#alamw15

[libraryjournal]

Due to the cold in Boston 34% of #alamw16 attendees are currently trying to decide which cardigans go best over another cardigan

— Fake Library Stats (@FakeLibStats) January 5, 2016

[schoollibraryjournal]

Pleases, gasps, & hurrays! at the YMAs. @librarycourtney

[weneeddiversebooks]

Here's video of the wonderful Diverse Debuts panel at ALA Midwinter in Chicago!

Panelists are Sona Charaipotra, I.W. Gregorio, Fonda Lee, Miranda Paul, Adam Silvera, Sabaa Tahir, Nicola Yoon and Francesca Zappia. It was moderated by Danielle Paige.

[sdiaz101]

Every year there’s always discussion about the awards- why did THIS win, why didn’t THAT win, how will teen read this? That the awards aren’t reaching their target audience because there’s no appeal for teens, and no one will read them. This year it seems more pointed at the types of books- how they don’t fit the norm that a lot of people have come to expect, or how it’s going to make things harder because the books are too “challenging” for their community, or how there’s not enough variety. Guess what? Things are changing. And it’s for the better- there’s no hidden agenda, there’s no over-sensitivity, there’s no selective targeting of authors. What has happened is that the awards committees are more aware of the diversity available (slim that it is currently), and found that the diverse books were wonderful. Awesome. Brilliant. Worthy of recognition. SO much so that they crossed into various lists, and stretched the social canon of the awards. This is a good thing. Trust me.

Snaps! Teen Services Underground | Awards, Honors, and a Discussion

[lismicroaggressions]

ALA response to that ALAMW survey question

I tweeted your post at the President of ALA and she responded positively - here's the latest in the conversation (the question is going to be removed): https://twitter.com/librarycourtney/status/565570777752551426 So, yay? :)

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Editor's note: Thanks for the heads up! And a big thank you to ALA President Courtney Young for being proactive on the issue.

[schoollibraryjournal]

Librarians in action.

Guerrilla Storytime at ALA Midwinter 2015 

[weneeddiversebooks]

We need to overhaul the system. In the meantime, some very concrete, simple ways to do something real.

The Day of Diversity at ALA midwinter last week(end) brought a lot of discussion and action points. Here's what Elizabeth Bluemle summed up from her attendance and what you may be able to do to help spread diverse books in your community.

[far-to-fall]

Last night my husband mentioned that we might want to consider weeding some of our books (we hope to move across country this summer and books are cumbersome when moving). BUT I just got back from Mid-Winter and have at least 20 arcs that I can't wait to read. Solution: I have to read them all as soon as possible so that I can start passing them out to friends and students. I mean, I have the new Rebecca Stead novel. You don't just casually weed stuff like that.