Get Connected
It is so important to get connected with fellow teacher librarians once you become a librarian. No one else in your building knows or understands...
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Award Winning Books
Since the Children’s Literature Awards have just been announced, I thought it might be a good time to talk about award winning books. What better...
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Snow Time is a Good Time for a New Read
So many have been recommending good books to read or to read aloud on the Kentucky Librarians Listserve, I thought I might compile a list...
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#GoOpen
In October 2015, the U.S. Department of Education launched #GoOpen. The purpose of the campaign is promote the use of open-sourced educational resources or OER...
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Sharing my Summer Professional Development
Sorry this is so late. I had a marathon week of professional development two weeks before I had to start back to school. Time just...
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So What Do Librarians Do in the Summer Without Students?
Beep….beep….beep…goes the scanner as I do inventory in the empty library during my extended employment. Inventory seems like such a boring job. Putting books in...
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Summer Reading Program Ideas
In my Intro to Teaching dual credit class, our final assignment was to develop a continued Summer learning calendar for June and July. They had...
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So Have You Read the Book About………….?
I work in a high school library and I feel like I have the best job in the world for someone who loves books. We...
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KBA is now part of KASL
Almost every state has it’s own children’s or YA or both book award. Some states have several. State Book Awards For Kentucky, we have the...
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Weird Science? – NGSS Adventures of a School Librarian
Emily Northcutt is the school library media specialist at LeGrande Elementary School in Hart County. This year I’ve had the privilege of working with...
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