An Holistic Framework for Shared Design Leadership “The relationship between a Design Manager and Lead Designer isn’t about dividing territories. It’s about multiplying impact. When both roles understand they’re tending to different aspects of the …

Having both a Design Manager and a Lead Designer on the same team is beautiful, but can be messy. To make it work without creating confusion, overlap, or “too many cooks,” check Michel Ferreira’s Holistic Framework for Shared Design Leadership.

Illustration: Tom Shannon for @alistapart.com. #ala25

Congratulations to partner Kim Lehal in our family team, who has been shortlisted for Civil Lawyer of the Year at this year's Asian Legal Awards, organised by the Society of Asian Lawyers.

#ALA25 #ALA30years #honouringlegalexcellence

Histories at Scale with @kawulf.bsky.social

▶️ Dr. Karin Wulf presents insights from her new book Lineage, connecting individual stories to the larger sweep of history.

🗃️ #VastEarlyAmerica #LineageTheBook #ALA25

Young person wearing cosplay of Yoruichi from Bleach. Black leather body suit and tan glove sleeves with purple cat ears. Fighting stance with fist up at chest level and three quarter turn back toward camera. Shoulder, armpit and behind are prominent in the photo.

Anime Los Angeles 2025 - Yoruichi Shihoin from Bleach
Cosplayer: Okiegoodluck
#cosplay #bleach #photography #sigma #canon #corel #cosplaygirl #bodysuit #smile #ala #animelosangeles #ala25 #yoruichi
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SJSU iSchool MLIS student and Graduate Assistant Sarah Schwartz attended her first #ALA25, connecting with library leaders and helping collect hundreds of books, many for children, to send to Ukraine. 📚🌍 #SJSUiSchool

Children's Books at ALA: A Photo Essay Librarians and publishers gathered in Philadelphia for this year’s American Library Association annual meeting, held June 26–30, where dozens of authors and illustrators were also in attendance, meeti...

Great photo essay with highlights from ALA. My client Christina Shawn is included, at her book signing for AND THEN CAME YOU! #kidlit #ALA25

Thanks to Janna Morishima from @KidsComicsUnite for featuring my book in her #ALA25 Report! kidscomicsunite.com/...

#themanymisfortunesofeugeniawang
#kidlit
#graphicnovels
@simonkids @thetobiasliteraryagency @MGEscapades @annmrose

TikTok - Make Your Day

Highlights from #ALA25 in Philly! Featuring @zombicatures.bsky.social. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6ePXxNr/

Thanks again to @SimonKIDS for an amazing time at #ALA25 last week. Here are a few things from my experience that I hadn't posted yet. The official ALA button company, Busy Beaver Button Company even let me draw my own custom button!

Dark Squares: How Chess Saved My Life by Danny Rensch

I received loads of ARCs at #ALA25, and since I'm not in the bookstagram world anymore, I should probably review them here:

Danny Rensch is the cofounder of chess.com and his memoir is WONDERFUL, wild, and a great read for anyone who loves chess or The Queen's Gambit.

#booksky

Left #ALA25 tired but full from 3 days with the most incredible librarians, educators, and creators. Congratulations to all of the authors and illustrators. We need you and your work now more than ever. And thank you to all who organized, welcomed, and spread so much love. 💗📚

And of course, Rebecca Lee Kunz's touching speech for her acceptance of the Caldecott Medal for Chooch Helped! @treeoflifestudio.bsky.social

#ALA25 #ALAAC25

So many beautiful books to see at #ALAAC25 #ALA25 !

Illustrated by @joseebisaillon.bsky.social, @gabydalessandro.bsky.social, Susan Gal, & Victo Ngai

Coming Face-to-Face with a Library Lion: Dr. Carla Hayden at #ala25 If someone at #ala25 were ever to stop me and ask who was the person in my field I admired the most, I would answer without hesitation: Dr. Carla Hayden. Personally, I feel that many librarians would also answer the same.  Like many in our profession, I was deeply moved and impressed by Dr. Hayden’s bravery in 2015 when she made the decision to keep the Enoch Pratt Public Library open and their patrons safe, amidst the unrest that occurred in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray.

