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The article focuses on the yoga program being offered by public libraries across the U.S. to patrons of all ages. Topics include remarks from Jenn Carson, author of "Yoga and Meditation at the Library: A Practical Guide for Librarians," about offering yoga classes for children at her public library, the creation of Let's Move in Libraries, a collaborative of librarians in the U.S. and Canada, and a yoga program developed at Cottonwood (Arizona) Public Library (CPL).

The article discusses the highlights of the American Library Association Panel entitled "Library Leaders: How to Be a Rainbow Ally" on June 26, 2022. The panelists included Pinson Public Library director Allison Pinson and Berry College library director Sherre L. Harrington. Tips for librarians on supporting the LGBTQIA+ community and handling angry library patrons are provided.

The article shares stories of censorship and personal attacks experienced by librarians from public library patrons. These include the confrontations at the library, online, and in media reported by a public teen librarian in Maryland, harassment by a trustee experienced by a Massachusetts public librarian, and experience by a children's librarian in a former public library job.

The article discusses the online offerings by public libraries in the U.S. in the middle of COVID-19 pandemic in summer of 2020. Topics covered include the move by Scottsville Library in Scottsville, Virginia to go virtual with its programming according to branch manager Megan England, the main goal at the Normal (Illinois) Public Library to make sure that young patrons keep reading this summer, and common concern among librarians who are trying to keep summer programs afloat strictly online.

The article focus on the growing popularity of podcasts in libraries and among children patrons. It highlights the experience of librarian Marcie Atkins, who offers podcasts among an array of learning materials for students to watch, listen and read, and give them chance to learn information apart from reading. It also mentions the initiative of several libraries to embrace podcasts and offers ideas on how to engage librarians and young patrosn to listen and create podcasts themselves.

The article discusses how some librarians are using digital technology to ignite interest in the art, literacy and more among tween library users. Topics covered include Hack the Library program at the Hudson Area Library's armory space involving tweens and local artists, Digital Dancing program that combined dance and augmented reality and the Litcraft immersive game built on the Minecraft platform developed by Sally Bushell of Lancaster University.

The article focuses on programming ideas from several U.S. librarians and libraries to promote library use among tweens, the children from eight to 12 years of age. Topics covered importance for librarians to know the likes and interests of tweens, popularity of hands-on activities like making slime and do-it-yourself sewing, service-oriented programs that promote humanitarianism and charitable work, and examples of successful programs for tweens.

The article offers information on Cardboard Carnival: Marble Run by Evanston (IL) Public Library (EPL) which challenged patrons grades 4-8 to design and build a 3-D cardboard marble adventure with tracks, tunnels, loops, and a programmable motorized element. Topics discussed include tokens earned by the kids for every element included, the success of the Cardboard Carnival in January 2020, and comments from EPL teen librarian Tyler Works, who led the program.

The article discusses school libraries, particularly focusing on their design, and the author presents five areas that designers should keep in mind to build usable libraries. The first suggestion is to make the library space flexible, so that it can be adapted as the needs of the school change. Another suggestion is to display books and other items so that they will appeal to and catch the interest of students. Another suggestion is to carefully consider the infrastructure of the library and to make it a livable space.

The article discusses the benefits of engaging young library users with image-based social media tool like photograph-sharing website Instagram. Topics discussed include the significance of posting the preparation of library-related events which is a great way for teenagers to remember the time, date and location of the event, the use of hashtags, and tips for taking good photographs.

The author discusses book covers and the role they play in a middle-schooler's choice of reading material. The author took a survey to determine what criteria children used in selecting a fiction book; 76% of children agreed that the cover influenced their choice. Librarians rank in importance when giving book recommendations and therefore must be knowledgeable about current books for young adults. The library display acts as a sales pitch and must be eye-catching, says the author. INSETS: Covers with the highest votes (2005);It's What's Outside That Counts, Too.

Explores the changes being brought by the Internet to libraries and library users in the U.S. Marginalization of school libraries by state and federal regulations; Overview of how library professionals can establish the media center as the central foundation of a school; Potential use of podcasts and blogs by students and teachers.

The article discusses the effort by libraries in the U.S. to provide the experience of serendipitous discovery through book bundles and grab bags in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Topics include the options offered by the Madison (Wisconsin) Public Library (MPL) to meet patrons' specifications, the book bundling service developed primarily by Marie Cannon, head of circulation at the Robbins Library in Arlington, Massachusetts and benefits from book bundles and grab bags.

Asserts that access to microcomputers is a necessary element of children's education and must be considered an integral component of public and school library use. What knowledge of microcomputers and their use promotes; Preschool programs; Math and language arts programs; Description of a starter pack of 48 programs; List of distributors.

Discusses the role of libraries in providing access to materials and ensuring absolute privacy for minors. Issues raised by the introduction of computer technology, such as access to minors' library records; Policies of the Contra Costa County Library in California; Library protection of adult privacy rights; Mechanical limitations which prevented access to certain types of information; Aid of the Contra Costa County Counsel in determining rights policies; Preparation of a philosophical basis for privacy policy; Patron financial responsibility; Age of confidentiality; Need for such privacy; Legal issues to be considered. INSET: Further Reading and Listening.

