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US monthly magazine
School Library Journal
(
SLJ
) is an American monthly magazine containing reviews and other articles for
school librarians
, media specialists, and
public librarians
who work with young people. Articles cover a wide variety of topics, with a focus on technology,
multimedia
, and other information resources that are likely to interest young learners. Reviews are classified by the target audience of the publications:
preschool
; schoolchildren to 4th grade, grades 5 and up, and teens; and professional librarians themselves ("professional reading").
Fiction
,
non-fiction
, and
reference books
books are reviewed, as are
graphic novels
, multimedia, and digital resources.
History
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School Library Journal
was founded by publisher
R.R. Bowker
in 1954, under the title
Junior Libraries
and by separation from its
Library Journal
. The first issue was published on September 15, 1954. Gertrude Wolff was the first editor.
Early in its history
SLJ
published nine issues each year, dated September to May and released on the fifteenth of each month. It now publishes monthly. In 2008
School Library Journal
launched
Series Made Simple
, a twice-annual supplement which features reviews of series nonfiction books. It also releases a Best Books list annually.
R.R. Bowker sold
SLJ
and
Library Journal
in 1985 to Reed International (later merged into
Reed Elsevier
). In 2006
School Library Journal
had a circulation of 38,000 subscribers and more than 100,000 readers.
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Reed sold the two journals in 2010 to
Media Source Inc.
, owner of the
Junior Library Guild
and
The Horn Book Magazine
.
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Website
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The
School Library Journal
website provides full access to every issue published from 1996 to the present, including the current issue. It also publishes several blogs and several e-newsletters including
Curriculum Connections
,
SLJ Teen
, and
SLJ Extra Helping
.
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References
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