INF 330 Professional Development Blog
Discussing topics surrounding library services for children and young adults
The emergence of digital resources has impacted the services and technologies of libraries, with developments continuously moving libraries forward into the digital age (Jain, 2019, p. 21-22). Librarians have faced this change, with children’s departments at the forefront of this Continue reading Expressing Youth Voice and Identity Through Video Games
(Allen & Unwin, 2019) To understand the importance of young people’s book awards and the role they play in advancing and promoting youth literature, the website for the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will be reviewed. What is Continue reading Review of the Children’s Book Council of Australia and the Importance of Children’s Book Awards
(What We Do All Day, 2016) Diverse children’s literature can mean “the portrayal of groups that have been marginalized because of race, gender, ethnicity, language, ability, age and social class” (Hayik, 2015, p. 94). To understand the importance of diversity Continue reading Review of “A Conversation about Diversity in Children’s Books” Podcast
(Barbershop Books, n.d.) To understand the censorship of resources within a school library I read the peer reviewed journal article A Study of Self-Censorship by School Librarians by Wendy Rickman (Rickman, 2010). This journal article explored how the practice of Continue reading A Study of Self-Censorship by School Librarians by Wendy Rickman