I took almost 12 days off of social media on vacay with my family. It might’ve just been the digital detox I needed. Next time, i will think twice before buying the wifi package when given the choice again.

📚 Join us TONIGHT at 8pm ET for #TLSkyChat ! 🌸 Let's Build that Stack for the Summer! Find the Questions at tlskychat.com #Skybrarians #EduSky #TLSky #TLSkyChat #Booksky #Booktok #Bookstagram @thenextgenlib.bsky.social

A1: also do my fellow librarians know about Zim cares? They send toys to classrooms and libraries free for giveaways as long as you review them for the website! We got our library pets that way (they are tamagotchis I don’t do breathing pets! register.zimcares.com #tlskychat

A8: I’m no phenom, but I just keep trying! Especially if your admin supports your vision! Mine doesn’t have the money to give me but she will always support my hustle if i tell her what I’m doing! #tlskychat

A7: it’s usually the grant of my wallet 🤣 BUT last year I applied for our state library organization @vaasl.bsky.social AASL presentation grant and I actually got it! I never thought to look for more funding! Maybe I should! #tlskychat

A6: I invite our public librarians to come book talk and speak my students about their summer reading program at the end of every school year! They love to be invited and my students have books they want from the public library then! #tlskychat

A4: I always have a book wishlist, items “wishlist” and goals I have for the library. That way if the right thing pops up on my radar I am ready to apply, justify, beg, and write a grant for those things. You know if someone is just handing out 💰! #tlskychat

A3: our schools collection development plan does have a place about gifts to the collection 1: well. P.s. don’t have this in yours? Add it! Not all gifts are wanted in collections 😉 #tlskychat

A3: our district loves policies lol! For grants if it is more than 3k we need to go through our grants office. I have a wishlist that I don’t advertise much but I also try to have a donors choose project when possible. #tlskychat

A2: Also take your time, and try again! I soundly believe in hustling over and over! Rejected this time? Great let me fix it and make it better for next time! I’m all about reframing and trying again! You can’t win it if you’re not in it! #TLSkyChat

A2: I will often use AI to explain to me what it thinks (guesses? Crowdsources? Steals?) the grant guidelines mean and information it would require from me! #TLSkyChat

A1: mostly through word of mouth. If someone talks about getting a grant, or writing a grant, my ears always perk up! Our district also has a website that lists some but I just discovered that one last week oops! 🙊 #TLSkyChat

I’m here, I’m here! I’m late I’m here!! I am Kannan, elementary (k-6) librarian in northern Virginia! #TLSkyChat

Join us for #TLSkyChat this Wednesday at 8PM ET / 5PM PT! 💰 We’re talking Library Hustle: Grants, Gifts & Good Finds from funding opportunities and donors to wish lists, partnerships, and creative ways to get the resources your library needs. Come share ideas and leave with new ones!

What?! It’s @simplyrain.bsky.social ?! This has to be great bc she’s great! I’m tuning in this morning!

Excited to share this conversation with @wpray.bsky.social!

Happy almost April. School Library Month! 🎉 Was working on this Adobe Express template for @kasl.us and decided to make one without the branding. If you are, were, or want to be.. a school librarian, thank you for everything you do! readwhatyouwant.com/april #TLsky #SchoolLibrary #SchoolLibrarian

Yay it’s @monishablair.bsky.social! She’s full of great knowledge have a listen! #tlsky #sllnpodcast @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social

This one was SO informative! Highly recommend for all librarians! @slupodcast.bsky.social #tlsky

A1: I'll always recc Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids by @donalynbooks.bsky.social and @colbysharp.bsky.social for tools to help kids fall in love w/ reading, esp choice, access, self-selection, time, community #TLSkyChat

A8: I tell the story of my own experience. Libraries were the place I was never told no in a world that always told me my limitations. The children of our world today are also told no, our school libraries can be their place of “yes.” #TLSkyChat

A7: Our libraries are nothing like the libraries people remember from their childhoods. We evolved, we teach, not quiet, we do so much more than checkout books! Steam learning, computer programming, computational thinking, AI literacy, graphic design AND reading & books all in 1 week! #TLSkyChat

A6: I always try to have opportunities for volunteers to join us! I show up to every PTA meeting & let them know the goings-on etc. I get involved in other school wide events & invite the public library to join us for those! I’m always rah rah library as much as possible whenever possible #TLSkyChat

