Describes basic library functions and how library resources can help prisoners and ex-offenders alike.

This video highlights the many roles of the teacher-librarian in today's ever-changing school environment. Use it to start conversations about your library program.

"When the children discover a bear at the librarian's desk at story time, they think he's the new librarian. He's not!"--

When a brutal blast of cold hits Cincinnati, the public library transforms from a safe haven for the homeless into a potential war zone. Those who have no place of retreat to evade the cold stage a sit-in in the library where they are tended by members of the library's staff. What begins as an act of civil disobedience becomes a stand-off with police, and a rush-to-judgment media constantly speculating about what is really happening. This David vs....

Where in Washington DC is the nation's most incredible treasure chest? It's a library unlike any other in the world, the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Modern Marvels explodes the myth that this 200 year old institution is simply "where members of Congress borrow books". Viewers are taken beyond the magnificent Jefferson Building Great Hall into the secret vaults where more than 600 miles of shelves hold 130 million items, many of them...

Más del 50% de los niños de Colorado reciben cuidados informales de familiares, amigos y vecinos antes de entrar en la escuela. Este video ofrece a los cuidadores formas de apoyar el desarrollo temprano de la alfabetización de estos niños.

Frederick Wiseman's film, Ex Libris- the New York Public Library, goes behind the scenes of one of the greatest knowledge institutions in the world and reveals it as a place of welcome, cultural exchange and learning. With 92 locations throughout Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island, the library is committed to being a resource for all the inhabitants of this diverse and cosmopolitan city, and beyond. The New York Public Library exemplifies the...

The teacher from the Black Lagoon: On the first day of school, a young boy expects the worst when he discovers that his new teacher is the "monster", Mrs. Green. What's under my bed?: Mary Ann and Louie are convinced there is something scary under their beds. By the light of the Halloween moon: A spying cat, a watchful witch, a hobgoblin sprite, all are scary companions who plan to gobble up a young girl. The three robbers: Three robbers terrify the...

Join 11 year-olds Zoe and Alex on a thrilling, beautifully animated adventure, as they are swept from their local library into Animalia, a unique world of speaking animals!.

Join Diego and his team on another interactive adventure to help Iggy the Iguana find his way home in time for the sing-along, rescue Oli and Oscar River Otters, get Linda to the library opening on time, and help Ana the Anaconda find a new home.