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Library Leadership
I saw this article on Library Lost & Found as I was scanning my Feedly checking to see what others are talking about on the (many) blogs I follow and it caught my eye! The title – 9 Ways to Become an Even Awesomer Library Leader in 2016 by Megan Hartline. I…
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Top 10 Tuesday: Resolutions I Have For 2016
I have ten resolutions and now am slightly overwhelmed, but many are attainable and I’m really excited to start 2016 off on the right foot! Overall, I resolve to rock. Check out my Top Ten Tuesday: Resolutions I Have For 2016. Blog Goals Grow a larger readership. I have a lot of…
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2016 Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
If you haven’t heard, the kid lit world is blowing up with the news that Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese and Boxers and Saints is the 2016 Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. He follows a long line of BIG names in the field including Kate DiCamillo, Walter Dean Myers and…
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Readers! “May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful and don’t forget to make some art – write or draw or build or sing or live as only…
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I'll Be Home for Christmas
I figured I write this up in advance, so that as I’m driving home for the holiday, I’ll have something posted to my blog. I am so lucky that my commute is within walking distance, but that leaves me little time to listen to audiobooks in the car or keep…
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Shelf Reading
So this is what I’ve felt like for the past week – we’ve been trying to do some massive shelf reading in our department as the holidays usually show book borrowing down a little and there’s a lot more stuff to make sure has found its rightful home. We break…
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Resource Sharing: Let's Get Busy Podcast
I’m convinced that there are certain people in the kid lit world that have either learned how to stop time… or they just don’t sleep! I’m talking about people like Mr. Schu, Colby Sharp, the Joint Chiefs over at Storytime Underground and I’m officially adding to the list Matthew Winner.…
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Job Competencies
I walked into the library expecting a very different day and was surprised that I had an all-day workshop about Job Competencies in the library. Needless to say, I ended up in an all day meeting, but not all was lost. I learned a lot about a specific library’s model…
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AAP Book Buzz
I spent my day off at the AAP Book Buzz at the Free Library in Philadelphia. I was talking with my mom over the weekend an explained that publishers get the chance to highlight upcoming titles for the next season. And she asked, “Isn’t that boring?” At the same time…
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Arts & Crafts Thanksgiving Weekend
I took the day off yesterday and created these adorable creatures! I found a lot of great ideas on Pinterest and online and created my own pattern and went to town! Many of my bookclub friends have had babies over the past year and I thought it would be sweet to…