School Librarians United with Amy Hermon

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257 Building a Brand Jan 26, 2024

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Authors Susan Ballard and Sara Kelly Johns share strategies for building a brand for the librarian and library spaces in their book: Elevating the School Library.

I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.

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THAT Librarian apparel and flair!

Pre-order signed copy of Amanda Jones' book "That Librarian"

Book: Elevating the School Library

Sara Kelly Johns

skjohns@gmail.com

IG @sarakellyjohns

Threads @skjohns

Susan Ballard

X @nholb

sdballard@comcast.net

NYLA/SSL Leadership Institute

256 AASL's Chapter of the Year: MASL Jan 19, 2024

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Melissa Corey, Jenn Baldwin, Tom Bober and Matt King share their strategy for submitting a successful application.

I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.

Literati Book Fairs: Speak with the Literati team today and mention the code UNITED to see if you qualify for a $500 Titlewave gift card once you complete your first Literati Book Fair.

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Pre-order signed copy of Amanda Jones' book "That Librarian" (Aug 27)

Jenn Baldwin

X @jbaldwin_books

Tom Bober

@ CaptainLibrary

Insta, BlueSky, X (Twitter), TikTok

Primary Source Podcast

E85: Library of Congress: Resources for ALL

E88: My Caldecott Experience

Melissa Corey

X/Twitter/IG @melissacorey

Matt King @kingoflibrary

AASL's Chapter of the Year Press Release

AASL's Chapter of the Year criteria & application process

MASL

E243 Emerging Leaders (ALL MASL members!)

The Dogwood Committee

Diversity Book Club

255 Visual Book Lists Jan 12, 2024

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Melissa Corey shares the MANY free resources she has created to promote a reading culture in her school.

I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.

Literati Book Fairs: Speak with the Literati team today and mention the code UNITED to see if you qualify for a $500 Titlewave gift card once you complete your first Literati Book Fair.

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Melissa Cory

Melissa Corey's Linktree

I Love My Librarian article

ALA press release: I Love My Librarian

Visual Book Lists (31 of them!)

Maura Madigan: Building Better Book Fairs

Librarian Bookends Book Lists (22 of them!)

Amanda Hunt, TheNextGenLibrarian resources

Amy's Book Lists (GoogleSlides force copy)

Amy's video

254 Librarian Cohort: TALL Texans Jan 05, 2024

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Library Leaders Karina Quilantan-Garza, Morgan Green-Griffin and Amanda Hunt share their advice, perspectives and resources as TALL Texans.

I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.

Literati Book Fairs: Speak with the Literati team today and mention the code UNITED to see if you qualify for a $500 Titlewave gift card once you complete your first Literati Book Fair.

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Round 1: Can I Just Vent?!?!?

Round 2: Can I Just Vent?!?!?

Round 3: Can I Just Vent?!?!?

Episode: TALL Texans and What It Can Do For You

E225 Caution: Content Warnings

E191 Bilingual Librarians

Tall Texans 2023 Notes

TLA Maverick List

Amanda Hunt: @thenextgenlibrarian

Karina Quilantan: @cuethelibrarian

Morgan Green-Griffin: @_morgueann

253 Quiet Advocacy Dec 15, 2023

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Ashley Cooksey shares strategies for advocacy for school librarians and libraries every day.

I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.

Literati Book Fairs: Speak with the Literati team today and mention the code UNITED to see if you qualify for a $500 Titlewave gift card once you complete your first Literati Book Fair.

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E189 National Board Certified Librarian

Ashley Cooksey

X: @AshleyCooksey2

Website

ATU - College of Education & Health; Department of Teaching & Educational Leadership

ATU: Library Media Specialist program

ALA study

AASL Evaluation Checklist

Arkansas Library Media Specialist Rubric

Jennifer LaGarde Annual Reports

James Allen's Looker Studio Infographic tutorial

E199 Champion Defender: Martha Hickson

E76 #GoodTrouble and Advocacy with K.C. Boyd

Patches on Amy's advocacy jacket

252 Black Girl Magic Dec 08, 2023

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Lynair Miller and Lauren Mobley share their AASL23 Poster and ALL their resources to build Black Girl Magic in our collections.

I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.

Literati Book Fairs: Speak with the Literati team today and mention the code UNITED to see if you qualify for a $500 Titlewave gift card once you complete your first Literati Book Fair.

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Lauren Mobley

X/Twitter and IG @mobleyinthemix

IG @ncms.mediacenter

TikTok @ncms_mediacenter

Website

Lynair Miller

X/Twitter: @LynairMiller

E179 Tales from a 1st Year Librarian

E173 Reviving Our Libraries (with Wendy Cope)

E34 EXTREME Weeding

BGM Posters

BGM Book Covers

251 Respecting Our Littles Dec 01, 2023

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Amanda McCoy shares strategies and solutions for customizing our library spaces, programs and procedures for our youngest patrons.

I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.

Literati Book Fairs: Speak with the Literati team today and mention the code UNITED to see if you qualify for a $500 Titlewave gift card once you complete your first Literati Book Fair.

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Amanda McCoy

X/Twitter: @illinimccoy

Website

YouTube: Ahoy, Mrs. McCoy!

E175 Storytime Strategies

AASL23: Don't Forget the Littles

250 Helping Students Belong Nov 17, 2023

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Rachel Grover and Stacy Gilbert share their perspectives and strategies for helping students find their place in the library.

I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.

Literati Book Fairs: Speak with the Literati team today and mention the code UNITED to see if you qualify for a $500 Titlewave gift card once you complete your first Literati Book Fair.

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Rachel

@rgrov1013: Twitter, Threads, Blue Sky

IG @rrmslibrary

School website

Stacy

@ MamaGilbsLib (Twitter, Instagram, Threads)

@ MamaGilbs (BlueSky)

@ HayfieldLibrary (Twitter, Instagram)

Virginia Association of School Librarians

AASL23: Finding Their Place, pt. 1 (Tune in Winter 2024 for pt. 2!)

AASL Spring 2020 Branching Out

E186 Teaming Up with Athletes

E61 Let's End Literacy Shaming

E183 Makerspace and Library Space

E184 Lunch in the Library

E169 Passive Programming

Vox: Barbieheimer

Putting Students First Playlist

249 Pleasure Reading Research Nov 10, 2023

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Dr. J Henning shares the research findings as part of a collaboration with Dr. S. Crow on what motivates HS readers and those implications for school librarians.

I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.

Literati Book Fairs: Speak with the Literati team today and mention the code UNITED to see if you qualify for a $500 Titlewave gift card once you complete your first Literati Book Fair.

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IASL Presentation (See slide 24 for contact info)

2018 Teacher Librarian Article: Proactive Advocacy

University of Nebraska - Kearney

AASL's Online Survey (Open Nov 6-20)

248 Book Launch Party Nov 03, 2023

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Natalie Daily shares her resources and strategies for throwing a successful book launch party in her library.

I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.

Literati Book Fairs: Speak with the Literati team today and mention the code UNITED to see if you qualify for a $500 Titlewave gift card once you complete your first Literati Book Fair.

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Twitter: @mrsdailymlis

IG: @mrsdailymlis

E196 Community Connections

@octaviaebutlerlibrary

Library website