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HS librarians, Brandi Hartsell and Katie McNamara share how True Crime programming has generated student excitement for research and critical thinking.

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Brandi Hartsell

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librarianbrandihartsell@gmail.com

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Brandi's Murder in the Library

Knowledge Quest articles

Hall High School Library

Katie McNamara

@katiejmcnamara.bsky.social

Fresno Pacific University

E201 Library Science Students

E292 Oh No, You Didn't…

Demco True Crime Genre Labels

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Vogue: 50 Best True Crime Podcasts (Dec 2024)

303 Anti-Censorship and You Jan 17, 2025

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Kelly Jensen shares her recent article for Book Riot "56 Small Tasks to be Proactive Against Book Censorship in 2025 and Beyond."

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Book Riot article

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13 Must-Hear Librarian Podcasts (Jan 2020!!!)

Brooklyn Public Library's Unbanned Program

Newsletters (Scroll to Literary Activism!!!)

302 AI Scope and Sequence Jan 10, 2025

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K12 school librarians can be leaders in guiding AI programming in our schools thanks to the Scope and Sequence created by Dr. Harris and a team of experts!

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Christopher Harris

chris@playplaylearn.com

Bluesky: @cgharris.bsky.social

AI Scope & Sequence

Keynote: AI for Parents will full presenter notes

E229 ChatGPT

NYT: Can AI be blamed for a Teen's Suicide?

301 LibLearnX with Sam Helmick Jan 03, 2025

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ALA President-Elect Sam Helmick provides a sneak peak into LibLearnX and goals for 2025.

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Denver

Tattered Cover Bookstore

Denver Public Library - Teens

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Sam Helmick

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LibLearnX 2025

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E62 My Newbery Experience with K. C. Boyd

E88 My Caldecott Experience with Tom Bober

300 Manga Goes to School Dec 20, 2024

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Authors and librarians Ashley Hawkins, Emily Ratica, Sara Smith, Julie Stivers and Mouna Toure share their expertise and strategies for building a Manga collection and program to support their entire school community.

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SLJ Summit

Ashley Hawkins (E141 Manga Librarian) LinkTree, Manga Librarian, Article on Banning of Sasaki & Miyano, 「好き」を育てるマンガ術－少女マンガ編集者が答える「伝わる」作品の描き方 (Translation: Manga techniques to foster "affection" - How to draw works that "communicate" with answers from a shoujo manga editor) by Shigeki Suzuki & Morishita suu (This is only available in Japanese at this time, but if you can read it, I highly recommend it!).

Emily Ratica: I have no social media to share. Check out Sara & Ashley's blogs though!

Sara Smith Linktree

(E280 I Survived: Year 1 District Library Coordinator, E200 Got Graphic Novels? Now What? E100 Your Graphic Library)

Julie Stivers Linktree BlueSky Manga in the Middle (manga reviewed with a middle school lens)(E168 Inclusive Libraries E128 Anime Club)

Sybil Mouna Toure BlueSky

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299 SLJ Summit 24 Dec 13, 2024

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Attendees at SLJ's Summit in Raleigh, NC share their ideas and inspirations for school librarians everywhere!

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