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AtoZ Blogging Challenge – Quiet
During the month of April, I’ll be participating 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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AtoZ Blogging Challenge – Passion
During the month of April, I’ll be participating 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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Reading and Other Passions
I love to read and if given the choice when I have a little extra time, that is likely how you’ll find me – nose in a book and probably so engaged I’m no longer paying attention to what’s going on around me. I’m constantly carrying a book around, always…
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How I Became a Librarian
I was recently reading the blog, Letters to a Young Librarian and came across a blog post about how the blogger became a librarian and realized I probably never shared my story on my blog. So without further ado, here it goes… I didn’t learn to read at an exceptionally…
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Miss Laura, Children’s Librarian (aka teacher, singer, theatre “expert”, princess)
I must be in a reflective mood this week, but here goes another post about how much I love what I do! Graduate school does not prepare you for the crazy things that you might be doing (especially as a children’s librarian). Thankfully, I started volunteering/working in libraries when I…
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Passion
I was lucky enough this past week to hear Anita Silvey speak at a library event. If you don’t know the name Anita Silvey, then you are missing out. Anita worked in the publishing world, was an editor for Horn Book Magazine, and teaches at Simmons College, and has devoted her life in the…