Tag: libraries

• Eat or Be Eaten: A Disturbing Storytime for the Older Child

  I’m reading aloud to a group of fifth graders soon, and I knew I wanted to start off with one of my sure fire hits, Gobble Gobble Slip Slop by Meilo So. I’ve read this book with all ages and the repetition, gross out factor, and beautiful illustrations win everyone over. The fat, greedy cat…

  Miss Julie

  September 27, 2012

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, books, folk & fairy tales, kidlit, kids, outreach, picture books, programming, reading, schools, storytime, weirdnesss for the sake of weirdness

  books, dietary choices, eating, fantasy creatures, librarian, libraries, literature, outreach

• September, I remember

  September, how did you get here so fast? Oh, yeah, summer reading (Ingrid breaks it down for you, animated gifs and all). And, oh, yeah, I have a new job (which makes another Ingrid link relevant). I’m going from being a storytime all the time librarian to a school services coordinator librarian. It’s been hard…

  Miss Julie

  September 7, 2012

  be the best you can be, early childhood, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, outreach, personal experience, professional development, programming, reading programs, storytime, summer reading

  advocacy, books, community, librarian, libraries, outreach

• Do I contradict myself?

  In my dreams of big tent librarianship, I envision a field where librarians of all types are exchanging ideas on common themes and issues facing their libraries. I see an active interest in seeking out sessions at conferences and workshops that glimpse the lives of other professional specialties. I imagine a profession where organizations, divisions,…

  Miss Julie

  June 30, 2012

  be the best you can be, conferences, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, library school vs. real libraries, marketing, OPINIONS!, outreach, participation, personal experience, professional development, publishing

  advocacy, community, librarian, libraries, outreach

• The Cockroach Approach: Doughnuts, an interlude

  I posted this quote by John Green on my facebook timeline the other day: “Adult librarians are like lazy bakers: their patrons want a jelly doughnut, so they give them a jelly doughnut. Children’s librarians are ambitious bakers: ‘You like the jelly doughnut? I’ll get you a jelly doughnut. But you should try my cruller,…

  Miss Julie

  June 21, 2012

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, largely unsubstantiated, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, libraries…of the PAST!, library workers, marketing, OPINIONS!, participation, personal experience, professional development, programming

  adult reference, advocacy, authors, controversey, food, librarian, libraries, literature, outreach

• The Cockroach Approach: Outreach

  Part One of a four part series. Read the introduction here. Children’s librarians have cornered the market on outreach. We go out to schools, preschools, daycares and present book talks, storytimes and other programs that promote our services, materials and meet a developmental need for our users. Some librarians go even further and perform at…

  Miss Julie

  June 8, 2012

  awesomeness, babies, 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, marketing, OPINIONS!, outreach, participation, personal experience, professional development, schools

  advocacy, books, community, librarian, libraries, literacy, literature, oak park public library, outreach, outreach librarian