Gives information about flexible scheduling in school libraries. Integration of library skills instruction with what is taught in the classroom; Methods of informing students about new books and services at the library; Factors to consider, including whether the library media curriculum is integrated in the total school curriculum; Opportunities to learn about other resources and technologies beyond the media center; View that, if successful, flexible scheduling can help give students the confidence to become life-long library users.

Offers opinions about how contradictory signs may clutter a library. Advice for eliminating signs that obstruct library users in favor of signs that instruct; Visual criteria; How the determine the function of a sign; Importance of communication in a library; Need for maximum legibility.

The article deals with the growing number of schools and libraries in the U.S. that create escape rooms, the rooms that allow groups of players to work together in solving puzzles. Topics covered include escape room kits sold by Breakout EDU, Harry Potter-themed room created by Robin Papaleka for the users of Laramie County Library in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the amount spent by librarians in setting up escape rooms.

This article discusses how the Queens, New York library at Far Rockaway created a library for teens after being inundated with after school, as well as drop-out teenagers who sought to utilize their free computers. This library branch could not expand their current library, so they opened a library for teens one block away in December 2007. The teen library features relaxed rules for noise and snacking, computers that offer room for multiple viewers, and programs of interest for teens.

The article discusses the horror genre of literature specifically appealing to teenagers. Several readers' advisory and reference sources which focus on horror novels and graphic novels are discussed. Recommendations on collection development and presenting new titles to young adult library patrons are included.

The article offers advice on censorship issues faced by teachers and librarians. Topics include a librarian's opposition to the stand of library branch managers that their jobs would be easier if they created a separate tween section and limited these patrons to this collection, how a high school librarian should deal with the science teacher of her daughter who said that climate change is a political hoax, and the concern of a teacher who was asked to stop teaching "Mississippi Trial, 1955."

The author offers advice for librarians when books are not returned by library patrons. He mentions that any school library that actively circulates books will have patrons who lose or take library books. He mentions a quote by Henry Miller from his "Books of My Life" about a book. He also relates the primary motivation for many librarians who lament the number of lost books.

Surveys home schooling: the educating of one's offspring at home rather than the traditional public or private school, a phenomenon of growing numbers and impact on the nation's public libraries. Difficulties with statistics; Why people teach at home; Areas of concerns; Library-tested ideas.

An editorial is presented on the lack of access to books either for purchase or borrowing as well as homes that don't have a lot of books.

The article discusses the relevance of baby-friendly card policies in U.S. public libraries. It states that these policies encourage literacy and library use from birth, according to a survey of librarians via library listservs and social media. Hannah Killian, youth services manager at the Dauphin County Library Sytems, also says having these policies would remove the barriers to library access, with babies benefiting from reading starting at birth.

The article presents questions and answers related to librarians including the concern of a librarian that censorship was never addressed in any of her library school classes, a librarian who was accused by a parent of stunting her daughter's intellectual growth, and a problem with a guy in a public library who likes to call the staff's attention to Internet sites that patrons have viewed.

The author talks about Amazon Training Academy where patrons took challenges inspired by Wonder Woman and her stories and mentions several activities during the event. Topics discussed include gladiator jousting activity; Wonder Woman's accessory of choice provides an opportunity for a creative spin; and patrons tested their truth-seeking skills with a true or false trivia board where they got the opportunity to learn interesting history behind Wonder Woman.

The article offers tips for librarians on addressing the needs of their patrons who are dealing with parenting issues. Some of these issues include children's sleeping customs and attachment parenting. Recommended parenting titles are "How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting" and "The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings." A user-friendly environment and library staff with an open-access mind-set are also suggested.

The article offers a guide for school librarians to putting up a pop-up library aimed at engaging students who are reluctant to read and who do not regularly visit the library. Topics covered include the steps involved in establishing a pop-up library, promoting the pop-up library via Instagram or Twitter, and the feedback received by a school librarian to the pop-up library she opened in unexpected places on campus.

A letter to the editor is presented in which the sender criticizes the cover of the November 2015 issue of the journal that featured teenage students who use the library as an interactive and multi-tasking environment.

The article presents an overview of the planning and execution of the first annual Teen Tech Week held March 4-10, 2007 by the Young Adult Library Services Association. The author highlights the goals of the association to celebrate and educate the use of internet computing by middle and high school students, along with the various conferences and workshops held during the week.

Discusses digital online reference sources. Role of libraries in providing access to online information resources; Importance of reference staff to libraries; Implementation of online reference systems in libraries; Problems for library users; Privacy and security issues; Importance of feedback in customer satisfaction.

Presents a response to F. William Summers' adapted speech, `A vision of librarianship.' How the entry is part of special section entitled, `Furthering the Vision: Three Youth Services Specialists Respond,' in the 'School Library Journal'; Consideration of how the author calls for youth service librarians to meet challenges of technological change and use this change to benefit the young adult library user; Need for total access of new information services to young adults and teenagers; Speculation about the future use of library networks to benefit young library patrons.

