Carla Hayden is our librarian of Congress. www.slj.com/story/newsfe...

Heading to ALA? On Fri., 6/27, 1pm, help make a difference with a silent demonstration urging school decision-makers to prioritize reading & literacy by reestablishing school libraries with professional librarians in all district-operated schools. www.restorephillylibrarians.org/philadelphia...

Calling all K-12 school librarians! Apply for the 2025 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award recognizing outstanding humanities programming. Deadline is May 1. bit.ly/4gnl11P #skybrarians #TLSky

School Librarians Are The Heroes We Need!!! We must protect them, respect them, and celebrate their vital role in schools. While we're at it, let's work to ensure that every school in America has full-time, certified, professional school librarians. ❤️📚 @slj.com @penamerica.bsky.social

NEW: Take action against the Trump Administration's federal funding freeze by sharing your library story. How would a federal funding pause impact your library & community? Share your story with ALA as we work to inform elected officials & decision-makers on this issue: airtable.com/appTIEEt9RjD...

The American Library Association issued a strong statement in response to the inarticulate press release from the Department of Education calling book bans hoaxes: www.ala.org/news/2025/01...

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

NEW: Tell Congress to Show Up #ForOurLibraries. With increased threats to libraries & library workers, we MUST tell our elected leaders to show up for us: bit.ly/ALAShowUp25 Find more tools, resources, & opportunities for action at Show Up For Our Libraries, with more coming soon: ala.org/showup

10 Titles with Censorship Storylines

It also makes it harder for them to ban books.

A few states have done this, NJ is the latest, and it's time for NYS to step up! www.localsyr.com/news/nationa...

If you are an ALA member and are so inclined, I just posted a petition to run for ALA Council. It needs 25 signatures by December 13 to be included. The Youth Council Caucus and Ecosystem work tells me thatI have more to say. Here is the link www.ala.org/CFApps/epeti...

#MediaLiteracy Critically questioning a single media example (slide 1) can help students look “beyond the surface,” but there is so much power in having them look across collections (slide 2) to understand how media can perpetuate world views, stereotypes and implicit biases. #EduSky #TlSky

Welcome to BookSky! 💙📚 1️⃣ save/pin the feed if you're enjoying it 2️⃣ repost to help us find more bibliophiles 3️⃣ use 💙📚 or 📚💙 to post to feed 4️⃣ more niche feeds on my profile (some are NSFW) FAQ 👉🏻 bit.ly/bookskyFAQ

🚨 For our friends who like to prep in advance @techielibgrl.com and I have already posted the questions for this week's (VERY FIRST!) #TLSkyChat to our webpage. Our 1st Topic is: "A Few of Our Favorite Things: Bluesky Edition!" See you Wed 12/4 at 8pmET/5pmPT #edusky #skybrarians www.tlskychat.com

@techielibgrl.com I teach most Wednesdays 5:30-9:30pm, but will follow #TLSky chats, participating whenever I can #schoollibrary

Exciting News #TLSky!! @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social and I will be hosting the 1st Teacher Librarian Chat on BlueSky on Wed, Dec 4th. ✅ Each chat will be on Wednesday at 8pm EST (5pm PST) ✅ Add the feed by pinning this chat: bsky.app/profile/did:... #EduSky #BookSky #Skybrarians #TLSkyChat

Episode 39 of the SLLN Podcast is here! Ryan Bani Tahmaseb shares thoughts on how school librarians can support writing as well as reading - great ideas on collaborating in some new ways. Don't miss it! sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/school-libra...

Teaching children to question the content they see online is essential in today’s digital world! Encourage them to ask: "Is this real, or could it have been made by #AI?" Building curiosity and critical thinking skills early helps them navigate technology safely and responsibly. #AIEthics #EduSky

Teachers & librarians! Want to Zoom with an author for World Read Aloud Day? Here's all the information about how WRAD Zoom visits work, plus a list of over 300 author & illustrator volunteers! katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...

I always love looking through SLJ's list of Best Books for the year! hubs.la/Q02ZgzkQ0 #TLChat #Librarians #TLSky #BookSky

Thanks for the heads up...I added my name, picture, and who I am. People who followed me used the @skjohns, I am sure, but not my name. I am discoverable! Now to monitor that and be more than a lurker. I need to get on some of the good lists.