School Librarians United with Amy Hermon

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6 Classroom Libraries...Rivals or Partners??? Oct 08, 2018

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Join me as I delve into the divisive issue of classroom libraries and our role in supporting them as school librarians. Challenge the recommendations for teachers in creating a library of their own. Recognize the struggle for school funding and how librarians and teachers can team up to support our shared goal of growing readers.

Colby Sharp's classroom tour

NTCE's Statement on classroom libraries

Scholastic's The 11 Essentials for an Effective classroom library

Love them or hate them

Pernille Ripps' Questions to Assess our Classroom Library Before Back-to-School

Jim Bailey's A classroom library: If you build it, they will read

5 Book Snob: Guilty as charged Oct 02, 2018

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Join me as I wrestle with the contentious topic of book snobbery in the library. Aren't we trained to be selective and judicious in how we spend our limited funding? On the other hand, we are responsible for servicing all our students' reading interests - not just the ones we deem worthy. And why all our collections should have a dessert section for our students.

How to weed by the numbers

Book Warden slide on Twitter

Books Between Podcast with Corrina Allen

The Nutritional Value of Dessert Books

4 Book Warden - Truth Hurts Sep 24, 2018

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Join me as I delve into the thorny topic of the role school librarians play as "Book Wardens" with our checkout policies and students' book choices. Can our decisions be justified and are our interactions with students reasonable when it comes to book choices?

Bookriot.com "Librarians must weed their book collection" by Sarah Ullery

Bookriot.com "The House with a Clock in its Walls: Read it, then watch it" by Sarah Ullery

Book Warden slide on Twitter

From Striving to Thriving: How to Grow Capable, Confident Readers By Annie Ward and Stephanie Harvey

Books Between Podcast hosted by Corrina Allen

3 Purchasing: Who doesn't like to spend someone else's money? Sep 10, 2018

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Join me as I tackle the issue of purchasing materials for your collection. Avoid the pitfalls and consider how we prioritize how we spend our limited funds. I also share where I get my ideas for which titles to purchase.

2 Discards: Yet Another Dirty Secret Librarians Keep Sep 03, 2018

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Join me as I tackle the challenges of discarding books from your library collection. I'll share lots of strategies for repurposing discards as well as the mistakes I've learned over the years. Discarding is necessary but it doesn't have to always be unpleasant!

Hot chocolate damage

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1 Weeding: The Librarian's dirty little secret Aug 27, 2018

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Join me as I tackle the challenges of weeding a school library collection.

CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries