I’ve been thinking about the vulnerability of sharing your reading. 📖 I’ve had Ss do this for years without pondering the implications. Sharing your reading is a bit like exposing a part of yourself. How can we create safe spaces for exploration & vulnerability? Read More #TLSkyChat #TLSky #EduSky

🤖📚 New post on Substack. AI in schools is messy, complicated, and moving way too fast. I unpack some of the risks, the promise, and the widening gap in how educators see it. Check it out the article HERE #AIEd #MediaLiteracy #SchoolLibraries #TLSkyChat #TLSky #EduSky #AIEdu #AISky #AIEducation

📚 A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls by Adam Morgan is a riveting biography of Margaret C. Anderson A queer literary radical who risked everything to publish Ulysses in America. Book bans, backlash, and a woman “dangerously ahead of her time.” History, censorship, and courage collide. #books

Love this infographic! And the thinking it inspired tinyurl.com/39kyr5tk #TLsky #Skybrarian #SchoolLibrarians #TLskychat #edusky #kidlit

We trended til the end!! #TLSkyChat

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🔁 ICYMI: Here’s Q8 again from tonight’s #TLSkyChat! More info at tlskychat.com

Awwww

Accurate!

As long as you stay under 500 for each wish. Donor's Choose is a good option for that type of stuff. I actually was able to get 2 couches, and podcasting equipment in 3 separate wishes. It really works. #TLSkyChat

A8: It always listens, observes, and evolves making the library a place where students can reset, create, collaborate, and thrive on their own terms. #TLSkyChat

💛📚 Q8 (Final Question): “A school library that truly centers student voice, wellness, and neurodiversity always ______.” 👉 Share A8 with #TLSkyChat 🔗 tlskychat.com

You doing the pre-conference?!?!?!?!?

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It is hard for some to understand that less is actually more. Love a good weed :P #TLSkyChat

🔁 ICYMI: Here’s Q7 (Brain Break) again from tonight’s #TLSkyChat! More info at tlskychat.com

i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist. please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.

A7: We have Candace Fleming coming to our statewide school librarian conference, so I was stoked to see her being honored! She just won the 2026 Children’s Literature Legacy Award. #TLSkyChat 🔗 www.ala.org/news/2026/01...

Q7: BRAIN BREAK 💛 Anyone watch the YMAs? Any surprises? Any heart books among the honored? 👉 Share A7 with #TLSkyChat 🔗 tlskychat.com

YAY! So happy for you! #TlSkyChat

A complaint I would have sometimes would be the lack of communication between guidiance and what they call "special areas" Classroom teachers knew but we did not always. #TLSkyChat

🔁 ICYMI: Here’s Q6 again from tonight’s #TLSkyChat! More info at tlskychat.com

I bet I know what your furniture looks likes..haha...I feel like they got it on sale for all the libraries in NYS. #TLSkyChat. Hahahaha

A6: Thinking back to the library spaces I have been in, flexibility has been key to success. Being able to transform and tweak the space with adaptable zones and furniture allows the library to truly respond to the community, so every learner feels supported and engaged. #TLSkyChat

I mean being real is so key. #TLSkyChat

💛📚 Q6: If you could redesign one aspect of your library to better support all learners, what would you change first—and why? 👉 Share A6 with #TLSkyChat 🔗 tlskychat.com

Truth! #TLSkyChat

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🔁 ICYMI: Here’s Q5 again from tonight’s #TLSkyChat! More info at tlskychat.com

I feel you on that. I seem to always remember the books....so many boks ot there. There are very few I can do the re-read treatment on. #TLSkyChat

I used Google Slides that were on an automatic slideshow. By tweaking the link you can even force how fast it moves to the next slide. Interested?

A5: Building a safe space for all students is one of my core tenets as a school librarian. Whether online or in the physical library, I focus on making the space feel welcoming, predictable, and respectful so students know they belong. #TLSkyChat

Oh my gosh....picture books are sooooo my jam. Especially fairy tale variations. I have a collection ....it is not small. #TLSkyChat

Q5 for tonight’s #TLSkyChat! 💬 How do you support students’ social-emotional needs in the library without crossing into the role of counselor or administrator? 🔗 More info: tlskychat.com

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I am sorry to everyone that life got in the way :/. So if anyone wants to help me with moderation let me know. I swear it is not hard. But I just knew I needed to bring it back even if it is was just for me!! #TLSkyChat

🔁 ICYMI: Here’s Q4 again from tonight’s #TLSkyChat! More info at tlskychat.com

That reminds me of a conversation I had with another librarian about sending weeded titles to schools in other counties. Seeing “DISCARD” stamped or blacked out can impact how Ss view those books and even how they see reading itself—it really made me think about the messages we send. #TLSkyChat

A4: When I need something deeply grounding, I pick up the Redwall series. It was a childhood favorite, and no matter how many times I reread it, the familiarity and sense of home always centers me. #TLSkyChat

A4: My go to comfort read is Seth Ring’s Titan series. I think I have read it twice now, and with nearly 20 books in the series, it is easy to sink back in and let the world fade for a bit. #TLSkyChat

Such great options. It really does not take a lot of funds to create those spaces students need. #TLSkyChat

#TLSkyChat Nice!

💛📚 Q4: Brain Break! Share a favorite comfort read—for you or one students consistently return to when they need a reset. 💛 👉 Share A4 with #TLSkyChat 🔗 tlskychat.com

🔁 ICYMI Here again is question #3 from tonight’s #TLSkyChat! More info about tonight’s chat can be found at tlskychat.com

That is so legit. It is really had to do it all alone. I have had all of the variable. Alone, aide, volunteers. You can only do what you can do. You are a rockstar! So great to have you here tonight! So many familiar faces!! #TLSkyChat

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That is still great. Would love a link to the one you like. There are so many options out there. #TLSkyChat