{"id":19561,"date":"2018-10-30T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T04:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=19561"},"modified":"2025-05-14T15:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:48:19","slug":"childrens-librarians-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/childrens-librarians-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Librarians are Experts&#8230; Call for Guest Bloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been reading the ALSC Blog this month, you have most likely seen many posts from our ALSC committees with variations on the theme &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/category\/childrens-librarians-are-experts\/\">Children&#8217;s Librarians are Experts in&#8230; <\/a>&#8221; \u00a0Focusing on ALSC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/edcareeers\/alsccorecomps\">Competencies for Librarians Serving Children in Public Libraries<\/a>, we hope to feature guest posts in December from active children&#8217;s librarians about how <strong>they<\/strong> demonstrate their children&#8217;s librarian expertise.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in writing a post about your EXPERT children&#8217;s librarians skills? Contact Mary Voors, the ALSC Blog manager, at <a href=\"mailto:alscblog@gmail.com\">alscblog@gmail.com<\/a>; I&#8217;ll give you all the details you need to contribute to the Blog and share your expertise.<\/p>\n<p>Want some inspiration for your post? 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