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Librarians Are Crucial Links to Help Students Succeed: with Narda Lugo

The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Texas librarian, Narda Lugo. She has worked in an elementary library in Pharr - San Juan - Alamo...

School Libraries Are Magnificent Spaces of Opportunity: with Heather Lamb

The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Texas librarian, Heather Lamb. She has worked in an elementary and middle school library...

Reading Is a Part of Everything: with Jennifer Roth

The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Pennsylvania elementary librarian, Jennifer Roth. She is actively involved in the Pennsylvania...

Wrap Up the Year with Choice Boards

I think it’s time to bring back the Q&A style blog I originally started with. Most of us have made it over the hump of figuring out...

Never Stop Dreaming

I have a big announcement to share with you! This month I am retiring from the Texas public education system.

International Ed Tech Guy: Christopher Bell

The Librarian Influencer of the Week Christopher Bell is an international school librarian in Tokyo, Japan. He’s worked in a Colorado...

What Will You Do with All the Returned Books?

For many of you, the school year will wrap up in the next couple of weeks. A lot of librarians and textbook coordinators are having...

Flipping the Library: with Carson LeMaster

Carson LeMaster is an international school librarian in Morocco. She maintains the largest English library in Morocco...

Librarians are Community Builders: with Kim Johnson

The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Kim Johnson a high school librarian in Maryland where she is also active in her state library...

Confidence vs Courage

Welcome to the continuation of Shelter-in-Place or Stay-at-Home Orders. I imagine many of you have been living in overdrive the last few...

Cultivate Curiosity with Makerspace: with Hillary M. Marshall

The Librarian Influencer of the Week Hillary M. Marshall has been a librarian for the past 18 years at all school levels. She’s currently...

Keep Making a Difference Every Day

Keep making a difference every day. You are the librarian and you have GREAT influence on your campus.

Pay Attention to How Your Students Are Searching: Jennifer Ritzie

Librarian Influencer of the Week is Jennifer Ritzie is a first-year K-4 librarian in Keller, Texas who is finishing up her library degree...

Pandemic Response. Are You Ready?

Dear Dr. Laura We don’t have the coronavirus in our area, at least not that I know of. But, I see a lot of social media posts about ...

Be the Spark that Ignites a Reader: Ruth Gilmore Ingulsrud

Librarian Influencer of the Week is Ruth Gilmore Ingulsrud who hails originally from California but now works at a K-5 international school.

Make Time for Professional Reading

Dear Dr. Laura I can’t believe I’m asking this because I do know how to search for books. But, I'm a first-year librarian and would like ...

Librarians Play a Crucial Role in Student and Teacher Success: with Melody Hiser

The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Melody Hiser who is a 5th-year librarian. She’s was originally certified in Texas and transferred..

Google Classroom in the Library

Dear Dr. Laura Forgive me for bragging, but I just passed my Google Educator Level 1 Certification exam! It was intense!...

Your Classroom Is Everyone on Campus: with Vilia Garcia

The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Vilia Garcia from Harlingen CISD in Harlingen, Texas. She just wrapped up her 10th year....

Is It YA or Adult Fiction?

... how can I figure out whether or not to put a book into YA or if we should have a "fiction" section that implies it's for adults? ...