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Conferences, More Than Just Continuing Education
As a public librarian in the state of Pennsylvania and a director to boot, I’m required to pursue a number of continuing education classes throughout the year. And if you’ve been a long-time reader, you’ll know that I love to learn! I am constantly looking for webinars, workshops, and conferences…
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Reserve Your Spot: KidLitCon
If you live in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland area (or farther) and you blog about children’s literature, then you’ve got to check out KidLitCon 2017 held in Hershey PA, November 3rd & 4th this year. I got the chance to attend KitLitCon three years ago in Baltimore and it…
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ALA Annual Conference (and what you can do when you're stuck at home!)
This week Chicago hosts the ALA Annual Conference where librarians from across the country will come together for networking, continuing education and the chance to meet authors and illustrators while learning about upcoming new releases. And as much as I love traveling to the ALA Annual Conference sometimes it’s just not…
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Pennsylvania Library Association's Directors' Institute
I get to spend the next few days at an LSTA funded program for library directors learning about my leadership strengths and how to develop them to use at work. I am a strong believer in continuing education and that can be seen by my two graduate degrees, additional online courses…
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Bout of Books Twitter Chat
I just started getting involved in the Bout of Books this year. Basically it’s a week long event where you spend time reading (something I do every week as is). But, what I really like is that I am connected with readers from around the world and if you want…
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Sunday Storytime Challenge #4
I got a chance to spend last week at two separate conferences which means I spent a lot of time sharing ideas with fellow youth services librarians. I spent Sunday – Wednesday at our state conference – PaLA. I got the chance to present an elementary school age program that…
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Why I Attend Conferences
I love to learn. That’s the simple answer, I love learning about what other librarians are doing in programming, about new books, and new library trends. The deeper answer is that I enjoy being around people that have the same passion I do. Librarians, and I think, specifically children’s librarians…
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Sharp-Schu Book Club – Don't Miss Out!
Join the Twitter conversation tonight (10/29) as the Sharp-Schu Book Club discusses Louise Loves Art by Kelly Light and Seven Stories Up by Laurel Snyder from 8:00 – 9:00pm EST. The book discussion is put together by Mr. Schu and Colby Sharp, both avid readers and teachers who hope (and do!)…
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I’m leaving on a jet plane…
I’m making my way to Las Vegas this evening to spend the weekend at the ALA Annual Conference! If you can’t get the chance to get away this year, make sure you check out what’s happing on Twitter – #alaac14. I’ll also be live blogging for the ALSC blog, so…
