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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

For a piece I'm working on reporting, if you're studying library science or are working in a library (especially if you're earlyish in your career), I'd love to speak about what you're hearing & experiencing right now. You can be anonymous. rainesford.alexandra@gmail.com or Signal rstauff.20

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Emily Northcutt, NBCT @emilydnorthcutt.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Serious question - why does apparently every snow storm have a name now? We had one named Blair and evidently one named Cora? I thought only tropical storms and hurricanes got names? @kyweather.bsky.social

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Emily Northcutt, NBCT @emilydnorthcutt.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I frequently use this quote in presentations that I deliver about school libraries and the work school librarians do to support teaching and learning in our buildings.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

An end-of-year win for the freedom to read! A US District Court has declared portions of Arkansas Act 372 unconstitutional, a law that would have subjected librarians and booksellers to potential prosecution and severely limited readers’ access to books. www.ala.org/news/2024/12...

“Together with authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, and readers everywhere, we applaud the Court’s carefully crafted decision upholding the constitutional right to read.”

Joint statement from American Booksellers Association, Association of American Publishers, Authors Guild; Freedom to Read Foundation, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Pearl’s Books, and WordsWorth Books.

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Heather Turner @techielibgrl.com · 30/11/2024

#TLSky best practices :) Welcome on in

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

You're not "late to the party" when you enjoy an old book for the first time. Books don't have an RSVP deadline. The party started long ago, and guests show up when they're meant to.

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Sarah Fleming @sarahfleming815.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

"Writing is a political instrument." - James Baldwin. Ellen Oh reminds us that books are powerful and can save democracy. Say NO to censorship! Thank you Ellen Oh for your advocacy and leadership in this fight - our kids do deserve their happily ever after! @ellenoh.bsky.social #ALAN #NCTE24

Author Ellen Oh stands at the podium and addresses the ALAN breakfast as the keynote speaker.

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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Good news! 💚 💗♫ #Wicked & hundreds of other titles are available as #UniteAgainstBookBans book résumés: free resources that detail a book's significance & educational value & help teachers, librarians, parents & community advocates keep books on library shelves. bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org

A copy of the green and pink 2024 movie tie-in edition of Gregory Maguire's Wicked sits on top of pink fabric with embroidered pink flowers and green leaves. A Unite Against Book Bans bookmark sticks out of the book.

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 10/11/2024

Teacher & librarian friends! I'm working on this year's list of author volunteers who'll be offering Zoom read-alouds for World Read Aloud Day on 2/5/25! It should be ready in a couple of weeks - be sure to follow if you'd like access to the list & please share this post to let your colleagues know!

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Emily Northcutt, NBCT @emilydnorthcutt.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Just gotta say how refreshing it is that during my morning scroll that I found 3 things I wanted to like and share with others instead of 10 things that made me angry and want to burn the world down. This is why I used to like teacher/librarian Twitter.

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a penguin is holding a bowl of pink hearts and blowing them out

ALT: a penguin is holding a bowl of pink hearts and blowing them out

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 17/11/2024

Time for a book giveaway! If you'd like me to mail you an advance copy of my Apr. '25 MG novel in verse THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES, follow & share this post. Bonus entry if you also reply w/ a pic from a recent hike! I'll draw winners on 12/1. About the book: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #edusky

Book cover THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES shows a surly 7th grade boy with a backpack and FDNY baseball hat standing on top of a mountain, looking into the distance. A drooly Bernese Mountain Dog looks up at him adoringly.

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hello friendos It would be terrible if you told people about Books Unbanned, a program to get free library cards into the hands of teens and young adults anywhere in the country so they can access e-copies of frequently banned materials. Freedom to read. They can sign up here: booksunbanned.com

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Books Unbanned

Inspired by the American Library Association's Freedom to Read Statement and the Library Bill of Rights, Brooklyn Public Library founded Books Unbanned in 2022 to support the rights of teens nationwid...

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KY Association of School Librarians @kasl.us · 12/11/2024

Join KASL for "Power Hour: Tech Tools Roundup" featuring Enid Wohlstein from KYVL. Learn about the latest tech tools and resources to enhance your library or classroom, connect with fellow librarians, and share your own favorite tech tool at the end of this informative session.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 14/11/2024

One of fascism's main tactics is to physically and mentally exhaust you. To flood the zone with outrageous bullshit, to make you bite on a dozen pump-fakes — so that when the real shot comes, you're too worn out to react. We need to pace ourselves. It's only been a week. Alert fatigue is dangerous

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 25/08/2024

This is a pinnable post for EduLib feed, which picks up posts tagged w/ #EduSky #UKEd #TeacherSky #Skybrarian #EduPrimary #SchoolLibrarian & related tags. Please: 📌 Save/pin the feed if you're enjoying it 🔄 repost to help spread the word bsky.app/profile/debb... (see my profile tabs for more)

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Emily Northcutt, NBCT @emilydnorthcutt.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Glad to see so many folks I recognize from other places are here! And to say something about my #librarylife - I got to see students in 6 of my school’s 9 grades yesterday! At least things on the work front are trending positive at the moment!

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KY Association of School Librarians @kasl.us · 23/08/2024

Check it out! @themisterlibrary.bsky.social school librarian at J. F. Kennedy Elementary School in Jefferson County, and active KASL/KLA member, was interviewed by Amy Hermon on her School Librarians United podcast. Give it a listen. #KyLChat #tlchat schoollibrariansunited.libsyn.com/285-mister-l...

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School Librarians United with Amy Hermon: 285 Mister Library

Tim Jones shares his award-winning programs and how his passion for school libraries shapes the products offered by Nimco, Inc.  I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for t...

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KY Association of School Librarians @kasl.us · 14/04/2024

Last call for nominations! 🚨 Kentucky school librarians, you have just ONE DAY left to nominate your outstanding colleagues for the KASL awards! 🏆 Don't miss this chance to celebrate the unsung heroes of our profession! 📚💖 Nominate now: www.kasl.us/about/awards

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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 11/11/2023

Use "DEVELOPMENTALLY RELEVANT" rather than "age appropriate" when discussing whether a book should be available to students. Every student has different life experiences, matures at a different rate, has their own informational needs - none of these are bound by age. 1/

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Emily Northcutt, NBCT @emilydnorthcutt.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

#truth I’m on fall break and these book banning fools messing with my library friends do not want to hear what I have to say about their ridiculous antics. I used to think this super cool Nine Inch Nails shirt was funny.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

One father was so infuriated by the shadow banning of books that he sued the school district. "The more they did that, the more I was just like, f**k this. It just pissed me off, so I've spent, like, so much goddamn money trying to beat this." www.salon.com/2023/10/10/m...

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Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back

Republicans hope to use education wars to turn purple suburbia red. In one Pennsylvania district, that backfired

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Emily Northcutt, NBCT @emilydnorthcutt.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Any other librarians put series in order in other libraries when you visit as a patron? Can’t stop-Won’t stop…

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