendment to support arts, arts education, and arts access, and to preserve Minnesota's history and cultural heritage.

The article discusses bringing tech, teens, and talent together where disabilities children will get recording audiobooks. Topics include producing recorded books for young children; the program enriches all the participants and especially "benefits young library patrons; and several students observed that there were fewer books with female protagonists, more books celebrating women and girls were included. INSET: Library Honored as Network Library of the Year.

The article presents the author's views on carefully considering how the proliferation of streaming services affects the use of library materials which can help to usher in the next stage in offering audiovisual materials. She emphasizes that as library professionals, they could advocate paid streaming services to be available for free for library patrons on a check-out model, much like electronic books.

The article discusses the content of which originally developed as a presentation for the Texas Library Association Annual Conference in March 2020. Topics discussed include presenters receive succinct information and don't need to do additional research before hosting the program; and Facebook posts allow patrons to interact with the library through comments, pictures, and videos as they engage alongside staff.

The article focuses on the use of digitral cameras in library programming. It sites few library program ideas on using a digital camera such as shoot and show programs which bring the amusement of taking pictures, look and learn programs that encourage kids to think and interact with bulletin boards, and click and create programs that allow children to photograph objects around the library. It mentions that libraries that have some props can create particular shots such as a paper clouds backdrop. Also, pictures of random things can be taken around the library as well as making a library-specific memory game. Furthermore, digital cameras can become a magical part of everyday life and a delightful part of many library programs designed to fit every young patron.

The article offers information on the Ferguson Library's Special Needs Collection in Stamford, Connecticut. It notes that Ferguson Library's formal initiative to better serve children with special needs and their caregivers began in 2002 after a patron called library director Ernest DiMattia on the lack of resources for parents of children with special needs in the community. It states that the Connecticut Association for Children with Learning Disabilities and the local bank have provided the fund for the said expansion. It mentions that the expansion includes more than two hundred books, five journal subscriptions, and a DVD collection.

The article offers information on how to manage large crowds in storytime sessions in public libraries. It states that several weeks are needed in between sessions to plan and prepare themes of each session. It notes that it is important to evaluate the crowd to plan programs indicated for toddlers or preschoolers. It presents issues in controlling the crowds such as keeping accurate attendance records and unsafe setting. It cites the ticket system to control the crowd which guarantees an entry to the library and allows patrons to explore the area before storytime. It states PowerPoint presentation allows visual outline of storytimes through the slides and immediate recognition of songs of stories.

The article features the program Madres Latinas Amigas by Patchogue-Medford Library. With this program, the library aims to reach the needs of the community by providing informational resources through cultural, recreational and educational venues. Madres Latinas Amigas is composed of mothers from Latin American countries, particularly Ecuador.

The article offers several scenes from the book "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," by Betty Smith which could be used by librarians as inspiration in serving young library patrons in the U.S. It mentions that the scenes show that the risk of diminished library services may have the greatest impact on the youngest library users in the country. It notes that library professionals must lobby politicians to acknowledge the significance of library services to all patrons particularly children. It cites suggestions from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) to aid librarians in serving young patrons.

The article offers tips to new library managers on providing best library service to children and their caregivers in the U.S. According to the author, it is important that the new manager, on his first year of service, should meet with each library staff to begin establishing goals and expectations for the upcoming year as well as share his vision with the staff. She added that it is also best to learn the politics of place, communicate with the staff on patron issues, coach the staff, delegate responsibilities, and acknowledge the predecessor. It is advised that the manager read the policy manual, learn the library collection, and make casual conversations with parents and children in the library.

Focuses on the message of incoming president of the Association for Library Service to Children. Supply of creative children's books by authors and illustrators; View that educators apply targeted techniques to help children learn to love reading; Status of teacher librarians in schools; Information that government policies threaten library users' rights to privacy, and government initiatives cause anxiety among educators, parents and students.

The article focuses on the questions encountered by the author in her career as a librarian. It mentions that the author encountered a father who is looking for a book that answers the question of his son of what does God does all day. It notes another inquiry of another father who is searching for any books that have swearing in them. The author notes that both of the fathers thought of the library as the place to find the answer.

The article reports on the Internet site that offers great selection of materials that help promote library to children and families. The campaign tool kit available at www.org/kids is the latest addition to the tool kit which includes resources in Spanish language, audio public service announcement scripts and a list of top 10 things for kids to do at the library. Moreover, other public awareness campaign web sites are also presented.