Happy national librarians day to my American library comrades! Thank you for helping your communities while dealing with reduced funding and growing fascism.

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I love & admire my school library peers so much.

April is School Library Month! If your school doesn't have a certified School Library Media Specialist, advocate to fill that vacancy. If you do, celebrate the work they do - especially this month!

April is School Library Month!

If your school doesn't have a certified School Library Media Specialist, advocate to fill that vacancy.

If you do, celebrate the work they do - especially this month!

#TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat

It was so great to talk graphic novels with @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social! Thank you for having me on the podcast! #TLSky #SchoolLibrarian

Top 10 Reasons Every School Needs a Librarian: #1: Welcoming, Safe Spaces School Librarians welcome all, ensuring that students have a safe space not only to complete schoolwork, but also to dream, explore, and imagine!

Top 10 Reasons Every School Needs a Librarian:

#1: Welcoming, Safe Spaces
School Librarians welcome all, ensuring that students have a safe space not only to complete schoolwork, but also to dream, explore, and imagine!

#TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat

Top 10 Reasons Every School Needs a Librarian: #2: Educate the Whole Student School Librarians support students' academic, social, and emotional learning, starting with a greeting at the door & continuing through conversations & lessons that foster student success.

Top 10 Reasons Every School Needs a Librarian:

#2: Educate the Whole Student
School Librarians support students' academic, social, and emotional learning, starting with a greeting at the door & continuing through conversations & lessons that foster student success.

#TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat

Top 10 Reasons Every School Needs a Librarian: #3: College and Careers School Librarians often take a leading role in college and career readiness programming, including helping students analyze strengths and interests.

Top 10 Reasons Every School Needs a Librarian:

#3: College and Careers
School Librarians often take a leading role in college and career readiness programming, including helping students analyze strengths and interests.

#TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat

Some examples of that here (with wonderful insights from Alex): bookriot.com/whats-happen...

“There’s a reason professional associations for librarians have been under attack & bills that would criminalize librarians have skyrocketed during this rise in censorship–librarians are obligated to uphold the 1st Amendment rights of all, rather than the interests of the current political regime.”

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@librarianlittle.bsky.social for sharing your perspectives on thr importance of #schoollibraries and the role that they serve. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Tapping the sign

Re: Contempt for young people tweet...

One thing that the left has got to reckon with is how little care is given to children or families with children. The Rs lie about caring about kids, but that's at least acknowledging they exist.

It is okay to say children separately from any and all other marginalized groups. That doesn't diminish the needs or experiences of other vulnerable populations or those tasked with caring for them.

Children can be seen as worthy of being noted and championed in their own right.

I firmly believe we are doing our communities a disservice when we deemphasize physical collections and the library as a space for interaction with materials.

Spending my Spring Break at the public library circ desk means I truly library all of the time! #TLSky #SchoolLibrarian #PublicLibrarian #idoboth

Top 10 Reasons Every School Needs a Librarian: #4: Support for Colleagues School Librarians offer resources to support curriculum and NJ Student Learning Standards, provide PD, and are positioned to assist with strategic planning, technology initiatives, and more.

Top 10 Reasons Every School Needs a Librarian:

#4: Support for Colleagues
School Librarians offer resources to support curriculum and NJ Student Learning Standards, provide PD, and are positioned to assist with strategic planning, technology initiatives, and more.

#TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat

"Director James understood that once you start removing books to avoid discomfort, you are no longer running a library. You are curating a narrative. You are narrowing the world instead of expanding it."

Updated 5 Kinds of Nonfiction Sample Books by Category Some of the most popular posts of all time on this blog are the 5 Kinds of Nonfiction book lists I first published in early 2018. When the b...

Teachers! Librarians! Writers!
Updated 5 Kinds of Nonfiction Sample Books by Category
tinyurl.com/mwbecjw8
#TLsky #Skybrarian #kidlit #SchoolLibraries #edusky
@stenhousepub.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social

If you're using AI for search, for "reading," for writing... then how exactly are you doing research?

What's the point of you?

Woooo the DREAM TEAM!

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🛠️📚 Join us April 22nd for #TLSkyChat: DIY Library Hacks!

Let’s swap our best budget-friendly ideas from creative displays and organization tricks to maker projects and time-saving fixes. What hacks make your library shine? ✨

Questions: tlskychat.com
#Skybrarians #EduSky #BookSky #TLSky #Libraryjoy

I made this graphic for #SchoolLibraryMonth for librarians to share with their key stakeholders, as most librarians are sitting on wishlists that they need help filling. I find that we are always ready....always ready! #TLSkyChat

Currently sitting on quotes for my final end-of-the-year total with my budget. Just want to make sure I have my math correct before spending!

Because that's how much books cost!

A8: Wellllll.....my current space is stuck in the '80s. I would love to ensure that there are sufficient charging spaces in the library for my students' devices, more virtual display spaces (like screens for slides), and more flexible seating #TLSkyChat

A7: I would love a budget that would be big enough for me to start a quite large picture book collection in my middle school library. I would also love a budget for new furniture and book displays, but that would be over 10k easily...#TLSkyChat

We are still having a great time😊

I would LOVE THIS! I could make coffee for everyone WITH GOODIES!

A6 #TLSkyChat We have a door to one of our outdoor spaces (the K’s call it the library’s backyard🫶). I would love a story area out there or portable furniture to take to make a story area.