Coming Face-to-Face with a Library Lion: Dr. Carla Hayden at #ala25

If someone at #ala25 were ever to stop me and ask who was the person in my field I admired the most, I would answer without hesitation: Dr. Carla Hayden. Personally, I feel that many librarians would also answer the same.  Like…

My amazing first #ALA25 Conference recap! Read it in my July newsletter at http://tiny.cc/syALA25 or via my newsletter profile link.

#ala #kidlit #arteducation #comics
@TheTobiasAgency @SimonKIDS @annmrose @MGEscapades @SCBWIRockyMtn @CuddlefishAcad

“We are NOT machines and we our bodies need connection, need focus, and need to interact with real things in the world.” @marthabrockenbrough talking about AI and kids. #ala25

#ALA25 was great! Met so many author friends and #kidlit #editors yesterday. Here I am at my publisher @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social !

The one and only Kate Fletcher holding the one and only SEVEN at the ALA Annual Conference. This book wouldn't be the beauty it is without her! (Also, many thanks to Lori Steel for the snap!)
#alaac25 @candlewickpress.bsky.social #pigeons #heroes #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidlit #ALA #ALA25

So, who saw WHALES IN THE CITY at #ALA25? @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Thanks to all the librarian and author friends have sent me ALA pictures of Ripley. 🙏🏼❤️📖
#ala25

“If you don’t believe that the picture book is real literature, then in some level you don’t believe that children are real people. And that’s unacceptable.” Thank you, Mac Barnett. #ala25.

OMG so happy the presenters of “Disability is Not a Bad Word” mentioned that using OCD to say that you’re super organized is ableist. #ala25

I’m offering some of my most popular conference sessions as webinars! Join me: TeachDigCit.com/event-list
#medialiteracy #Digcit #ISTE25 #ALA25

In Philadelphia for the American Library Assoc. conference? Please join Anthony Chow & me Sun., 6/29/25 at 4pm--in the Emerging Technology STEAM Lab (end of Row 800 in the exhibits hall)--for an exploration of Virtual Teamwork & Learning With Leaders through podcasting. #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25

A display of books from ALA Day 2, including Gilmore Girls: At Home in Stars Hollow, So-Hee and Lowry, Everything We Never Had, The Deep Dark, Absolutely Everything, Amelia, If Only, Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales: Troubling Tonsils!, The House with Nine Keys, Dan and the Green Fables, Mabuhay!, and several titles from the Good Comics for Bad People series.

A collection of picture books laid out on a table, featuring Ruby Finkelman Finds the Real Magic, The Ultimate Reading Challenge for Kids!, The Day I Met Bigfoot, The Littlest Drop, To See an Owl, and One Can Be (an uncorrected proof by Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated by Annie Cron).

A wide selection of graphic novels and chapter books, including The Beat of the Drum by Dusti Bowling, Transformers: Worst Bot Ever, Frankenstein GN, Clementine, Forest Magic for Kids, G.I. Joe Vol. 2, Family Forge, Meat Eaters, Goat Magic, Barda by Ngozi Ukazu, Advent by Seth Ring, and The Witchstone by Henry H. Neff.

Day 2 #ALA25 & the bk haul keeps growing! Elevator surprise w/ Jason Reynolds (always so kind), met Seth Ring (total #LitRPG fangirl moment!), reconnected w/ Dusti Bowling 💛, saw Meg Medina rocking her bell knee scooter, and GN stars like Molly Ostertag & Rex Ogle Lib 💙 is full!! #TLSky #Booksky

Can't thank @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social enough for making it possible to hear former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden talk with author Kwame Alexander at the ALA 2025 Annual Conference here in Philadelphia. #Inspirational americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-sc... #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25

Had a wonderful day connecting with friends at #ALA25

I hope that Geena Davis's closing keynote incorporates her archery skills

#ALA25 #ALAAC25

Feeling all the ALA FOMO!

#booksky #kidlit #alaac25
#ala2025 #ala25 #skybrarians

A reminder: today at 4 pm at #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25. Hope to see you there.