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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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Journey to Antarctica
Guest KASL blogger: Sam Northern Teacher-Librarian (Simpson Elementary School) samuel.northern@simpson.kyschools.us As a Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow, I was given the adventure...
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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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Edible Book Contest
The Lexington Public Library partnered with Fayette County Schools to promote an author visit of C. C. Payne whose latest book is, The Thing About...
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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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