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February 27, 2020

Library Activities for Reading Comprehension

March is National Reading Month! Check out these fun activities you can use at your library to help students strengthen their reading comprehension skills.
February 21, 2020

March Women’s Month Posters

What are your plans for recognizing Women's History Month? We want to help you by providing resources and library posters to acknowledge the great achievements of women throughout history.
February 21, 2020

St. Patrick’s Day Posters

You’ve got the luck of the Irish! This month we’ve created three reading-inspired posters for St. Patrick’s Day so you can celebrate with your library patrons.
January 27, 2020

Library Lovers’ Month Reading Posters

This month we are dedicating our Reading Posters to Library Lover's Month. Download the poster for free below and check out our list of 7 ways you can get your community to show their love for the library.
January 23, 2020

Valentine’s STEM Activities

Valentine's Day doesn't have to be just hearts and candy—you can add some extra fun by adding STEM experiments! We've gathered three STEM experiments you can use in your library or classroom.
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August 21, 2015

COMPanion Corporation Helps 55 Schools with 200,000 Textbooks

Earlier this month COMPanion Corporation sent a team of people to Buffalo, New York to complete a two-week barcoding project that enabled 55 schools to track 200,000 textbooks using COMPanion’s software, Textbook Tracker.
August 19, 2015

BOOK REVIEW: THE WINNER’S CURSE

Guest Post by Mia Seventeen-year-old Kestrel lives in an empire where adulthood offers only two choices: get married or join the military. Her father, a general, expects her to choose the latter path, while certain eligible young men hope for the former. Kestrel desires neither. One day while wandering the […]
July 10, 2015

4 Librarians Who Conquered ‘Big Brother’

“As a librarian, I believe it is my duty and responsibility to speak out about any infringement to the intellectual freedom of library patrons,” said Mr. Chase. “But until today, my own government prevented me from fulfilling that duty.”
July 1, 2015

Celebrate Your Freedom to Read this 4th of July

Hey! It’s the Fourth of July this weekend. You know what that means–time to blow stuff up and grill some dogs. But before we get to that . . . let’s take a minute to pay our respects to all of those who fought, and continue to fight, for the freedoms […]