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Reading Recommendations for Summer (or anytime) If you are anything like me, your To-Be-Read (TBR) list is quite extensive and you have been putting off the bulk of your leisure reading for breaks between semesters. Spring semester is finished, and before summer session starts (for those of you joining me on that adventure) here is a list of recommendations for…

The first week of June ushered in not only the start of the SJSU summer semester, but most excitingly, the beginning of the California Library Association (CLA) 2022 Conference!  As a first-time attendee of the CLA Conference, I was thrilled that the conference was to be held in my hometown of Sacramento, making navigation to, from, and around the conference…

Schools are out, splash pads are on, and community libraries everywhere are launching their summer reading programs! According to the ALA, summer reading programs began in the 1890s to develop the habit of reading and to forestall the “summer slide” in school children. Engaging urban youth was important to lessen the impact of economic disparity, which has only increased in…

It was a gray and rainy Friday in Bellevue, WA, when the Washington Library Association (WLA) held their annual conference in early May. And while people outside were wrapped in their raincoats, huddled under umbrellas, and trying to decide which of the 5 Starbucks in the area would be their best bet for a caffeine fix, the conference center was…