Category Archives: YouTube

A Radio Show? Sure!

Among the many things on the list of “things that I did not learn in library school” is “Produce/create/or anything to do with a radio show”. I don’t know the first thing about radio, but when a streaming Internet radio … Continue reading

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LSSPCC Update

For the last four years I have had the honor to serve on the Library Service to Special Population Children and Their Caregivers Committee (LSSPCC). Each year we award the ALSC/Candlewick Press “Light the Way” Grant. Through the years I … Continue reading

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Book to Film (Soon): Beautiful Creatures

Although I am a children’s librarian, I have a deep and abiding love for YA literature, as I’m sure most of us do. Some of our mature readers in the Children’s Library have already read their way through many a … Continue reading

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#ALSC12 Shake Shimmy and Dace: Using Music with Preschoolers

Kate Schiavi of Louiseville Free Public LIbrary packed so much great info (and so much fun!) into this program! We learned a bit about music theory and “musicality” development in early childhood, the link between music and literacy, and how … Continue reading

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Procrastination suits you well!

There’s still time to enter the ALSC/YALSA video contest! The deadline is midnight on Monday, April 30th for the first ever ALSC/YALSA video contest. Time is running out, but for a librarian like you it’s no problem to create a … Continue reading

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Celebrating National Library Week

How did you celebrate National Library Week at your Library? Did you offer a special storytime celebrating books and reading? Did you offer a photo opp with a special library prop or puppet? Did you have a fun library-related trivia … Continue reading

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April is almost here and the clock is ticking!

This is your final month to enter the ALSC/YALSA video contest. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!  First make a short video showcasing the digital lives of tweens and young teens at your library.  Next, upload the video to … Continue reading

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Fight the winter doldrums and get creative today! The ALSC/YALSA video contest

March comes in like a lion, so get your pride on by entering the first ever ALSC/YALSA video contest.  Simply show us what’s happening at your library with tweens/young teens and technology in a short video.   Show us what … Continue reading

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