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Awesome New Resource!
This is too good not to post! A great new resources focused on music for kid! Check out Song Catchers’ Library I’m excited to find some new music for storytime as this is always the most difficult part, I find. Have some great music to add to the list? They have…
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National Readathon Day
Tomorrow (Saturday, January 24th) from Noon – 4:00pm in your own respective time zone, take some time to READ! The National Book Foundation is encouraging the nation to take time to pick up a book and read with this event, so make sure you have some reading material handy –…
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Branding, Marketing, and More!
As a profession, we are tasked with the seemingly impossible task of keeping up-to-date with technology and remaining relevant in an increasingly screen-focused society. I love technology, when it works! But, keeping the library website, Facebook page, Twitter account up-to-date can be exhausting, not to mention the program/collection marketing we…
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You Get to Read All Day, Right?
I wish! I absolutely love when people assume that as a librarian, I just get to sit around all day and read! It’s one of those days that is decidedly busy with a ton of projects that I’m juggling all at the same time! One of our elementary school 4th…
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Schools are Off, I'm at Work…
which means – Lego programs! Lego programs are some of the easiest programs to provide to the public, they’re fairly hands off and don’t require too much set-up or clean up (especially if you can get the kids to help!) We offered a program this morning at 11:00 am and have…
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Continuing Education
I am a huge proponent of continuing education and I love to learn. I’d go back to school again if I could figure out how to pay for it! But, the great thing about my library is that my supervisor and director support me in my desire to learn more…
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Teen Services Underground
Storytime Underground has been a constant help from book suggestions to storytime ideas to general support for me as a librarian and I’m so excited to see that a Teen Services Underground is getting under way! Creating a Personal Learning Network (PLN) is something I’ve discussed on my blog before,…
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Focused Collections & Weeding
A co-worker and I are slowly working through some weeding projects in the library. Our first project of the new year consists of a collection that our library titled “Bridging Collection.” As in, bridging from easy readers to chapter books or picture books for elementary-age students. Mainly focused on picture…
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My New Ukulele
Probably six months ago, I mentioned to my boyfriend that I thought it would be cool to buy a ukulele and learn how to play it for storytime. It was one of those things I mentioned, somewhat in passing and at the time didn’t have the money to spend. Lo…
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Resolve to Rock
Storytime Underground is encouraging us, as professionals, to make goals for the upcoming year. I love the start of the new year – fresh and ready to work toward some new goals. So, without further ado, some of my goals for the new year. 1.) Focus on my blog. Last…