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    Cream or Cookie?

    Well, I watch the Super Bowl mainly for the commercials and the half-time show.  I’m not a huge football fan, although someone has posted on Twitter yesterday that the Super Bowl is like the Newbery and Caldecott Awards for sports (which I though was hysterical). Oreo Whisper Fight commercial Anyway, if…

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    Family Place Library Training = Exhausted

    So I spent a number of hours today in training to re-create our library into a Family Place Library and as of right now, I am so tired I can barely see straight.  But, I got some amazing ideas, brainstormed with some amazing librarians, and met a lot of cool…

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    Things I Love about Conferences:

    Before I begin my conference favorites, let me take care of a few housekeeping things…. I have found that working full-time, finishing up my graduate degree with two classes this fall, trying to have a semblance of a social life, and keeping up with this blog is not always easy,…

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    Hey Authors, Wanna Hear a Secret?

    I just recently read an article from American Libraries Direct written by Christopher Harris, entitled “Hey Authors, Wanna Hear a Secret?” about the love librarians have for authors. “Librarians love you [authors]; authors are our rock stars. And it isn’t just us. We have shared our love with so many people…

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    E-books in Libraries!?!?!?!?!

    Did you know that you can (most likely) borrow e-books from your public library?  Sadly, in a report done by the Pew Research Center found that only 12% of e-book readers borrowed an e-book from their libraries in the past year.  This then begs the question…. Why not? The report goes into the…