Blending tradition with innovation
When students returned to Emma B. Ward Elementary for the 2015-16 school year, they noticed some big changes in their library.
Student poetry sought for contest
The Kentucky State Poetry Society is accepting submissions of student-authored poems for its 2017 Student Poetry Contest.
A ‘Wonder’-ful one-book success
Daviess County's Elizabeth Muster shares how the One School, One Book program benefited her school through the shared experience of reading.
Students and teachers benefit from public library partnership
Allen County schools is the first district in the state to give all students full access to the local public library.
KSB student authors celebrated
The Library Media Center at Kentucky School for the Blind recently hosted a celebration for the release of “We Can Hear You Just Fine: Clarifications from the Kentucky School for the Blind.”
KASL names new executive board
Renee Hale, library media specialist at Drakes Creek Middle School (Warren County) and the 2016-17 president of the Kentucky Association of School Librarians, shares her thoughts about where she thinks school libraries are headed.
Kentucky Virtual Library names new director
Ilona N. Burdette is the new director of the Kentucky Virtual Library, a program of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education.
Kentucky Storytelling Conference to be held in Pikeville
The Kentucky Storytelling Conference will be Nov. 4-5 at the Pike County Public Library District, Lee Avenue Branch, in Pikeville. The event includes featured storytellers Jonatha and Harold Wright, who specialize in Japanese, Ohio and Ohio Appalachian stories of all genres; as well as workshops on various aspects of storytelling, storytelling concerts, open-mic sessions and a competitive StorySlam. Advance registration [...]
Kentucky leads nation in Summer Reading pledges
For the fourth year, Kentucky led the nation in Summer Reading pledges during the Chief’s Summer Reading Challenge, a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers and MetaMetrics.
School librarians, students, others honored by KASL
The Kentucky Association of School Librarians (KASL) honored 2016 award recipients at a luncheon and ceremony Sept. 24 at the Galt House in Louisville.