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The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Texas librarian, Rosario Ozuna. She just completed 2 years at a middle school library in Rio Grande City ISD. Click here to listen to her interview now.
Show notes: https://www.laurasheneman.com/post/use-youtube-to-advocate-for-your-library-with-rosario-ozuna
The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Texas librarian, Narda Lugo. She has worked in an elementary library in Pharr - San Juan - Alamo ISD for the past 5 years and is preparing to switch to a middle school library.
The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Texas librarian, Heather Lamb. She has worked in an elementary and middle school library previously and now works in a high school library in Castleberry ISD.
The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Pennsylvania elementary librarian, Jennifer Roth. She is very involved in the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association. Her goal is to make the library to be more than just storytime and book checkout.
Shownotes: https://www.laurasheneman.com/post/reading-is-a-part-of-everything-with-jennifer-roth
The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Nora Galvan. She worked in both elementary and high school libraries and is now the Library Director at Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD in south Texas. She also pursued her administrator certification in order to work at the director level in her district.
Shownotes: https://www.laurasheneman.com/post/demonstrate-your-professionalism-with-nora-galvan
The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Karey Killian, a library media specialist in rural Pennsylvania. She supports 900 students at two elementary schools. She loves seeing the joy on their faces when they make new discoveries!
Shownotes: https://www.laurasheneman.com/post/have-fun-learning-with-karey-killian
The Librarian Influencer of the Week Christopher Bell is an international school librarian in Tokyo, Japan. He's worked in a Colorado school libraries and international school libraries in Qatar, Thailand, and Japan. Christopher provides an overview of the placement process for anyone who is interested in learning more about working in international schools.
Shownotes: https://www.laurasheneman.com/post/international-ed-tech-guy-christopher-bell
The Librarian Influencer of the Week Lisa Von Drasek is the curator of the Children's Literature Research Collections, an internationally recognized resource in the field of children's literature, at the University of Minnesota. Here is a link to the current digital resources on exhibit.
Shownotes: https://www.laurasheneman.com/post/the-reading-writing-connection-in-libraries-with-lisa-von-drasek
The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Amy Andrews, a school librarian in New York.
Shownotes: https://www.laurasheneman.com/post/transitioning-to-a-flexible-schedule-with-amy-andrews
The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Allison Mackley, a school librarian in Pennsylvania who is three months from wrapping up her term as the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association's immediate past president and an American Association of School Librarians (AASL) board director. She serves in numerous positions in her state and national library associations. Allison was named the 2019 AASL Social Media Superstar: Leadership Luminary.
Shownotes: https://www.laurasheneman.com/post/present-your-authentic-imperfect-self-with-allison-mackley
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