May 2013
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May 21st
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“Is a passionate tap enthusiast. Once danced with Mandy Patinkin.” and other fun facts about Judy Blume compiled by Vulture.
May 21st
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John Green's tumblr: The Commencement Address →
fishingboatproceeds: Some people have asked to read the commencement address I delivered this morning to the 2013 graduates of Butler University. So here it is. My own commencement speaker, who shall remain nameless, began with a lame joke about how these speeches only come in two varieties: Short and bad. This…
May 18th
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19 Wonderful Vintage School Library Posters →
fggtlibrarian: These imaginative posters from the 1960s encouraged kids to (gasp!) explore the library. Love ‘em, I just love ‘em all.
May 17th
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Pssst
libraryjournal: I’ve been working hard to get a Tumblr / LJ party together for ALA. Still figuring out the final details, but pencil in Saturday, June 29 at 7pm. This will be our moment of glory.
May 17th
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“I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.”
– Gary Paulsen (via chelseyphilpot)
May 17th
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May 16th
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“Toxic stress is the heavy hand of early poverty, scripting a child’s life not in...”
– Poverty as a Childhood Disease, by Perri Klass. As we saw at this year’s schoollibraryjournal Public Library Leadership Think Tank, school and public libraries have a very strong role to play in mitigating the effects of poverty, for both children and their caregivers.  (via librarylinknj) True....
May 16th
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So why Tiger Eyes? You know, of all the Judy Blume books in this great, big, wonderful world, how did this become “the one”? Judy BLume: [Larry and I had] talked about doing Tiger Eyes for years if only we could find funding to do it, because it’s the most cinematic of my books. I mean, maybe Summer Sisters (Delacorte, 1998). But Tiger Eyes has that sense of place that’s so important. When you...
May 16th
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“The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have...”
– T.S. Eliot (via yourathenaeum)
May 15th
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“‘That proves you are unusual,’ returned the Scarecrow; ‘and I am convinced that...”
– L. Frank Baum (via chelseyphilpot)
May 15th
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“At this year’s TEDxAustin—an annual event that brings together leaders in...”
– Carolyn Foote, “What Are You Afraid Of? We Can’t Afford to Hesitate | Project Advocacy”
May 14th
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“I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.”
– Eoin Colfer, The Eternity Code
May 14th
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John Green Defends 'The Fault in Our Stars' Leads.... →
“There seems to be some concern that Ansel and Shailene are playing siblings in a different movie. I guess I can understand that, but they’re actors. They can play different roles. They’ll look different and act different and be different. I mean, no one watched Silver Linings Playbook and thought, ‘When did Katniss move to the suburbs of Philadelphia?’”—John Green
May 13th
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May 13th
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Mother-Child Relationships in Young Adult... →
May 12th
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Which Shakespeare Character are You? | Quiz |... →
Friday Funtastic! Answer all 7 questions to find out which Shakespeare character has a lot in common with you.
May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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Why K-5 teacher-librarian John Schu (aka Mr. Schu) loves his library job.
May 10th
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“Social media is not going away. As new platforms emerge, libraries will need to...”
– Social Media: Libraries Are Posting, but Is Anyone Listening? This is about Facebook but its still very good. (via libraryjournal)
May 9th
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May 9th
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Love My Library Job
allthingslibrary: Because… Yesterday I got to make Mother’s Day flowers out of tissue paper with my afterschool kids—and even the boys were really into it. Two words—Net Galley. Little kid hugs for no reason. Hearing, “I told you librarians know everything.”   Conferences. Librarians know how to party. 
May 9th
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May 8th
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“Maybe this idea that there are ‘girl books’ and ‘boy...”
– Maureen Johnson, “The Gender Coverup”
May 8th
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YA author Maureen Johnson challenged her Twitter followers “to take a well-known book, then to imagine the author of that book was of the opposite gender, or was genderqueer, and imagine what that cover might look like.” Check out the images on Huffington Post.
May 8th
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May 8th
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Love my library job...
thecardiganlibrarian: because I get to order YA books and get it into the hands of teen readers because the programs I plan involve such disparate elements as collage and laser guns because not only does my baby son get to visit me at work, he can check out the newest picture books at the same time because I don’t pay library late fees because public librarianship, for me, offers just the...
May 8th
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“Critics of the report, such as Jeri Hurd, a high school library media specialist...”
– Librarians Take Aim at Pew Study on Parents and Libraries | The Digital Shift (via libraryjournal)
May 7th
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