This document summarizes the Children & Libraries journal published by the Association for Library Service to Children. It provides details on the journal's editorial board, types of articles, authors, and intended audience. The journal contains practical articles for children's librarians as well as interviews and speeches from authors and illustrators. Its goal is to keep children's librarians informed of best practices and new developments in the field.

1. Children and Libraries
Journal of ALSC, Association for
Library Service to Children

3. Children & Libraries
• Official journal of Association for
Library Services to Children
• Published three times yearly by the
American Library Association
• Audience: librarians working with
children

4. Editorial Board
• Editor: Sharon Verbeten
• Editorial Advisory Committee:
Rosanne Cerny, Miriam Lang Bodin,
Susan Cooper, Barbara Immroth,
Ellgn Loughran, Jill Ratzan, Michelle
Sirk, Jane Marino, Sharon Verbeten

5. How to submit article for
publication
• Manuscripts can be sent to Sharon Verbeten, 820
Spooner Court, DePere, WI 54115 or e-mailed
CALeditor@yahoo.com. Manuscripts will be sent
out for review according to the journal’s
established procedures.
• Full-length or short features should be well-
researched and relevant to children’s librarians.
• Humorous essays ranging from 500 to 750 words
can be submitted for the last page of the journal,
“The Last Word,” to Sharon Verbeten at the
above e-mail.

6. What type of articles are
found in Children & Libraries?
• Interviews with well-known children’s
authors
• Award acceptance speeches from
Newberry and Caldecott winners
• Reviews of new scholarly literature
• News of ALSC events and committee
business

7. What type of articles are
found in Children & Libraries?
• Articles on best practices, i.e. book clubs
for teens, tips for first year managers,
library services for children with special
needs, storytimes for large groups;
celebrating Dia de los Ninos
• Articles on non-traditional media such as
audiobooks, graphic novels, and websites

8. Who are the authors of
articles in
Children & Libraries?
• Articles are written by practicing
children’s librarians, library media
teachers, university faculty members in
both library and education schools, as well
as children’s literature professors
• Columns by the journal’s editor and by
Executive Director of ALSC appear in each
issue

9. Special Information in
Children & Libraries
• Limited advertising promoting upcoming
ALSC events, other children’s book events,
and new titles from publishers
• Journal balances practical advice and
resources for children’s librarians with
inspirational articles and speeches by
famous authors and illustrators

10. Who and why should this
periodical be read?
• This publication should be read by
children’s librarians, either in a
school or public library setting.
• Children’s librarians should read this
journal in order to stay current with
best practices and new professional
literature in the field.

11. References
• American Library Association (n.d.)
Retrieved February 28, 2008 from
website
http://ala.org/ala/alsc/alsc.cfm