Audiobooks are a research-validated tool for improving vocabulary, comprehension and literacy skills for young readers of all abilities. Especially effective with emerging, reluctant and ESL readers, recorded book programming is simple to incorporate into the classroom curriculum, and easy on the pocketbook too.  more >>

This informative webcast will bring together a panel of experts in reading, media center services, and children's literacy, including school librarians, educators, and a representative from Capstone Press and Stone Arch Books to cover a range of processes, programs, and ideas that can bolster reading skills, comprehension, and literacy in the K-6 library and classroom.  more >>

Polaris Library Systems President and CEO Bill Schickling will lead a stellar panel of educators, researchers and librarians who are at the forefront of promoting teen services in public libraries. This 60 minute webcast will inspire all library staff that work with teens and young adults to create and maintain great teen physical and online spaces, and guide them in creating programs and events that keep teens coming back to the library again and again.  more >>