As we creep closer to summer, I reflect on this school year and how I missed going into different buildings, either in my school district or surrounding areas. I love visiting other libraries to gather ideas–big and small–that I can… Read More ›
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Figuring Out Your “Why” as a School Librarian
One of the things I do before I finish working each day is make a to-do list for the next day and update my long-range to-do items. It gives me direction in the morning with the most pressing tasks to… Read More ›
Rethinking the Notion of a School Library in a Time of Crisis
“For some students, and in certain schools, this may be many students, the only library skill that they should have to acquire is an awareness, imprinted indelibly and happily upon them, that the library is a friendly place where the… Read More ›
When You Give a School Librarian an Empty Space
I walked into the new school library at Chatham Grove Elementary School for the first time in May 2020. There was so much space! It was incredible! We could host a square dance in between the eighteen double-sided rolling shelves,… Read More ›