Building Community Everywhere--A Letter from the Editor What is a community? Some of us think of the neighborhood in which we live as our community, but a community can be any group of people who gather together. Here at the iSchool we are a community of students. But the community is even larger than that—faculty, staff, and course instructors are…
Scouting for Tech: My Year with the Girl Scouts at the Library by Stephanie Piccino Admit it: You do not think “tech” when you think “Girl Scouts”. You think of camping, crafts, and, of course, cookies. But these are not your mom’s Girl Scouts. They are not even mine. Today, Girl Scouts are encouraged to explore the world of…
LGBTQ Youth Online Information Communities: The Intersection of Real and Virtual Space When Information Needs Are Also Social Needs by Elanna Erhardt As an “under-aged” minority population that has only recently been given much needed attention in scholarly authorship over the past twenty years, LGBTQ (or queer as an all-inclusive term) youth have information needs and desires peculiar to…
Countdown to Success: The Kentucky Public Library School Readiness Task Force Addresses Kindergarten Readiness by R. Lynn Baker As a former preschool and kindergarten teacher, I have been able to apply my passion for early childhood education to my work as youth services specialist at Paul Sawyer Public Library in Frankfort, Kentucky. I am also fortunate to be working on…