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The Pew Research Center began studying how the role of public libraries, as well as the needs and expectations of their patrons and communities, are changing in the digital age. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, grounded by a Library Advisory Group, and conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the first set of reports focus on the rise of e-reading and e-books at libraries.

There are no facts and figures about the school library on the My Schools website, yet the library and the teacher librarian play a vital role in your child's education. So are Australian children and young people getting the best deal? ASLA research shows that a strong library program that is adequately staffed, resourced and funded can lead to higher student achievement regardless of the socioeconomic or educational levels of the adults in the community This is a 10-point checklist designed for parents to investigate if their school is investing where it counts.

There's nothing new about curating the news and aggregating content. It's always been part of the role of journalism, selecting and presenting information, and editors have always done it. Aggregation is not curation. Aggregators pull together, and allow you to assemble, news from a variety of sources in one place. Those that also curate the news spotlight stories and often package content based on algorithm and/or the work of editors (ie there's some type of judgment involved and usually context created).

Book series have been around for a long time and play an important role in early reading. From the blog Literacy, families and learning

What better place to discuss tough issues than in a class with a teacher and peers?