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    Sign up for my Monthly Newsletter

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    Did you know I send out a monthly newsletter? It’s chock full of exclusive content just for subscribers! It includes a monthly booklist that you’ll never see on the blog. Plus, picture reviews and extension activities that work for families, teachers, and librarians. And if you’re searching for even more…

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    Reaching a Wider Audience

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    I’m really trying to find a wider audience this year for my blog. Literacious started off with a focus on providing children’s librarians with ideas from early literacy to middle school programming and booklists that span the childhood. But as my day job has changed and I’ve started focusing more…

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    Digital Citizenship

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    As I was searching for content for some new posts, I came across a blog,  written by Dr. Kristen Mattson, a high school Library Media Center Director in Illinois. She has done a lot of work around the topic of digital citizenship for students. Digital citizenship is the refers to…

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    Blogging Isn’t Always Sunshine & Rainbows

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    Blog Migration It’s been about a month since my blog migrated to a self-hosted site with its new look. And it has been a blogging journey! I thought the migration was a lot of work (and it was, for my partner who did the majority of the work). I spent…

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    What’s New? Literacious Updates and Changes

    I started this blog eight years ago with, I think, my first post at the very tail-end of 2010. Since then I’ve gained (many) more followers, found my voice and better figured out where I see this blog going in the future. I hope by now, you’ll see it’s been…

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    Resource: Creative Live

    I purchased a Creative Live course a while ago titled”Building a Successful Creative Blog” by April Bowles-Olin. The course is a 3-day workshop that I’m hoping will jump start me into revamping my blog. It’s been on my mind for awhile now, especially since I’m no longer a children’s librarian,…

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    2016 Year In Review

    2016 was a big year for my career as I accepted the position of director at the library I’ve been working at for the past eight years since graduating with my master’s degree in library science. This came around the same time my partner chose a different career path and…

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    Cybils Nominations

    Nominate your favorite books published between October 16, 2013 and October 15, 2014 in the following categories: Young Adult Non-fiction Young Adult Speculative Fiction Young Adult Fiction Poetry Book Apps Middle Grade Fiction Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Elementary/Middle Grade Non-fiction Fiction Picture Books Graphics Easy Reader/Short Chapter Books for the…