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Best Practices… What Makes It the Best?
I’m currently working on filling out the application for our Best Practices for our state association. Best practices are always difficult for me to think about. What do we consider our best practices? Did we borrow the idea from another library? What programs should other libraries be aware of and…
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Happy Children's Book Week
May 4 – 10, 2015 is Children’s Book Week, the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country! It’s an “annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading” and is administered by Every Child a Reader and sponsored by the Children’s Book Council. The website has a…
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What's a Librarian To Do? – Results
Yesterday, I posted about a program where I had very little information about how many attendees I would have. I ended up with only three little kids and their adults. Two of the kids were already very familiar with the library and although we had a lot of fun together, it’s…
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Libraries In Today's Ever-Changing Digital World
My director handed me this article and thought it might make for an interesting blog post. The article itself is a book review of John Palfrey’s new book entitled BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google due out in just a few short days on May 5th.…
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What's A Librarian To Do?
Our high school began a Literacy Night last year to promote the clubs, programs and projects that the high school students are involved in. I was asked to be a speaker last year because of my blog, (I should have known the kids know much more about social media that…
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Book Shaming
I was just recently thinking about this issue, specifically when I was at a doctor’s appointment last week and my doctor noticed what I was reading and mentioned that she only likes to read “chick lit” at home – light, easy to read, you already know there’s a happy ending…
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Summer is Comin'… (insert Jaws theme song here!)
It’s getting to that point in the year where I have to seriously start thinking about summer reading, not that it hasn’t been happening for months now already. We had our first school visit yesterday – at the middle school, after the kids have spent the last week and a…
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It's a Busy, Busy Day!
Today is a busy day for literature – it’s William Shakespeare’s birthday, World Book Day as designated by UNESCO and Adopt a Library Day! So where do I begin? William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, so many historians believe he would have been born a few days before,…
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Kutztown University Children's Literature Conference
I spent this past Saturday, as I had previously mentioned, at the Kutztown University Children’s Literature Conference. It’s a great place to hear from authors and illustrators about their writing process, how they became writers and their upcoming work. This year’s presenters included Mara Rockliff, William Low, Elisha Cooper, and…
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Book Reviews and Reviewers
I love books, it’s pretty simple and I love talking to other people who love books too, especially the same types of books – middle grade and young adult books. Every year, I attend the Kutztiwn Children’s Literature Conference held at Kutztown Univeristy. They bring in 3-4 authors and illustrators…