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ALSC Board Member Profile

Meet Your ALSC Board: Allison Knight

September 6, 2023August 14, 2023| Mary Voors|Leave a comment

Monthly, we will profile current ALSC Board members. We hope to offer information about the people who work to guide the organization so that you can feel more comfortable in reaching out to them with your concerns, questions, or comments. This month, we invite you to meet ALSC Board member, Allison Knight.

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    Put on your witch hat, carve some pumpkins, and get ready for Halloween! Every Halloween, I put on a special Halloween storytime for my youngest patrons to get them excited for the spookiest season of the year. Here are some books that I think will get your youngest patrons in the Halloween spirit! Meowl-o-ween by […]
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  • From Frustrated to Delighted: Analog and STEM programming September 30, 2023
    In 2015, I was working as a Children’s Librarian at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). I had to produce and present a summer reading program with iPads for school age kids. This was part of a pilot program that summer to introduce children, especially inner city children, to iPads as a way to decrease […]
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  • Program Documentation: Pro Tips September 29, 2023
    The perfect program. It’s an elusive library goal. Sometimes we get pretty darn close. But time, turnover, and transitions often mean losing details for those wonderful programs. How can we save and share our wins? Using our Family Place initiatives, I’m going to share the program documentation decisions that built our success. Why Family Place? […]
    Jaime Eastman
  • Civic Engagement as Everyday Advocacy September 28, 2023
    One librarian finds fruitful partnerships with a state agency focused on creating supportive communities for families and children. The post Civic Engagement as Everyday Advocacy appeared first on ALSC Blog.
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  • Reading More Children’s Books September 26, 2023
    So many books, so little time! As a youth librarian doing tons of reader advisory, I want to read more of the books in our collection. Librarians know what is popular with kids, but avid readers have already read all of those. I want to be able to recommend books to everyone who comes in […]
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