A5: Unsure, maybe some color in bookmarks an impromptu book club? Fun library themed coloring pages. Passive programming isn’t always on the super forefront bc I am teaching on a fixed schedule most of the time. Maybe a guess the # in a jar for a book giveaway. #TLSkyChat

A4: Um I have my hands full but one is 2nd and 3rd penpals with high school students. I have loved collaborating with my secondary librarian colleagues! Very old school, very analog, they are LOVING it! #TLSkyChat

A3: living up the good life all day everyday! Librarians are going to show up to our school board meeting where they make the proclamation for School Library month. I’m going to wear all the library swag all the days. Oh and make some displays #TLSkyChat

A2: I stole an idea from @rgrov1013.bsky.social and each staff member gets a happy school library month card and sticker. My students will be filling out hearts on why they love the library and I’m making a I love the library because wall. #TLSkyChat

A1: I model it, I talk it up, I do everything I can to push a book. Blurbs on the news show, displays, asking students to do book blurbs. Unlimited checkout (but we call it “take what you need”) #TLSkyChat

A little late but I made it! I’m Kannan and I’m a K-6 elementary librarian in Northern Virginia. #TLSkyChat

Up next: @bilingualbib.bsky.social sharing “I Am Every Good Thing” Affirmations in ep. 72 of the #SLLNPodcast! Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/072-i-am-eve... #TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat

Thank you for the @slupodcast.bsky.social! Always love chatting with you!

What a day, and what an honor!

TY @txfreedomread.bsky.social and Laney Hawes for all you do to empower #schoollibrarians! apple.co/47nfDtJ

Hey look! Stacy is on Steve’s podcast! Stacy always has amazing things to share so have a listen librarian friends!

Are you local? You should come! I’m presenting! @vaasl.bsky.social #tlsky

Is it October yet?! I cannot wait to read this and everytime I see it posted I will say it again hoping we are closer to October! #tlsky

Today I was given a cupcake from my front office besties & decided my daughter would enjoy it. But I needed to transport it home. Behold my maker-ed cupcake holder. I want you to know it was on my passenger seat and I hit the brakes and it slid and it was still good! STEAM learning baby! #tlsky

Inspired by @mauramadigan7.bsky.social presentation at @vaasl.bsky.social and @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social #SLLN podcast episode, today is our first adoption day for Reading rescue pets! I’ve changed some things but my 2nd graders will be excited I’m sure! #tlsky

The Librarians airs on PBS Feb 9. This film is personal. Many of the librarians featured are friends and mentors. Their stories show what censorship and defamation really look like in schools and communities. Worth watching. Worth sharing. #TLSky #EduSky open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

We passed the 16k mark! Almost 17k books checked out so far! #tlsky #skybrarian

Thank you to @carriefinison.bsky.social for joining my kinders on this WRAD! They loved it and have cleaned out our shelves of all your books! #tlsky #wrad2026

Does everyone know what you do? How do you tell them? We need to work on telling our stories and sharing them widely. Many have no idea what school librarians do, projects we create, and the connections we make. #aasl #schoollibrarians #shareourstories #tlsky ticklingtech.com/2026/02/01/t...

📣 The questions are up for our next #TLSkyChat! Topic: Student-Centered Libraries: Voice, Wellness, & Neurodiversity Take a look 👀 👉 www.canva.com/design/DAG_n... #TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarians #Libraries #SchoolLibraries @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social

The kidlit event of the year is almost here. Join us Monday, January 26 at 10:00 a.m. CT for the 2026 ALA Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Printz, and so many more. Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page. #ALAyma #ALA150 #ForOurLibraries 📚💙

Come to listen to me talk about #TrueBookFair on #SLNNPodcast stay for the book break!

Apps on phones versus the same thing on a web browser on a computer is the most annoying thing ever. Why can I not have all the capabilities on my mobile device?! I’m looking at you Google Maps!

These students can't get enough coding! They are very motivated by the code.org music lab and share their creations. I get to dance my way through class. It's a win/win! #TLSky

Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s make a paper instrument day with makey makeys in 5th grade!! We keep hearing yo yo yo haha. #makeymakey #steameducation #schoollibrarian #TLsky

Calling #schoollibrarians!!! Looking for perspectives and strategies for conflict resolution in day-to-day! Be part of this collaboration #episode🎧🎤💡