Starting Saturday night through Monday morning, we experienced the 5th worst storm in Chicago’s history. Bad news for Chicago. Exciting news for this So Cal girl who was experiencing only her second snowfall EVER. One major problem with the snow on Sunday was that I didn’t get to go to everything that I wanted to, … Continue reading
On Sunday night, at the height of the blizzard, I had the privilege and honor of meeting Dr. Cornel West. One of my friends had been invited to “Drinks with Dr. Cornel West”, and, since she knows how much I admire him, she graciously allowed me to be her plus one. I expected it to … Continue reading
This blog is in reference to the Day of Diversity symposium. For background, click here. Moving Into Action The final session was more of a wrap-up/sharing of the points from today, so excuse the brevity, but it wasn’t nearly as packed with gems as the first two… That and I was so emotionally exhausted from all … Continue reading
This blog is in reference to the Day of Diversity symposium. For background, click here. Literacy Programming: Forming Partnerships and Sharing Resources (Panel) Pat Mora, Author, Founder of Dia de los libros Link: Dia de los libros Pat Mora shared her thoughts on the need for a diverse publishing system — a system that librarians understand … Continue reading
To transcribe my notes seemed quite cumbersome, so hopefully these make sense — if not, let me know and I’ll try to put them into paragraph form 🙂 Diversity in Children’s Literature: History & Myths Milestones/How far we’ve come: Increase of POC in Publishing – Still not many, but more than zero. A few HUGE … Continue reading
This blog is in reference to the Day of Diversity symposium. For background, click here. Our day started off with a Keynote address by Dr. Camila Alire of University of New Mexico & Colorado State University. She’s also past ALA President, past ACRL President, & past REFORMA President among many other titles (such as a … Continue reading
Good morning from overcast and “warm” Chicago! Where will I be all day? Talking about the importance of diversity! I was invited to take part as a facilitator in the Association for Library Services to Children’s Day of Diversity: Dialogue and Action in Children’s Literature and Library Programming, an all day symposium focusing on just what … Continue reading
ALA Midwinter 2015 was so fantastic and had so many nuggets of knowledge that I want to remember that I’ve decided to revive the blog for a bit. Many of these posts first appeared on a blog I had to write for work to document my attendance at MW. There may be slight modifications, but … Continue reading
Every Wednesday, from 2-3 was Tween Time and from 3-4 was Tween Wii Wednesday. I planned the majority of the Tween Time activities and my co-worker LT (not LA, it’s all very confusing) handled the Wii situation. For the most part, we worked Tween Time together because by the end of the summer we were … Continue reading
A large part of being a librarian is finding a book that someone read when they were younger, but they don’t remember the title or the author or what it looked like or when it was published, or how old they were when they read it, but they *think* it was about x, y, or … Continue reading
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