The author reflects on key library and technology issues facing the American Library Association (ALA) and its divisions. Remarks from Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) speaker Cen Campbell on technology issues facing young library users are included. Particular focus is given to the American Academy of Pediatrics' advocacy. Also discussed are changes and digitization issues facing today's school librarians.

The article presents reflections on the management legacy of the late technological designer Steve Jobs. Comments are given mourning the loss of the American inventor in 2011. Several elements of Jobs' leadership style and business strategies are then identified and applied for library science, including focus on user experience and attention to detail.

The author discusses library users, particularly college students, who conduct research using the Internet search engine Google before using their university's library. The symposium "The Future of the Academic Library" at the 2010 "School Library Journal" (SLJ) Leadership Summit at McMaster University is discussed in terms of what students said about their information-seeking behavior. Other topics include electronic books and the report "How College Students Evaluate and Use Information in the Digital Age," by the University of Washington.

The author reflects on a plan to develop learning labs in U.S. public libraries and museums, focusing on the opportunities it provides for improving library services to teenagers. The YOUmedia teen space at the Chicago, Illinois Public Library, the promotion of digital media and traditional learning methods in work with teenaged library users, and the educational benefits connected with creating a product are examined. Changing concepts of libraries are also discussed.

The article discusses the role of augmented reality (AR) technology in libraries. Augmented reality is technology that enhances the physical world with digital content. The author discusses the use of AR applications for smartphone platforms, such as Apple iPhone and Google Android, and emphasizes the Layar application, which uses global positioning system (GPS), as well as barcode applications.

The author reflects on the role of electronic books in libraries, including school libraries. He presents seven ways school librarians can learn more about electronic books: buying an electronic book reader such as a Sony Reader or Kindle; starting a collection of electronic books and including them in lesson plans; and talking with book publishers, vendors, and distributors to find ways to bring electronic books to library patrons.

The author considers the usefulness of online public access catalogs (OPAC) to library users. It is suggested that OPACs should be more user-friendly and the author outlines several ways in which library catalogs can be made more accessible. These include translating catalog data into terms that library users understand, making books more easily accessible via OPACs, and fostering a sense of community around library collections. The Fish4Info open-source library portal is referenced.

This article looks at the Perry Branch Library of the Maricopa County Library District in Arizona which got rid of the Dewey decimal system of shelving books. The library patrons did not notice any difference and on the first day without the system nearly 1000 books were checked out. Perry has set up the shelves by topic as bookstores do. The experiment was so successful that the county plans to convert more of its libraries to the Dewey-less system.

The article discusses the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which is not viewed as an authoritative source of information by librarians as the information on it can be rewritten at will by the general public. It is noted, however, that many students and their parents use Wikipedia almost reflexively. The article recommends that school librarians promote better use of the site by encouraging their patrons to verify Wikipedia entries by using more carefully vetted sources.

The author talks about his early experiences as a librarian and how he felt about the "School Library Journal" and "Library Journal." He talked about the new technology he'd see and be unable to afford on his budget, or feel inadequate compared to librarians shown in the journals. He mentions that while innovation is important, it's up to the librarian to pick and choose what works best for them and their patrons. He feels the key to great library service is understanding and respecting users.

The article looks at library fines. The Columbus, Ohio, Metropolitan Library surveyed their young patrons and discovered that many of the teenagers were avoiding the library because they could not afford to pay their library fines. The author suggests teaching teenagers about library overdue charges, reminding them about items that are due via email, and offering teenagers a chance to work off fines by volunteering, cleaning books, or reading aloud to small children.

The author reflects on the issue of quality after-school programming in public and school libraries. He contends that after-school programs need to be more proactive, rather than reactive. The author also suggests that library directors initiate more communication with one another, and have the proper evaluation and after-school tools in place to measure success and create a fun learning environment.

The author reflects on the issue of protecting children from harmful and endangering Internet content, and the need to filter Web sites. Particular focus is given to Library 2.0, a new concept of library services that encourages interaction through blogging and other online tools, and how those tools can be abused. The author contends that some measure of moderated trust, not radical trust, must be settled upon as a compromise, which includes reviewing content before it is published online.

The article discusses public library services for teens. Busy school schedules and other activities prevent teenagers from visiting libraries regularly, therefore the author recommends librarians physically leave the building to bring services to them. By providing virtual online reference, or by holding reading programs in schools, librarians can promote services to teens without requiring them to enter the building.

The editor discusses changes made to the scope and content of the journal, and compares the need for such changes to library collections which continually evolve to serve changing patron needs. In response to reader input, the magazine now offers more material on technology in libraries and information on collection development.

In this article, the author provides suggestions for ways librarians can stay in touch with what interests teens in order to make the library a more inviting place. The author suggests asking teens about weekend or summer activities for insight into their interests, to keep up with sports since that is something with which many teens are involved, and to stay up to speed with video games, movies, television shows, and the latest trends.