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Blogging From A to Z Challenge
This is my third year participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge and I’m so happy I am finally writing this post – just under the wire as the AtoZ Challenge begins April 1st. Take a look at my first year’s theme – Storytime Plans from A to…
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Director’s Thoughts #16 – When You Need a Pick-Me-Up
Do you ever feel like you’re trying to make changes and you’re stuck in the mud? Or that things just aren’t moving as quickly as you’d like in regards to a work project? Or maybe you just feel like you need a vacation? It can make you feel defeated, tired…
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#blogbookaday: If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, Don’t!
Summary: “If you see a poster that says “You Can Do Anything at the Library!”, it is NOT giving you permission to put on a circus! But Magnolia doesn’t see any problem with setting up her own big top. She’s got a lot of gusto and one mean human cannonball…
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Director's Thoughts #15 – When It Works
Have you ever had a plan that when it finally came to fruition – it actually worked? Like – it ended up going extremely smoothly for so many moving parts that you’re surprised by the whole thing? Well, that’s what happened to me this past Monday! But, first a little…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Settings I'd Love to Visit
I’ve been to some of these locations and others are still on my list of places to travel to – but wherever I go, I try and stop in a bookstore or library while I’m visiting! What bookish places do you like to visit? Top Ten Tuesday is an original…
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Picture Book Month: Lions
It’s important to follow the rules, especially in the library. One day, when a lion comes to visit the library, the librarian, circulation assistant and patrons are all a little nervous, but soon the lion becomes a valuable member of the library team, helping dust the encyclopedias, lick envelopes and…
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Picture Book Month: Libraries
A completely different look at the cards in your life. Everyone has a very important job, but when little card is trained as a birthday card by accident, he’s unsure of what his new job entails… especially because he needs to be quiet. What is little card’s job? I’m not…
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Director's Thoughts #14 – It's Been Awhile: Storytime
This week I covered a co-worker’s storytime while she was away and after a year of being away from it; it was strange coming back. I did storytime for eight years as a children’s librarian and I think that I made a smart decision to move into another role when…
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Blogging From A to Z April Challenge Survivor
During the month of April, I’ll be participated in the 2017 Blogging from A to Z Challenge. For this year’s theme, I chose to look at leadership qualities as I’ve just recently (within the past 6 months) become the director of my public library. We have about 50 staff members,…
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Libraries Are For Everyone
By far one of the coolest graphics around! For the past couple of summers, librarians have commented on wanting something a little different, more unique for the summer reading graphics and the mastermind behind the blog, Hafuboti decided to take matters into her own hands. Since then, you can expect her…