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Amanda is the 2021 School Library Journal Co-Librarian of the Year, a 2021 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, the 2020 Louisiana School Librarian of the Year, and a 21 year educator from Watson, LA. She's a teacher-librarian and certified reading specialist at a 5-6 grade middle school. She is Vice President of the Louisiana Association of School Librarians and is the 2019 AASL Social Media Superstar Program Pioneer. Amanda is an active member of several committees for AASL and is on the Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Awards Committee. Visit her library website at lomlibrary.org and/or find out more about her at http://librarianjones.com/.
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Journey with Jones: Leading Virtual Field Trips during COVID-19
On March 13, 2020, at 1:10 p.m., during the middle of a school day, the governor of Louisiana announced that all public schools in Louisiana would be closing until April 13, 2020. While I had a small inkling that we… Read More ›
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Get Your Self(ie) Out There: My Year as an AASL Social Media Superstar
Five years ago, I stepped into the role of school librarian at the same school where I had taught for fourteen years. I had been steadily reading blogs, such as Tiffany Whitehead’s Mighty Little Librarian blog, and gathering ideas to… Read More ›
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Expanding Our Battle of the Books through the AASL Inspire Special Event Grant
If you are looking for a way to get your students pumped about reading, why not try a battle of the books competition? I pondered how I could cultivate enthusiasm for reading at my school when I happened across a… Read More ›