👇 Oh, look— here I am! 📚 Love our staff book club & honored to get the opportunity to share about it with @slj.com

Vote for me and @mskeown-reads.bsky.social for the Page Turners READiculously Lit Contest by liking our entry reels on INSTAGRAM www.instagram.com/reel/DMdebo7...

Don’t miss this important conversation with #itstimeforyoungteenlit founding #librarians of @youngteenlit.bsky.social #youngteenlit

I’m in the running for the chance to interview @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social at the next Page Turners conference & I need your help (those of you w an IG). Go give this reel a 🩷 & share w your followers to do the same! Likes = votes & your vote matters! #TLSky www.instagram.com/reel/DMaoFpt...

I have re-started blogging for Knowledge Quest - first topic; weeding. Please leave a comment or question, & let me know if you have ideas for future topics :) ‪@aaslala.bsky.social‬ #TLSkyChat knowledgequest.aasl.org/weeding-the-...

📖 “‘That’s just what translation is, I think. That’s all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they’re trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.’” (Babel, R.F. Kuang) 😮‍💨😮‍💨 #BookSky #ReaderSky

Stop the Department of Education from withholding $6.8 billion in education funding. www.nea.org/advocating-f...

It's the spotlight on graphic novels month over at @ala-booklist.bsky.social, and @smwordsmith.bsky.social and I have TWO booklists for you, rounding up the best in manga over the last year! Please check out our work.

BIG DAY TODAY 🎉🎉 Technically earned this badge before May was over (brag much?), BUT today I finished every possible badge in the @focolibrary.bsky.social adult #SummerReading challenge, including the July-only activity badge 🤓, & am feeling very satisfied w my public-library-loving self 🥰 💅📚

I do so much *breathing* in the summer—and that’s it, isn’t it? That’s what I’m missing the rest of the year, I think? Just having the time to notice where you are when you’re there, & to feel gratitude for your breath, your body, and the simple beauty that this world has tucked away within it. 🌅 🌲

Love this read & its message. Wholeheartedly agree w the mutualistic relationship between reading/librarianship & music/music programs. 📚🎵 #TLSky, any of you have ideas or examples of collabs you’ve done with chorus, orchestra, or band classes? Would love to hear them! #TLSkyChat #SchoolLibrarian

Funding has always been an issue for school libraries - with uncertainty around fed/state budgets, grants from other sources will be vital. Here are six grants that could help toward collection development, programming, disaster recovery, and more.

Friends, add your ideas to our Passive Programming Playbook! 🥳 We shared it today in our July @follettcontent.bsky.social webinar. There are several ideas to get us started. Let's fill this @padlet with ideas & resources for the new year. ❤️ buff.ly/4MEsy77 #TlSky #EduSky #tlchat #futurereadylibs

🔑 takeaways from ch 1 of Developing Digital Detectives. 💙ing the balance of background info (like how marketing strategy transfers to journalism & the breakdown of the wall between newsrooms & advertising w/I journalism spheres) w/ practical application (actual resources!) of stepped lessons #TLSky

Book burnout is not unfamiliar to most of us working to match people up with their perfect read–there is a constant stream of new releases that all sound great and backlist books that have been on that TBR list for years and backlist books you’ve just found out about.

Diving in to the book study course created by @techielibgrl.com for @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social & Darren Huggins’ book, Developing Digital Detectives, & am already feeling amped up following the introduction #TLSky 💡⚡️ Things that resonate from the intro so far ⬇️

"We urge lawmakers to drop the private school voucher program from the spending bill and keep it out of the final budget package...it will set us on a dangerous course back toward a pre-civil rights era reality, defined by deliberate racial segregation and extreme disparities in school funding..."

My reading life this summer has been a balanced mix of personal preference, book club picks, & #HelenRuffin #ReadingBowl titles, most of which have pleasantly surprised me with their complexity. 💕 Thankful for another (almost) full month of #SummerReading ahead. #BookSky #ReaderSky #TLSky

Wondering about how to get involved in #comicslibrarianship? Check out #libcomix resources on www.ala.org/gncrt

Wherever she leads, I’ll go.✨ Morning rituals are cleansing, & I hate that my favorite one— walks in public parks w my dog, June— goes away each year when school starts. I suppose it does make me that much more appreciative of the time we have w this routine; it’s “not nothing,” as Josey would say.

Sotomayor writing what all educators are thinking: “Given the great diversity of religious beliefs in this country, countless interactions that occur every day in public schools might expose children to messages that conflict with a parent’s religious beliefs” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Registration for @slj.com Summit is OPEN!!! I won’t be able to attend this year but tune in-last year’s Summit was great and you can’t beat a conference for #schoollibrarians #tlsky #tlskychat www.eventbrite.com/e/slj-summit... SLJ Summit 2025 Tickets, Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite

“When I began to listen to poetry, it's when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think…you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.” ~Joy Harjo

While the comics industry continues to expand, training for library staff charged with filling shelves or creating programs around these titles has not. Join Booklist 7/23 for its first virtual workshop introducing library workers to the world of comics! Registration is FREE: bit.ly/44ct1P3

Just in time for #ReadGraphic month, it's here! Booklist's Guide to Graphic Novels in Libraries for 2025 is OUT and available now for FREE! Showcasing excellent collection development and readers' advisory tips, zines, manga and more: bit.ly/469uHeK Heading to #ALAAC25? Pick it up at Booth #1720!

