YES! Great infographic from Capstone 📚! School Librarians are so powerful. #PaLibChat #PSLA

On #CesarChavezDay, we're remembering Chavez’s activism for the American farm worker with this 1972 clip from the KQED archives. Here he discusses the development of the United Farm Workers union and how, as a collective, workers have immense power.

Happy birthday, Jason Reynolds News!

To learn alongside these dedicated elementary librarians is amazing! Today we dug into kinder library services to discuss what is working, how to grow our impact in kinder & shared insights from our Striving Readers book study. #visaliaUSD #VUSDcares @Stephharvey49 Annie Ward

OPINION: While classroom libraries offer the best access and public libraries offer the greatest variety, school libraries offer the best of both worlds: convenient access to a wide range of materials for both pleasure reading and curriculum support. edsource.org/2021/our-stude…

Excited for this series about a part of CA that many love & many snub. The first episode is so well done and makes me proud to call the ‘Other California’ home. one.npr.org/i/1087481663:1…

The petition to save McFarland's library, started by Elias Ahumada, states, “Rewarding a police department, with a long history of corruption, with the city’s only public library is disgraceful and negligent.” (via EdSource) kvpr.org/education/2022…

"In the last 10 days, we've had elderly Black people killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, we've had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California, and now we have children murdered at school. When are we going to do something?" says Warriors coach Steve Kerr in plea to Congress.

Yes, 13 ways to lose a reader…and all of these can be remedied to create fabulous communities of readers in our schools.

#Libraries are just magic aren't they? I mean, what a brilliant, generous idea. A place that belongs to everyone, deeply rooted in the joy of reading and imagination, that nurtures the ideas that will power the future. What a simple, beautiful, essentially human thing.

Always proud to work alongside this team. Playing a vital role in libraries, textbooks, Chromebooks & now ELO-P. Each year has brought something new and they are always up for the challenge! #vusdlibraries

When what ZIP CODE you live in makes all the difference for public library funding—from $4 per resident to $300+ per resident in CA. A great example of the negative impact of the ZIP CODE lottery on less resourced communities.

Join us tomorrow, 10/12, at 11:00am as CALSA and Learning Ally discuss what's on all our minds: #EquitableAccess to core content and #literacy for ALL! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

In a California community known for cross-country glory, the library is a vital resource for families who eke out a living in the fields. But city leaders want their crowded police force to take over the building. nyti.ms/3hep5c8

Continuing with our Black History Month VR experience- "Traveling While Black". Learn what is was like to be an African American traveling in the US during the 1930's-1960's. All classes welcome to sign up!

Pretty awesome for #SchoolLibraryMonth

It’s National Library Month and here in VUSD we have 43 amazing libraries, with 53 librarian staff members who are available to assist you! With over 420 thousand books to choose from, show your appreciation and check out a book, today! #IamVUSD

It's the end of Library Week, and we just wanted to remind you that our most recent annual report has come out. You can find out more at the link below, but the overall picture is that there are a lot of great things happening in California's libraries. library.ca.gov/annual-reports/

The ERS Library Media Services Newsletter for April Smore smore.com/n/12kvp-april-…