• Lifestyle

    Professional Development with the Cardigan Newsletter

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    I know as a former children’s librarian how difficult it can be to find quality professional development content to keep learning and growing in the job. It’s almost a second job scouring the Internet, reading articles only to find out that it really doesn’t apply to your work. I really,…

  • Lifestyle

    Resource: Library Services for Children Journal Club

    Bear with me as I introduce this story by telling you all how I met Lindsey. Lindsey (and her awesome colleague Dana) have this little website called Jbrary. I’ll wait for you to check out their amazing-ness if you don’t know who they are already. Go ahead, I’ll wait… You’re…

  • Activities

    Storytime Planning, so much more than just books!

    Our fall session for storytime begins at the end of September, but with Labor Day weekend coming up and fall programming beginning soon after, I know I have to get in gear and started planning for my storytimes.  This fall I’ll be offering a toddler storytime for children ages 2…

  • Lifestyle

    Making a Difference

    I’ve worked in my current position for almost six years and I’ll tell you that I’m not a children’s librarian because I’m making the big bucks; I’m a children’s librarian because I want to make a difference in children’s lives.  And I think that’s what’s so great about the field…

  • Lifestyle

    Common Misunderstanding

    As I’ve said in the past, I’m a children’s librarian and have been for 4 years (professionally) and have a worked in a library since I was 14, so I’ve actually worked in my career for over 10 years and I’m only 27.  That’s not to say that I’m an…