Nominations for the CLEL Bell Book Awards have begun! We are starting this week with the first nominations in the “Talk” category, with many more coming soon. These are books published after November 16, 2021 that model or support the practice of talking with young children and babies. Many nominations come from title suggestions from …
Jessica Fredrickson, Emeritus CLEL Training & Advocacy Chair According to the American Library Association (ALA), 2022 is a record breaking year for the number of attempts to ban or restrict library resources in schools, universities and public libraries. In fact, it’s the highest record of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling these lists more …
Jessica Fredrickson/ Emeritus CLEL Training & Advocacy Subcommittee Chair After a year of group study, our last Project READY cohort met in February. We looked at our webcams, each unwilling to be the first one to log off. How could it be over? Of course, it’s not really over. One of my biggest takeaways from …
On February 10, members of the CLEL Steering Committee testified before the Colorado Senate Education Committee on SB22-004: Evidence-based Training In Science of Reading.* CLEL asked that the committee either remove libraries from the bill or postpone it and meet with all relevant library stakeholders to write an amendment with greater consideration given to particular …
