Tag Archives: DASL

“You Are a Star Child For Life.” – Wesley King.

“In the afternoon, we went to go choose our book of the week. I love our library time, even if the librarian thinks I am a weirdo.” – page 130 – Sara and the Search for Normal. Brace yourself, this … Continue reading

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PR’ing the Best of Ourselves

“We are our own best PR.” This resounded and carried with me from the recent AASL conference, from some amazing representatives of We Need Diverse Books, (Cornelius Minor, and some amazing authors in this closing presentation) in Tampa Bay. FLORIDA. … 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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Creativity. Freedom. Discovery.  Repeat. Festival of Words 2022.

Remember that bad start to the day of Festival of Words? It gets better. Much. Creativity. Freedom. Discovery.  Repeat. Such was the mantra you would see occurring at the December 3rd Festival of Words held at St. Georges Technical High … Continue reading

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Intricately Connected

Quietly coming into the Lewes Historical Society’s main room where author James Kirchick was just starting to answer questions on his book, Secret City, The History of GAY Washington, the conversation and information that was bouncing around the room was … Continue reading

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Something More to Carry…

While some of the WHS XC (Cross Country) students were helping with a construction project yesterday – the conversation among students and coaches was how students wished they would receive more deep dives into the curriculum. We asked about their … Continue reading

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Holiday Layering

Time.  Time passes so fast and the one thing that often happens is fighting for the moments to appreciate what happens in those seconds, minutes,hours, days, week, months, and years that fly by.  The biggest crime is not being able … Continue reading

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The Sweet is Never as Sweet Without…

“Just remember, the sweet is never as sweet without the sour, and I know the sour.” – Vanilla Skies Film, 2001. I look back on this quote and see an amazing correlation to a truer definition of what role a … Continue reading

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The Facebook of Librarianship…

“The Social Aspects of Information Science.”  These six words snapped several times in front of me.  I never realized how STUCK individuals (myself included) and become on defining what we see as a THING – for example, defining what we … Continue reading

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The “Little Things” Have Something Bigger to Say

Blogs are amazing. I mean, take the chance to check in, write what you seem, experience, and realize – record it in time, and then when you come back to years later, you can revisit that moment and recollect where … Continue reading

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