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| Categories | Professional library practice for young people |
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| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Media Source Inc. |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City, NY, U.S. |
| Website | slj |
| ISSN | 0362-8930 |
| OCLC | 1798621 |
School Library Journal (SLJ) is an American monthly magazine containing reviews and other articles forschool librarians, media specialists, andpublic 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, andreference books books are reviewed, as aregraphic novels, multimedia, and digital resources.
School Library Journal was founded by publisherR.R. Bowker in 1954, under the titleJunior Libraries and by separation from itsLibrary Journal. The first issue was published on September 15, 1954. Gertrude Wolff was the first editor.
Early in its historySLJ published nine issues each year, dated September to May and released on the fifteenth of each month. It now publishes monthly. In 2008School Library Journal launchedSeries Made Simple, a twice-annual supplement which features reviews of series nonfiction books. It also releases a Best Books list annually.
R.R. Bowker soldSLJ andLibrary Journal in 1985 to Reed International (later merged intoReed Elsevier). In 2006School Library Journal had a circulation of 38,000 subscribers and more than 100,000 readers.[citation needed] Reed sold the two journals in 2010 toMedia Source Inc., owner of theJunior Library Guild andThe Horn Book Magazine.[1]
TheSchool 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 includingCurriculum Connections,SLJ Teen, andSLJ Extra Helping.