I realize that this is not about libraries but this is important. Last week I read an article during a break at work shared by a friend on Facebook saying that Gordon College, my alma mater, had affixed its name to a document that urges the White House to include a religious exemption in a forthcoming … Continue reading Letter to Gordon College President Lindsay
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Teens online and grownups in the library
Just a quick note to say that I'm currently reading It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens and I'm not even done and I can already recommend it to everyone! Yes, everyone! If you work with teens, have a teens, see teens, hear tales of teens, think you might have once been a teen, … Continue reading Teens online and grownups in the library
I’m not going to finish the Hub Challenge
Unless, that is, I can read 10 books before Sunday. Unlikely. What is the Hub Challenge, you say? It's put on by YALSA and their blog the Hub (I write for them, even as we speak I'm writing a post for Friday!). The goal is to read 25 of the books from YALSA's award lists … Continue reading I’m not going to finish the Hub Challenge
May was crazy
I'm back and hopefully for good! My plan is to get back to a regular blogging schedule - perhaps not to the lofty heights of twice a week to which I once aspired and perhaps achieved a handful of times - but to a once a week goal. May has been a really busy and … Continue reading May was crazy
Poetry and eBooks
An interesting title, no? They arrived at my doorstep almost simultaneously this weekend so I thought that I would write about them. Firstly, the Massachusetts Poetry Festival was in Salem this weekend and like the last year, I volunteered. Volunteering is a great way to help out the Festival and to get into events for … Continue reading Poetry and eBooks
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