Website Review: Library Learning & Creation Center

The LIBRARY LEARNING & CREATION CENTER is a website supporting the professional development needs of librarians.

Sponsored by the Colorado Virtual Library, the website contains resources focusing on collection management, community engagement, customer service, leadership, maker spaces, services and programming, and technology. In addition, the Library 101 section is geared to challenges facing librarians from professional ethics to intellectual freedom. Many of the topics link to videos and reading materials sponsored by state and national library organizations such as the American Library Association.

Librarians will find useful resources to jumpstart their own professional development activities along with materials to assist their library staff and volunteers.

To visit the website, go to https://create.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/.

Website Review: Scholastic: Librarians

LIBRARIANS from Scholastic is a website specifically designed for school and public librarians.

The librarians section of Scholastic’s website features specific resources of interest to those working with children. In addition to featuring new books, the website provides direct links to major services such as Go!, TrueFlix, ScienceFlix, FreedomFlix, and BookFlix. Dozens of videos feature author interviews. Of particular note is the Idea Share section featuring resources and discussions related to holding book fairs. Be sure to download the “Scholastic Supports Librarians” PDF containing research about the importance of libraries and librarians.

Librarians will find this website to be useful in collection development, lesson planning, and book fair planning. Although it’s focused on works by Scholastic, it contains useful ideas connected all types of materials. Their research on libraries is also useful in preparing to meet with school boards.

To visit the website, go to http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/.