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90 degree heat + a broken air conditioner = Madness!
Our air conditioner has been broken for a little while now and because we have to follow procedure, it may still be awhile before it can be repaired. Meanwhile, it’s been over 90 degrees for the past two days and our summer reading program officially begins on Monday. Luckily, we…
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The Last School Visits and Summer Reading
We had a group of 100 third graders visit this past week for a library tour and a quick highlight of upcoming library programs for summer reading. We had already seen them at school a few weeks ago, but they got the chance to come into the library, which for…
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Improving Adult Literacy
Engadget, a technology blog, had an article yesterday about improving adult literacy. XPRISE is teaming up with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy in a competition for developers to create applications to promote reading and writing for adults. The article states that there are 36 million adults living in the…
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Happy Birthday Tera! (The Library Turtle)
On Monday evening we celebrated our library turtle’s 15th birthday! She is a staple here in our library; the kids absolutely adore her and she is very social with the children as well! Some children just stop to say “hi,” while others show off the books they plan on checking…
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BEA – My Experience!
Last Thursday marked my first time experiencing the fun, crazy BookExpo America! I wasn’t really sure what to expect going into it, but after a lot of planning and figuring things out the day of, I had a great time! My co-worker and I drove to New Jersey to take…
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I LOVE my Job!
The other day I received a piece of mail from a friend who is also a Kindergarten teacher. Her students have been learning about community helpers and a little girl in her class wanted to send a librarian a letter and this is what I received: First off, I was…
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My First BEA
Last year, right after BookExpo America (BEA) was over, I was talking to a co-worker and mentioned that I’d love to go, she was in agreement so we decided to trek to NYC for BEA this year. Unfortunately, due to scheduling, we’ll only be able to go for just Thursday,…
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“Start a Revolution"
This morning I had the pleasure of hearing Ben Bizzle speak at a local library about library marketing and the importance of an online presence. Ben was a 2013 Mover & Shaker in Library Journal and has created an online presence for the Craighead County Jonesboro Library that is both highly…
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Sarah Dessen – In Person!
I’m a pretty nerdy individual… I’m sure if I walked down the street in L.A. and passed by television and movie actors, I would know or probably even care that much. But, give me the opportunity to hear an author talk by an author I admire and I turn into a…
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Pennsylvania's Cruise Into Kindergarten
I’m currently serving on a committee created by the State Library of Pennsylvania to create a smooth transition into Kindergarten for all children in Pennsylvania focused on what the public library can do. We’ve been working for about a year and a half and I am so excited to see some…