LibrarianOnTheLoose

I think it literally got released last week lol

A8: I can still, all these years later, remember the joy & excitement I felt when I first realized I was reading the words on the page & understanding, not just remembering them from all the times mom had read the bk w/me. My greatest wish is that my Ss feel that same joy & wonder in a bk #TLSkyChat

Our school district is lucky enough to have a public library, bookmobile, independent book store & comic book shop. They all
Have different, fun reading programs and promotions for the summer. I love to try to connect students and their families with that info so reading can be fun! #TLSkyChat

You know that gif of Homer Simpson disappearing into the bushes? I’m the opposite version of that when I hear some disparaging GNs. Suddenly I just appear already mid GN defending sentence lol

That sounds awesome! And like a lot of work-your district is so lucky to have you!

A6: I think just getting to relax and read for pleasure helps remind me how great it is to be a reader. And I try to carry that feeling with me into the fall and instill it in my students. #TLSkyChat

It’s def getting better but I STILL had to give my little soap box speech to a few parents and teachers at the book fair last week who lamented their kids “only” want to read graphic novels

That probably why I started off as like, 257 on the holds list lol

A5: I’m sure there’s more I could list but the first thing that came to mind was sending quite a few teachers and parents to Graphic Novel village to expand their horizons and open up their minds to the wonders GN have to offer our readers. #TLSkyChat

I think it reminds me that we all want to belong and feel a connection w/someone. And to have patience and love in my heart for those most troublesome of trouble bunnies

A4: Flora from”Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures” Read it for battle of the bks several years ago and I still think of her, and that poem the squirrel wrote her at the end, often #TLSkyChat

A3: 🧡 to read outside on my deck during the summer! That’s a tough one to replicate in the depths of winter. maybe I could find a summer forest soundtrack & rd w/ ear buds? i know my students love when we put the Cornell bird feeder livecams on in the library #TLSkyChat

A2: I just ordered this one after finishing a class on blended learning and I’m pumped to dive in and shake up our learning model next year #TLSkyChat

A2: I just ordered this one after finishing a class on blended learning and I’m pumped to dive in and shake up our learning model next year #TLSkyChat

A1: I’m excited to read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes & Sunrise on the Reaping. They’re the top of my tbr once I walk out those doors June 27th #TLSkyChat

That stinks! It can already be a lonely profession with only one of us per bldg. I know I’m dreading some of my fellow librarians retiring in a few years

A7: love it all! What I want fluctuates depending on the time of yr, what else I have going on, what my goal are etc. I’m just a big nerd that loves learning lol #TLSkyChat

A6: don’t do it alone! Reach out to other librarians whether they are in your district, county, state etc. This is when you lean on your PLC for ideas & support. if you haven’t joined your local/state/natl library orgs yet give it a shot-they’re a great place to start building that plc #TLSkyChat

A5: we are currently obsessed w/ the Cornell bird feeder live cam from sapsucker woods. Ss & staff alike love watching the birds. We keep it on all day! We temp take it off for instruction but it goes right back on when instructions are done. The sound of birds is a real mood lifter! #TLSkyChat

Obsessed!!!!

A3: it’s a +/- situation but the copier and laminator are right out in the open in my library so the teachers are constantly coming to me. But, I struggle w/the best way to capitalize on all that traffic! Sign don’t always get read but I’m often teaching and can’t stop to talk to them #TLSkyChat

I’ve been the librarian in my bldg for 13 years so when I’m weeding, if I haven’t ever seen the book before that moment, it’s not circulating. Sometimes it just needs to be put on display but a lot of the time, it’s just not what the kids want anymore

A2: I literally do one shelf at a time to keep it from getting overwhelming #TLSkyChat

I’m doing some heavy weeding too and it is so smart to have your vendors carts open & ready to go for gap filling!

A1: I love seeing what bks currently practicing librarians recommend after using them in their libraries. My fav school librarians to get recommendations from are the book wrangler and the read aloud librarian.
And Mr. Schu 😍

#TLSkyChat

Still working my way through this challenge btw 😂

Serena Waldron, elem school librarian (k-6) in central New York State. Should be working on my presentation slides for my Ignite session at the upcoming NNYLA/SSL conference but hey, it’s break week and this seemed waaayyyy more fun lol #TLSkyChat

Deal lol. I’ve been slllooowwwlllyyy working my way through it and it’s amazing. I just might accidentally make it a 45 day challenge

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A8:this is an area I could work on & can’t wait to rd others ideas. I tend to lock in, keep my head down & just exist in my busy library bubble but sometimes you gotta burst that bubble! 😂 #TLSkychat