ALA Releases List of Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books
This year's Banned Books Week runs from September 27 to October 3, so I will begin by apologizing for the tardiness of this post. The good thing is that I [...]
2 10, 2020
8 04, 2020
Notes from the Field: The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
Notes from the Field: The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled.
24 01, 2020
NEW Kindergarten Readiness Outreach Workshops
The Youth Services Team at ICfL is excited to announce the launch of our latest program to help libraries address gaps in kindergarten readiness in their communities. This new program [...]
8 01, 2020
Kindergarten Readiness Program Available through UPSTART
Through an Education Innovation Research (EIR) Grant Idaho will join five states in piloting the Waterford UPSTART program,
5 09, 2019
Bucks for Books Partnership
Bucks for Books! Idaho Commission for Libraries is partnering with the Idaho Lottery Commission on a program to help Idaho’s elementary school libraries purchase the books students need to become [...]
5 08, 2019
Updates to TumbleBooks of the Day!
As announced for the past several months, ICfL is no longer purchasing a statewide subscription to TumbleBooks Library for public libraries. Our former subscription expired June 30, 2019, and [...]
9 07, 2019
Supporting Beginning Readers: Free Training for School Librarians
The ICfL's Supporting Beginning Readers workshop is a fun, relaxed, one-day workshop designed to help librarians get ready for young readers.
9 07, 2019
Updates to Jump Start Kindergarten Program
While many school districts continue to offer face-to-face events for parents and their soon-to-be Kindergartner to come to their local elementary school for Kindergarten registration and other information, we [...]
2 05, 2019
Discussions on School/Public Library Partnerships
There was a discussion on school library/public library partnerships at the ILA Region IV Conference in Twin Falls. One thing that became clear is that there is no step-by-step approach [...]
3 04, 2019
Kindergarten Readiness opportunity provided by Waterford UPSTART
Through an Education Innovation Research (EIR) Grant awarded by the US Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement, Idaho will join five states in piloting the Waterford UPSTART [...]