Twenty-five years in, @heatherpnwtx.bsky.social switched careers. Her method: pick 2 to 3 goals for year 1, expecting to finish one or two. Half a goal is still movement. And stop measuring your year 1 against someone's year 20.
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🦖-vember Wilson needed something nobody else at her school was doing, so she picked the one subject Ss love & turned Nov into a month of real research.
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🎭 SPECIAL EP for #bannedbooksweek
⚠️ CW: censorship, harassment, PTSD
On day 15 of her first year as a librarian, Wood was handed a list of 21 books the board wanted pulled. She spoke up. She was the only one who did.
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We ask all the time why representation matters in books. @erikaslong.bsky.social wants us to ask why it matters behind the circ desk. #Schoollibrarians build the inclusive collections. The profession is 80-87% white.
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Heather Schubert runs Battle of the Books across district lines: 3 middle schools, 4 rounds a year. Her problem is one most of us would take: too many kids want in.

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Heather Arguello adds a 1K books to her collection every year. Which means every summer, a 1000 books have to go. For the calls that aren't obvious, she lets her Ss decide.
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At AASL everyone was naming their sessions. Rachel Joiner said she was going to Pokemon. ALA ships libraries a free starter kit. No trading, no binders.
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A S asked if she could put a hygiene closet in the library for her Eagle Scout project. Margie said yes. 4️⃣ years later it's still open.
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We all say the #library is the ❤️ of the school. @melsilerio.bsky.social wants to shift that thinking. Community center is concrete: it's where people come 4 resources, it's always open, & nobody signs up to belong.
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"It's false that teenagers don't want to read nonfiction. They just don't know how to find it." Lauren Claymon rebuilt her HS NF on bookstore categories instead of Dewey. Circulation jumped. 🔗 canva.link/thelibraryst...
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Yep that’s me! What have badges done for me? I discuss it on the latest #TheLibraryStage podcast!! #schoollibrarian #edtech #librarian

She has 32 digital badges. 👀 @zbrarian.bsky.social on micro-credentials: both sides. Where she lands: ask what it replaces in your practice, not what it adds to your bio.
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"I don't post on social media." Okay, why not?
Melanie Wood: u don't have to be an influencer. Post the sticky notes on your half-finished shelving. Somebody out there needs to see it doesn't have to look done.
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