Tag: research

• speak

  I think my “ego” post actually contained within it several separate issues, all of which deserve their own careful looking over. Let’s do that, shall we? first: speaking and keynotes. I’ve been to several events where, as one commenter noted, the keynote speaker is someone famous who has just written a (usually awful) children’s book […]

  Miss Julie

  January 18, 2013

  be the best you can be, conferences, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, marketing, OPINIONS!, participation, personal experience, politics, professional development, programming, publishing

  advocacy, community, librarian, libraries, outreach, research, youth services

• ego, thy name is librarianship

  Anyone who knows me will tell you that I have a bit of an attention problem. No, not attention deficit– I have a need to be, if not the center of attention, at least left of center. Even though I am an introvert at heart who needs significant alone time to recharge and prepare, I […]

  Miss Julie

  January 13, 2013

  awards, awesomeness, be the best you can be, books, conferences, early literacy, ethics, kidlit, largely unsubstantiated, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, libraries…of the PAST!, library school vs. real libraries, library workers, marketing, OPINIONS!, participation, personal experience, professional development, reading, reading programs, stories, storytime, technology

  advocacy, books, community, librarian, libraries, literature, outreach, research, technology

• Read, Eat, and Be Snobby

  I have a post up at the BEA Librarian blog all about summer reading, literacy, and snobbery. Go read it!

  Miss Julie

  May 25, 2012

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, OPINIONS!

  books, literature, research, science