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Help Kids and Teens Discover Earth
Keliann LaConte | May 17, 2012
The Lunar and Planetary Institute is pleased to announce the release of Discover Earth: Hands-on Activities, a module to support hands-on Earth science explorations in libraries and other places of community learning. Educators are invited to download the activities, supporting reading games, and facilitator resources.

Feeding (into) the Frenzy: The 74th Hunger Games at Des Plaines Public Library
Cheryl Gladfelter | May 10, 2012
On March 17, the Des Plaines (Ill.) Public Library held its first after-hours teen program. The “74th Hunger Games” was the culmination of more than a year of planning by the youth services department head, the teen librarian, the web services librarian, and the youth services assistant.

New for May at EDSITEment
Angela Hanshaw | May 08, 2012
This month, EDSITEment offers three Launchpads designed to spark discussion about Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The May-pole of Merry Mount,” Pablo Neruda’s “Oda al mar,” and Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience.” EDSITEment also celebrates Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month by taking a look at the travels of Manjiro Nakanohama, our first Japanese “ambassador,” and shares stories from survivors who came of age during the Holocaust.

Finals Week, Inspired by Students
Katy Kelly | May 03, 2012
The Memphis (Tenn.) Public Library partnered with the the Immigration and Naturalization Office to provide citizenship workshops in many of their library branches and to host naturalization ceremonies.

Featured Library: Memphis Public Library
Angela Hanshaw | May 01, 2012
The Memphis (Tenn.) Public Library partnered with the the Immigration and Naturalization Office to provide citizenship workshops in many of their library branches and to host naturalization ceremonies.

A Week of Great Stories: Library Media Specialist Francie Clinton
Francie Clinton | April 27, 2012
I have spent some time pondering the programming for our library at the Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center in Manitou, or should I say the lack of programming. When you are the library media specialist at a secure juvenile center, programming is not an easy task.

A Week of Great Stories: Tyrell Author Coe Booth
Coe Booth | April 26, 2012
A week after my ALA Great Stories CLUB visit to Green Oaks Juvenile Detention Center in Monroe, Louisiana, I met with the boys at the Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center in Austin, Texas. Librarians Heather Schubert and Kathleen Sullivan—and countless others, I’m sure—have put together a remarkable youth library.

A Week of Great Stories: The Brothers Torres Author Coert Voorhees, Part II
Coert Voorhees | April 25, 2012
A week after my ALA Great Stories CLUB visit to Green Oaks Juvenile Detention Center in Monroe, Louisiana, I met with the boys at the Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center in Austin, Texas. Librarians Heather Schubert and Kathleen Sullivan—and countless others, I’m sure—have put together a remarkable youth library.