collection management

Create a Diverse Collection: with Djeneba Muhammad

The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Georgia librarian Djeneba Muhammad. She was a teacher for 8 years and is now in her first year at...

Representation Matters: with Melissa Silerio

The Librarian Influencer of the Week is librarian Melissa Silerio. She works in a middle school library in Mansfield ISD in Texas. Her...

Shared Digital Collections

Dear Dr. Laura, I'd love to give ebooks a try but my budget isn't really set up to get a good starting collection. Do you have any ideas...

Pay Attention to How Your Students Are Searching: Jennifer Ritzie

Librarian Influencer of the Week is Jennifer Ritzie is a first-year K-4 librarian in Keller, Texas who is finishing up her library degree...

Is It YA or Adult Fiction?

... how can I figure out whether or not to put a book into YA or if we should have a "fiction" section that implies it's for adults? ...

Your Library Should Reflect the Students in Your Building: with Colleen Nelson

The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Colleen Nelson who is a K-6 Teacher Librarian in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

How Can I Get Some New Books for the Library?

Dear Dr. Laura, I’m at a new school and have zero budget. Zip, Nada. I’m so depressed because I pictured my new job as something where I..

To Weed or Not to Weed. That is a HUGE question!

Dear Dr. Laura I know I learned about weeding the collection in library school. But, now that I’m actually here this seems like a huge...