Fellow @glma-inc.bsky.social members, check out these free PD offerings!

I mean, 😮‍💨, #HelenRuffin #ReadingBowl is straight up trying to kill me 💔 We’re 70% done with Lisa Fipp’s And Then, Boom! & neither me or the mouse in my pocket is ready to name which emotion we feel most: hope, appreciation, heartbreak, absolute fury? More 💭 ⬇️ #TLSky #KidLit #BookSky #ReaderSky

My kind of Tuesday at @thefoxtheatre.bsky.social #BroadwayinATL

Just like clockwork, #kidlitchat day is here! Join us here on Bluesky today and every Tuesday at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific for an hour of chat with your #kidlit friends and family (and strangers, I suppose. But that won't last). We all hope you can join us. And I'll see you then!

Not sure how to start meaningful conversations about advocacy? Use these simple conversation starters to break the ice and build powerful connections, whether you're speaking with elected officials, community leaders, or fellow advocates. 👥✨ #FreedomToRead

Shared this w friends yesterday bc I feel like it’s a good overview of the consumer mindset built around AI @ present & an even better argument for why #MediaLiteracy & ethical use *must* become a larger part of #SchoolLibrarian convos around AI in K-12. Also, big fan of the phrase “AI Slop.” #TLSky

AI is ruining search results, but there's help! Don't want AI images? add -AI to the end of your search Looking for Black woman but keep getting women dressed in Black? Add " " marks to your searches Instead of : Black woman in a winter wedding Try: "Black woman" in a winter wedding

➡️ Want a glimpse into my research on fostering positive reading culture? ➡️ Need something to listen to while traveling to the ALA or ISTE conference this week? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... #TLsky @glma-inc.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @communityleaders.bsky.social

What to hand to the kid who finished the MILES MORALES books? Try BOY 2.0 by @traceybaptiste.bsky.social When 13 yr old Coal moves to a new foster home, a traumatic experience makes him realize...he can turn invisible! His quest for knowledge will keep readers on edge of seat. #youngteenlit

Came back from the #GLMASI25 conference as a walking @beanstack.bsky.social ad & I’m fine with that @glma-inc.bsky.social 👏👏👏 to companies with 🔥 swag, aka bags with ZIPPERS! #ReaderSky #BookSky

Easy: Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy) by Katherine Arden, though disclaimer/my opinion: best read in fall/winter #BookSky #ReaderSky

The Endies Awards (for the best book endpapers), and the Undies Awards (for the best book case covers) will be returning for 2025. Submissions will open up in the fall, but until then, keep a lookout for endpapers and case covers that catch your eye. (100 Scope Notes)

A new study by MIT researchers finds that relying on generative AI tools like ChatGPT during early stages of writing can weaken neural activity, memory, and originality, raising important questions about how Ss use AI in education. #TLSky #EduSky #AISky www.edtechinnovationhub.com/news/mit-stu...

Update: I was correct 😭

Oh no, started my next #HelenRuffin #ReadingBowl book this morning & this one is going to have me crying, I already know. #ReaderSky #TLSky #MiddleGrades #MGLit

Welcome to @follettsoftware.bsky.social Destiny 23.0: Faster. Smarter. Built for YOU! 🖥️ Learn about the exciting updates in Destiny 23.0 in this new webinar on June 24 at 2pm CST. 🥳 Register today, friends. You won't want to miss this one. buff.ly/699y5lk #TLSky #EduSky #tlchat #futurereadylibs

I know that some of you were looking for my FREE PD over the summer. Just Read It by Jarred Amato is on there among 7 others. Link to Sign Up #TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarians #BookStudy #Education

Had a fabulous time at @glma-inc.bsky.social Summer Institute learning, laughing, & leading w my #SchoolLibrarian people ✨ Met an awesome crew of TX librarians, went on a 🚢, presented twice, fangirled over authors Jerry Craft, Nic Stone, HD Hunter, Dave Valeza, Antwan Eady, & Shanna Miles🤩#GLMASI25

Presenting with @media-and-mayhem.bsky.social is a dream & we loved the opportunity to offer a speed run of our (very similar) library programs at #GLMASI25 this afternoon! Now to get ready for the riverboat award cruise 🚢 @glma-inc.bsky.social

3rd summer 📖 from our #HelenRuffinReadingBowl list, & 3rd 📖 w/ the #SchoolLibrary acting as safe space for crucial relationship-building & overall plot & character development. Love to see our school libraries recognized & celebrated in fiction for the roles they play in our kids’ real lives. #TLSky

‪#kidlit #EduSky #T2T #Tlsky #TlSkyChat YAY! TIME FOR SUMMER READING. Here are 300 free short stories, all by award-winning authors, perfect for family read-aloud or read-alone. Dust off the porch swing and read one-a-day! Mostly grades 3-6 tinyurl.com/SstoriesRead Share love, share reading.

During the current extraordinary surge of book-banning efforts, committed advocacy by library ­workers & their allies is stemming the tide of censorship attempts in both school & public libraries, with more & more states enacting anti-book-ban laws. americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/06/02/b...

📅 Don’t miss our final #TLSkyChat of the school year! BOOKS! Build your summer stack with @thenextgenlib.bsky.social Check out the Questions for this Week HERE tlskychat.com