{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Katie Salo","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/katie-salo\/","title":"Summertime and the Livin' Is...Easy?","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"N1puJNiwB1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/summertime-and-the-livin-is-easy\/\">Summertime and the Livin&#8217; Is&#8230;Easy?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/summertime-and-the-livin-is-easy\/embed\/#?secret=N1puJNiwB1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Summertime and the Livin&#8217; Is&#8230;Easy?&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"N1puJNiwB1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"(I couldn&#8217;t resist a good musical reference in the title. And I&#8217;m not the only one!) Youth librarians, you know what I&#8217;m talking about! For the rest of the world, summer is this blissful time to slow down. It&#8217;s the time to take vacation and enjoy summers off of school with the kids. If it&#8217;s too hot, it&#8217;s the perfect time to stay home or hit the pool\/beach. Days of ice cream trucks and cut-off shorts and sprinkles and freshly mowed grass&#8230; In the library, it&#8217;s anything but easy. We&#8217;re wrangling teen volunteers and making sure that the programming room hasn&#8217;t hit room capacity and handing out band-aids and reuniting lost children\/parents. The library&#8217;s air conditioner and the number of bodies in the department are constantly battling one another. You don&#8217;t know if two sweaters or a tank top are going to be your best bet for dressing comfortably. Is...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/desktopinspiration-300x295.jpg"}