Competency 2-Related Blog

ALSC Blog
http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/

The ALSC Blog had a variety of useful information. This blog is coordinated by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), and all regular contributors are members of the ALSC. The purpose of this blog is to provide information on news and current events in the field of children's librarianship. It is also used to post conferences, resources, programs, and activities for ALSC members and others interested in children's librarianship. I chose this blog because of it's association with the national, professional organization of the ALSC and because of my interest in children's librarianship.
The following excert, titled School Talk, is from the ALSC Blog webpage located at http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/?p=412
I chose this excert because it discusses early literacy and how librarians can work with school reading/literacy specialists to help promote literacy.

Yesterday I met with the reading coordinator of our local school board. I met with her because of a session I attended at PLA in Minneapolis; the presenter encouraged us to learn how reading is taught in our local schools in order to support young readers. We do so much to encourage early literacy, and we really should be helping those young readers as well. Learning to read is a difficult process for about 80% of children. I’d be willing to wager that a large group of that other 20% end up as teachers and librarians. As a result of my 90-minute meeting, I’ve already made changes... So with two simple changes to an upcoming program that reaches a large amount of students, I’ve been able to extend what the schools are teaching.

I discovered this blog by searching Yahoo Blog Directories: http://dir.yahoo.com/news_and_media/blogs/.