Category: weeding

• The Whole Library Approach

  When I was still a preschool teacher, we talked a lot about the whole child approach, which, essentially, meant you took a whole child into consideration when you are teaching him or her. When we deal with children we teach, we can’t just have Susie the student. We also have Susie the daughter, the artist,…

  Miss Julie

  February 25, 2012

  be the best you can be, ethics, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, libraries…of the PAST!, library school vs. real libraries, library spaces, library workers, OPINIONS!, participation, personal experience, professional development, reference, weeding

  adult reference, child approach, librarian

• top 11 posts of 2011

  When I first started this blog, I had no grand aspirations. I am passionate about the library field, child development, and children’s literature, and I wanted to have a place to express my thoughts, and I hoped that I would garner at least a dedicated, engaged readership. Fairly early on, I experienced the Elizabeth Bird…

  Miss Julie

  December 31, 2011

  authors, awesomeness, babies, backlistbeauties, be the best you can be, bibliotherapy, books, early childhood, early literacy, ethics, kidlit, kids, largely unsubstantiated, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, library school vs. real libraries, literacy, marketing, OPINIONS!, participation, personal experience, picture books, politics, preschool, professional development, programming, reading, reading programs, reviews, storytime, summer reading, teens, toddlers, weeding

• librarian, weed thyself.

  So the most recent Andy Poll was about weeding the library profession: http://twitter.com/#!/wawoodworth/status/129942473882611713 Most people are replying with attributes (View the story “Weed the librarian” on Storify) rather than a set of criteria, which I don’t think is really answering the question. How do you weed librarians out of the profession? Don’t reinvent the wheel–just…

  Miss Julie

  October 28, 2011

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, libraries…of the PAST!, library workers, OPINIONS!, personal experience, professional development, weeding, weirdnesss for the sake of weirdness

• adventures in weeding

  I have the sense of humor of a twelve year old boy. Farts, poop, burps–anything gross and juvenile will set me off. Any time I see a Ford commercial, as soon as they mention “super-duty” I am snickering. Recently in my library adventures I came across discovered a book with the phrase “three magic balls”…

  Miss Julie

  April 19, 2010

  picture books, weeding, weirdnesss for the sake of weirdness

• congratulations on you’re weeding.

  I am in the middle of weeding the picture book collection. I think that calls for a cake, don’t you? I snagged this from Cake Wrecks. I hope they don’t mind.

  Miss Julie

  February 16, 2010

  cake, picture books, weeding, weirdnesss for the sake of weirdness