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Unit of the American Library Association supporting the profession of children's librarianship.
Site includes information on projects and conferences, lists of award-winning children's materials,
resources for librarians and parents, and links to sites for kids.
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alsc.htm
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Children's Literature in a Time of National Tragedy
Provides full-text access to the ERIC Digest of this name which examines how the events of
September 11th can be explained to children using appropriate literature.
http://www.ericdigests.org/2002-2/time.htm
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How Parents of Home Schooled Students Can Get Their Children To Use the Library
Features ideas for getting home schooled students into the library.
http://www.libraryinstruction.com/homeschooled.html
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Helping Your Child Use the Library
Find ways you can help your child learn to use a library.
http://www.libraryinstruction.com/child.html
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Virtual YA Index
Listing of public libraries with young adult sites on the Web.
http://yahelp.suffolk.lib.ny.us/virtual.html
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Newbery Award
Describes a variety of library and class activities to interest children in reading Newbery Medal
Books. Includes a list of previous Newbery Award winners.
http://www.libraryreference.com/newbery.html
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Caldecott Award
Discusses strategies for librarians and teachers for getting children to read by using Caldecott
Award winning books. Includes suggestions for parties, reading assignments, and provides a list of
Caldecott Award winners.
http://www.libraryreference.com/caldecott.html
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Precocious Readers
Suggestions for recommending books to gifted children.
http://www.mlaforum.org/volumeI/issue1/precocious.html
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Children on the Internet
Report detailing how kids are using the web. Provides a list of resources appropriate for
children.
http://www.otal.umd.edu/UUPractice/children/
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Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
An annotated list of graphic novels and trade paperbacks recommended for young adult areas of
public libraries.
http://www.geocities.com/dawnanik/grnovels.htm
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High School Students and Their Use of the World Wide Web for Research
Reports the results of a study that shows teenagers are having difficulty in evaluating resources
on the Web. Uses Perry's Scheme of Student Development to provide a framework for the findings.
http://www.libraryinstruction.com/confusion.html
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Essential Sites for the SLMS
Annotated links of important sites for the school library media specialist. Includes meta sites,
associations, publications, discussion groups, lesson plans, and literature resources.
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~pjoleksy/slelinks.htm
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Locked In At The Library
How to plan a sleepover at the library to market to young adults and children.
http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/seworkspace/sleepers/index.html
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Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Resources for Young Adults and YA Library Professionals
List of print resources intended to help Young Adult Librarians with issues relating to
homosexuality and bisexuality.
http://www.drizzle.com/~kathleen/wla/youth.htm
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Potamus Place
Games, Internet safety, homework help and subject bibliographies just for kids, and a database
where you can search for picture books by subject. All included links are evaluated by
professional librarians.
http://www.potamusplace.net/
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Young Adult Services Professional Resources: A Selected Five-Year Retrospective Bibliography
Large listing of print resources that deal with Young Adult Librarianship.
http://yahelp.suffolk.lib.ny.us/yabibserv.html
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Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
Supplement to the book of the same name gives news links and resources of interest to those serving
youth in libraries.
http://www.connectingya.com/
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Teens Know
Library site designed for teenagers. Includes links to resources, chat, and databases.
http://www.hcpl.net/teens/
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Young Adult Librarian's Help/Homepage
Resource page listing resources for young adult librarians including journals, associations, and
literature.
http://yahelp.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
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Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
Written in both English and Spanish, this site lists recommended books, professional resources,
workshops, proceedings, friends, and links to other related sites.
http://www.csusm.edu/csb/
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Teenlibrarian.com
Online community for librarians who work with teenagers in public or school settings. With news,
resources, message board, chat, and links.
http://www.teenlibrarian.com/
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