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No more snow, please!
I was remiss in posting today because I had a snow day (again!). So instead of sitting around all day I cleaned my apartment – and not the cursory cleaning, but deep spring cleaning. I can pretend its spring inside, even if it’s snowed another 6-8 inches today. I got…
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“The 10 Weirdest and Most Wonderful Libraries in the World”
My brother sent me a link to this article last week, but in the midst of ALA Midwinter, I didn’t get a chance to read over it until now. Some of the libraries on the list I’ve heard about – like the biblioburro, a donkey that carries books to children…
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2014 Youth Media Awards
I was going to take a break today from my blog to reflect on my conference experience and decide what I wanted to share, but I couldn’t miss this HUGE event that happened this morning…. the Youth Media Awards were announced! Now, for many of my friends, this epic event…
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Guerrilla Storytime at ALA Midwinter
The best program I went to during this conference, In regards to learning something that I can immediately apply had to have been the Guerrilla Storytime program hosted by Storytime Underground, a grassroots advocacy group to show the world that storytime is not just about reading books out loud; it’s…
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Arthur Curley Lecture: Ishmael Beah
I had the great pleasure of attending the Arthur Curley Lecture featuring Ishmael Beah yesterday afternoon. For those unfamiliar with Ishmael Beah, he was born and raised in Sierra Leone and at the age of 12 became a child soldier, but was later adopted and moved to America where he…
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Not So Alone
Library conferences (across the board) always make me so happy. And for one very particular reason – during those few short days at the conference, I’m surrounded by people who have a passion as strong as mine for reading, literacy, and books. I LOVE being around my colleagues, coworkers, friends,…
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ALA Midwinter Conference
So many ARCs (advanced reader’s copies)… I was trying to be really good this year and only pick up a handful for the whole conference, now I have wayyyyyy more than a handful, just this evening! If you’re not familiar with the process, at library conferences publishers come and give…
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ALA Midwinter Conference
I am so excited about the conference this year! It’s in my backyard, making it very easy for me to get to and as part of the Emerging Leaders program, I’ll be very busy with workshops, programs, and parties. I’ll also be live blogging from the event for the ALSC…
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Public Libraries – Books for All!
It’s been one of those days where I started the morning with a dentist appointment that started late, which made me late to a meeting, then I came back to the library for a second meeting and am now waiting for a third meeting to start. It’s one of those…
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“Imagination: The Forgotten 21st Century Skill?”
While I was contemplating what to write about today, an article about imagination just popped up on Twitter feed – and there was my answer! “Imagination: The Forgotten 21st Century Skill?” was posted on the Scholastic website by Brian Smith, a kindergarten teacher. In the article, Brian Smith notes that…