Monthly Archives: May 2023

Don’t “Wing” it.

Advice from a librarian, someone who has been asked every type of assignment, project, and pointof view to finish something, – there are a few suggestions: If you look closely, a certified librarian is quite capable of answering all of … Continue reading

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Not enough time to build even more? Make time…

“Mom, I need 30 minutes more, we are getting done…!” Here we are in the Walter P.J. Gilefski Media Center at Woodbridge, three members of the Girls Who Code Club, robotic parts we never even spied before all tumbling out … Continue reading

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Walking Through the Past – Ellen Oh

In delving into a motivating and energetic appearance of Ellen Oh, her past and the power of stories were revealed. Peeling back the pages of history that impacted her, and interwoven among her family history helped indeed show the power … Continue reading

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Become Vested, not At Odds.

There are moments where my heart aches at the losses of some amazing people we have lost in our lives; it sounds out of context, but graduation is a bittersweet timeof the year for me, I am so blessed for … Continue reading

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Stumbling on Our Paths of Diversity

In obtaining some great collections of books from the Library of Congress Surplus Book Program, we stumbled upon some amazing discoveries that are new books to our collection: In Looking at Come On In, we found our invited authors from … Continue reading

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Leading the Walk of Discovery – Ellen Oh

Thursday’s 12:00 lunch speaker – Invigorating to say the least when opening the pages of a storyteller. Ellen Oh, the CEO of We need Diverse Books, was one of the best candidates to speak on the challenges facing all schools … Continue reading

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A Ghost to Consider

Before focusing on another amazing key note speaker from the MLA/DLA Conference, one detail is worth taking a look into that was brought up from Justina Ireland. Her 2021 book, Ophie’s Ghost stuck with me for one specific reason – … Continue reading

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Walking the Talk – DLA Accolades

As we take a break before posting more workshops from the MLA/DLA Conference, we wanted to congratulate recipients of honors that represent the best of librarianship in 2023: (Since we have the program pictured below – we will let you … Continue reading

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Audiobooks – A Deep Dive into the Truth of Reading

I LOVED this informative session on what audiobooks are, are not, and continue to be. May 11 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm The Power of Audiobooks (Check out the awesome referenced sources at the bottom of this post) Jerey … Continue reading

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Stuff….it is!

(Disclaimer, before this session which was at 9:30 AM on Thursday, we had our DLA Executive Breakfast and reporting meeting – I will definitely being sharing that as soon as I put a few final detailed touches on that post!) … Continue reading

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