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Learning at the PLA Conference
I’m so excited to be spending the next few days at the PLA conference which will be held in my own backyard – Philadelphia! This conference is held every other year and I got a chance to go in 2016 to Denver, which was awesome, because I got to visit…
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Top 10 Tuesday: Resolutions I Have For 2016
I have ten resolutions and now am slightly overwhelmed, but many are attainable and I’m really excited to start 2016 off on the right foot! Overall, I resolve to rock. Check out my Top Ten Tuesday: Resolutions I Have For 2016. Blog Goals Grow a larger readership. I have a lot of…
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Resource for Parents, Teachers, & Librarians: All the Wonders
From the All The Wonders’s website, “All The Wonders is a home for readers to discover new books and to experience the stories they love in wondrous ways. It is an entertainment channel, a variety show, and a modern library all wrapped up into one digital home.” If you haven’t checked…
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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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Ways to Get Involved: Conferences, CYBILS judging & KidLitCon
There are probably about a billion ways to connect with the community of people who support, love and promote children’s books. Three ways that are happening soon include presenting at my state conference, volunteering to become a CYBILS judge for 2015 and attending KidLitCon in Baltimore, MD from October 9-10. I’m…
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Best Practices… What Makes It the Best?
I’m currently working on filling out the application for our Best Practices for our state association. Best practices are always difficult for me to think about. What do we consider our best practices? Did we borrow the idea from another library? What programs should other libraries be aware of and…
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Teen Services Underground
Storytime Underground has been a constant help from book suggestions to storytime ideas to general support for me as a librarian and I’m so excited to see that a Teen Services Underground is getting under way! Creating a Personal Learning Network (PLN) is something I’ve discussed on my blog before,…
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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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Conference Musings
I’m sitting at my desk, back in the library after a very busy state conference. There were some absolutely amazing programs this year and I’m so excited and grateful for a supervisor who is willing and excited to try some new ideas this fall/winter. I’m going to spoil any surprises,…
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Must-Read Blogs
I follow so many blogs and although I don’t read every single entry, it’s a great way to learn about new, exciting programs, issues in the field, and a great way to interact with fellow librarians. A little while ago, I learned the term “personal learning network” which all of…