Category Archives: Librarianship
Calling all children’s librarians…
…school media specialists, educators, and other assorted amazing folk who work to bring creativity, literature, technology, and information alive for children! If you live in or around the tri-state area (NY/CT/NJ) and are interested in brainstorming about topics like book … Continue reading
Takeaways from Trendspotting Ebooks Symposium
Highlights from CLC’s Trendspotting Symposium, Ebooks: Collections at the Crossroads, included a fiery, funny, and provoking talk by keynote speaker and library super geek, Eli Neiburger, and continued with a fascinating panel discussion that included Mr. Neiburger, the remarkable Barbara … Continue reading
Highlights from the EJK Discussion Panel
I was surprised to find that yesterday’s Ezra Jack Keats event at the New York Public Library was not the announcement of the 2011 award winners (that will be May 10th), but a discussion about the award, its history, and … Continue reading
True Tales from the Children’s Room
It’s been an eventful few weeks in my library. I’m not sure if it’s the incremental changes in the weather or barometric pressure or if odd and hilarious incidents are tied to the waxing and waning of the moon. In … Continue reading
Filed under Children's Programs, Librarianship
The Reluctant Reader’s Bill of Rights: The Redux
Waaaay back in the summer of ’08, I wrote a post musing about the formation of a Reluctant Reader’s Bill of Rights. Using Daniel Pennac’s famous Reader’s Bill of Rights as a jumping-off point, I attempted to draft a document … Continue reading
A Page by any other name?
I started my library career as a Page with at the Bayside Branch of the QueensBorough Public Library. While I gained a lot of practical public library experience and “Library Page” certainly looked better than “Ice Cream Scooper” on my … Continue reading
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