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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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Toddler Storytime – Baby Theme
I don’t think I did it on purpose, but all my books this were were about babies! Both of my storytime groups were fairly small today – 10 kids. But for the most part, the kids really enjoyed the stories and loved the teddy bear song from the wiggles. I…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 5/11/2015
Last week was an insanely busy week and I got very little reading done. On top of that, I grabbed The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos as an audio CD to listen to on my way to a meeting and about an hour in, I realized that although…
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Book Review: Roller Girl
I’ll admit this first, before going into my review… I’m not a huge fan of graphic novels. I love the idea of graphic novels and I’m a huge supporter of providing graphic novels to kids and their great benefits, but they are not my favorite genre. I’m pretty sure my…
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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…
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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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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 5/4/2014
This week was a great week of reading! I got though a lot of awesome books and can’t wait to keep reading this week. I was able to read Dodger and Me by Jordan Sonnenblick. We’re excited to have Jordan visiting our library this summer and I’ll be offering a book…
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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…