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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Proud and honored to serve as the Opening Speaker for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE)! 📚✨ Excited to connect, inspire, and celebrate the power of school libraries! #AISLEd26 #KC_SaidIt

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Marya Yates Library is officially on Instagram! 🎉📱 Follow along and get a peek inside our library to see our Knights READING, LEARNING, CREATING, EXPLORING, and having FUN! 📖✨ 💚 FOLLOW our page 💛 LIKE our posts 📚 SHARE the library love! Because #MYKnightsREAD 🏰📚

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Proud to serve as the 2027 Keynote Speaker for the @4csla.bsky.social California School Library Association. #KC_SaidIt

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So proud to be a presenter for this very important Master Class! Registration link is below.⤵️⤵️⤵️ We’re celebrating Library Journal’s 150th anniversary with a FREE masterclass! 🎉 This is one of five one-hour conversations that will be a part of the masterclass. 📚Register here: hubs.la/Q04v_-Zq0

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My new school library IG page IG www.instagram.com/maryayatesli...

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It was a GREAT week with the littles! #KC_SaidIt

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My new Instagram Library Page www.instagram.com/maryayatesli... #KC_SaidIt

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The @demconvention.bsky.social Planner Arrived just in time! Thank you @lieberrian.bsky.social for creating a wonderful resource and support for school librarians. #KC_SaidIt

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Join @everylibrary on Tuesday, August 25th from 2:00 - 3:00 PM EST as John Chrastka will guide us through ways your library can refine, rework, or even rewrite its marketing plan and advocacy approach. Learn more and register here: zurl.co/HiJMS

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

My students are silent coming into the library. Once they are inside, collaboration, discussions and the healthy volume begins! #SchoolLibrarian

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My New Chapter! Follow me this year as I move back to the mid-west, work in a K-5 school and implement a district STEAM and Makerspace program.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A new federal book banning bill has been introduced in the Senate. And we can't stay silent when the right to read is under threat. Join library advocates by telling your Senators to say no to book bans and reject S4925: action.ala.org/campaign/S4925/

Show up for our libraries. ALA 150, American Library Association.

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ALA Public Policy & Advocacy @librarypolicy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The FCC's new proposals could gut the #ERate program, an critical support for broadband in libraries and schools in every state and territory. We can't stay silent in this face of these proposals. Use your voice and take action. Tell Congress to #SaveOurERate: action.ala.org/campaign/saveourerate/

Show up for E-Rate. ALA American Library Association

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

EL James of “50 Shades of Grey,” fame has a new Young Adult paranormal romance book coming out in October. #newbooks Request an excerpt here: us13.list-manage.com/survey?u=310...

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Penguin School & Library @penguinschoollib.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Happy Reading! Can't wait to hear what you think!

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Do you want to lose your freedom to choose books for you and your family? Send a email to your Congressional Representatives to help fight S4925 and HR7661. action.everylibrary.org/nationalaccess

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EMAIL YOUR REPS: Don't Ban Books in the United States

Federal censorship measures like S4925 and HR7661will put the Federal Government in charge of the books available to you and your children.

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🔸Register: lnkd.in/gasixUp9 🔆In this practical & uplifting masterclass, we’ll explore what leading happiness researchers have discovered about well-being and how librarians can intentionally cultivate small moments that support resilience, meaning, & fulfillment—both professionally and personally.

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Trump’s trying to gut funding for libraries: join me to fight back with ALA. His executive order to dismantle the only federal agency dedicated to library funding would be deeply harmful. We need to act NOW. Call Congress & urge them to protect library funding 👉 bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

#ALAAC26 Time to celebrate in my hometown of Chicago!

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration (graphic novel) by Frank Abe - recommended book by Rachel Maddow #ALAAC26

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“If you don’t have access to the truth and the real world in real time, you cannot make rational democratic decisions in our society.” - Rachel Maddow #ALAAC26

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This is so DOPE! #MetGala looks paired with novels. www.threads.com/@vanessarile...

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

A video that’s 💯 accurate and makes me laugh on day high threshold pain days.

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I love my cat Sugah, lately she’s gotten in the middle of my DIY time.😳

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

• Require public libraries and school libraries to maintain a diverse collection of books; • Classify discriminatory book bans as violations of federal civil rights laws; and • Direct the Government Accountability Office to report on the effect of book bans on underrepresented communities.

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

📚🔆 PLEASE SHARE ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES - 📚The Books Save Lives Act would counteract the rise in book bans and help ensure an inclusive learning environment for all students. Specifically, the legislation would: • Ensure primary and secondary schools have a library with a trained librarian;

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I’m just going to leave this here. #Quotes

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

In 1969, Carrie Coleman Robinson, a Black school librarian in Alabama, brought a landmark case to the U.S. District Court against the state's Department of Education—one that reveals much about the Jim Crow South and librarianship in the civil rights era. #ALA150 Read more: bit.ly/4tPI0db

Black and white photo of Carrie Robinson, a Black woman wearing a scarf and glasses. Text reads "Hidden Figures of ALA: Carrie Robinson". ALA150 American Library Association

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

April is National #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth! Here are 25 books written by Arab and Arab American authors to add to your TBR! Most are recent releases, but there are also some backlist gems to enjoy 📖💛

Dark blue graphic with a gold patterned arch outlined in blue and gold at the top. The graphic is titled “Twenty-Five Books by Arab and Arab American Authors” followed by an illustration of a blue, sparkling book with its pages splayed open.

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Join us for a conversation about how libraries influence what gets published, promoted, and shelved, and what it means to move beyond passive inclusion. Register: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

#EMIERT_Leads 🔆Who defines the market? Perspectives and ideas on how librarians, authors, and nontraditional publishers can advocate for Muslim and marginalized voices in publishing. Register: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Please sign this Every Library petition against the proposed FEDERAL book banning legislation. It advanced beyond committee and will be voted on when they return from recess. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661

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PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading

Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

A2- Chicago Public Schools must commit to 1 full-time certified librarian per school (not shared between schools) AND commit to funding every library with curriculum and age appropriate books over the next five years. It can be done, and it must. Chicago’s kids deserve it. #KC_SaidIt

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

A1- I lived through this mess that former skank Mayor Rahm Emmanuel created. I was ridiculed for having three masters degrees and labeled, “too expensive for the school budget.” I later survived by taking an administration position for libraries in downstate Illinois. ➡️

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Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Happy Resurrection Day!✝️

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