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Cummins, Julie – School Library Journal, 1999
Discusses the professional accomplishments of Anne Carroll Moore, the librarian who first introduced children's services to the New York Public Library and who pioneered modern children's book reviewing and created one of the first and most influential children's booklists of her time. She arrived at the Library in 1906 and retired in 1941 at the…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Childrens Libraries, Childrens Literature, Librarians
Doyle, Miranda – School Library Journal, 2000
An American librarian describes her experiences running a children's library in a rural town in the Philippines. Discussion includes frustrations and rewards; the children's favorite books; storytimes and games; community efforts; and her goals to leave the library a better organized, more inviting place and to teach the children how a library…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Librarians
Rockfield, Gary – School Library Journal, 1998
Describes the Tall Tree Initiative for Library Services, sponsored by the Reader's Digest Foundation and administered by the public and school library systems of Westchester County, New York. The initiative focuses on improving services offered children in the 21st century, and demands a new level of school-public library cooperation. (AEF)
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Cooperative Programs, Futures (of Society), Improvement
Gerhardt, Lillian N. – School Library Journal, 1999
Proposes a cross-cultural study of the working relationships of all who are involved with children and their books which have a direct bearing on where the field of children's literature began and where it is going. Traces the author's early experiences with children's literature and highlights a few children's titles. (AEF)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Libraries, Childrens Literature, Cross Cultural Studies
Paterson, Katherine – School Library Journal, 1998
Anne Carroll Moore, who introduced children's services at the New York Public Library, a Newbery-winning author discusses libraries, collection development, book costs, the publishing industry, fear of change, oral and print tradition, writing for children, the impact and shortcomings of technology, books going out of print, and the need for…
Descriptors: Authors, Change, Childrens Libraries, Childrens Literature
Fiore, Carole D. – School Library Journal, 1998
Describes how three public library youth librarians used statistics to justify budget requests, change resource allocations, expand services, and show benefits of new services to the community. Examples are provided under the following headings: Show what's missing; Show what's gone wrong; Show what's going right; Show inequities; and Compare and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Childrens Libraries, Fund Raising, Librarians
Nespeca, Sue McCleaf – School Library Journal, 1999
Presents recommendations for developing sound baby collections that include selecting books that: have designs infants are attracted to, provide tactile experiences, incorporate rhymes, have rounded edges (board books), and can be cleaned (cloth books). Includes an alphabetical list of good books for babies, as well as books on planning a lapsit…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Libraries, Childrens Literature, Infants
Colburn, Nell – School Library Journal, 1994
Gives 10 essential tips for building children's collections, including using a systematic spending plan; applying circulation figures; making replacement purchases a priority; getting more copies and fewer titles; allocating funds for popular paperbacks; buying paperback fiction; seeking basic skills materials; taking advantage of vendor services;…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Budgeting, Childrens Libraries, Childrens Literature
Cerny, Rosanne Cerny – School Library Journal, 1991
Urges librarians to weed their nonfiction collections, particularly in the areas of science and technology, geography, and political science, and argues that it is better to send students from the library empty handed than to supply them with obsolete books. Guidelines for evaluating and weeding the reference and circulating collections are…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Geography