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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 14/08/2026

Can’t leave this gem out 😂

James Allen @tljamesa.com · 27/06/2026

Slightly grumpy I’m not at #alaac26 instead playing with the apps… Procreate, AmberDraw, King of FM, and Premiere(iOS) Read what you want. #ReadWhatYouWant

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 22/06/2026

Summer reminder: Read what you want. #StressDoodle #StressDoodling #ReadWhatYouWant (doodled in Procreate) #libraries

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 24/05/2026

Sad to wake up to school librarian sharing ai slop fake stories. I don't blame them. I blame social media, monetization of clicks and likes. Preying on people's emotions and empathy. Generative ai, thanks for being so awesome. #schoollibrary (real doodle, with my grandmother's fountain pen)

doodle on white paper, blue and gold fountain pen laying on top

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 14/05/2026

Have read reports that this company is harassing school librarians. Going around librarians to principals. High pressure sales calls. Spoiler alert: they seek $$$, not support of librarians. Beware the ai grifters. www.librarlabs.com/en/about #tlsky #edusky #schoollibrary #librarians

ai for librarians ad Librar makes it easier to set up and manage a school library even before you find a librarian

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 30/04/2026

This is not the only method, but this is what I was able to get to work for my site. www.lyricalhost.com/blog/how-to-...

screenshot of Wordpress settings page of Yoast

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 16/04/2026

Beware the ai grifters... Ai is not the answer for everything. Read all the terms or lack of. Trust in your own knowledge and skills #tlsky #tlchat #schoollibrary #librarians

Ai for librarians makes it easier to set up and manage a school Library even before you find a librarian

Data we collect: contact details you share name email phone, school, class, and library information, usage data logins searches borrowing history technical data up device browser

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 31/03/2026

Happy almost April. School Library Month! 🎉 Was working on this Adobe Express template for @kasl.us and decided to make one without the branding. If you are, were, or want to be.. a school librarian, thank you for everything you do! readwhatyouwant.com/april #TLsky #SchoolLibrary #SchoolLibrarian

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 31/03/2026

Positive post alert. Won’t be on the news, but my oldest taught his first grade buddy to tie his shoes. 💙

Little kid tying shoe of older kid. Sitting on world map carpet.

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 29/03/2026

If you see this post a concert photo you took

Concert photo of nickel creek, multicolored spotlights

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 28/03/2026

Working on digitizing some older journals from @joinkla.bsky.social. Fascinating looking through this conference program. #TLsky #KentuckyLibraries

Cover of 1986 KLA conference. Beyond 1986 meet the challenge

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 28/03/2026

Sometimes I wish I could follow the algorithm backwards to see why I'm shown what I'm shown. Target out here pushing the vintage tech.

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 26/03/2026

Not everything is awful. Fun day of helping with a Battle of the Books tournament. 9 schools coming together to celebrate reading! Their families coming out to support them. Love this shirt, too! #tlsky #KentuckyLibraries #KyLChat

person in a shirt that reads "HAHA! Made you read, battle of the books 2026"

Person at a podium in a room full of people.

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 23/03/2026

Just received promotional email trying to convince me to attend ai webinar... This is one of the bullets: 🔵 Balancing human imperfection with AI precision also in the email... "can you use AI to cultivate both your creativity and a thriving design business? Yes."

close-up photo of a trampoline spring... (free image from Unsplash)

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 11/03/2026

School librarians are my favorite! Great first day of #KAST26

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 03/03/2026

Interesting quiz @wikipedia.org wikipedia25.org/en/which-wik... I'm in the "consensus-driven collaborator" club. #libraries #wikipedia

Orange graphic reading ‘Wikipedia of the Future: The Consensus-Driven Collaborator’ beside a blue illustration of connected figures and technology.

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 11/02/2026

My wife made these for her first graders! This would get me excited about using it in a book, at least for a few minutes! Tons of connections to be made in reading and perseverance? Hang in there?! #librarians #tlsky #libraries #reading #bookmarks

personalized bookmarks of kids holding on to the yarn, laid out on a wooden table

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 13/01/2026

Library folks... do you know of any public or academic librarians/libraries utilizing Google Looker Studio? #libraries #publiclibrary #library #librarians #datavisualization

Vivid Sydney from Unsplash, Christopher Burns, abstract light bars on dark background

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 13/01/2026

I so miss my library tools.

list of tools in our library, drills, miter saw, circular saw, etc.

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 08/12/2025

Messing around with new update for Procreate Dreams. Flipbook pretty fun and intuitive! #ReadWhatYouWant

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 28/11/2025

Son and I learned how to refinish our front door. 🚪

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 19/11/2025

Golden rule... not a bad rule. (adults need reminders too)

screenshot of a slide... STLP pro tip...THE GOLDEN RULE APPLIES
Be the STLP Judge you would want your students to
interact with.

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 19/11/2025

Excited for today! STLP Regionals (students across the state will present their school/community-centered technology projects today and get near-live feedback from educators across the state)

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 08/11/2025

Some new digital brushes for doodling! #StressDoodle #StressDoodling Bonus… zero gen ai 😅

Random doodles in black, blue, and orange in the iPad procreate app

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 07/11/2025

Interesting work coming from a certain artists' group.

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 06/11/2025

Our new one is too smart too. 😅

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 28/10/2025

I feel like there is a good question/discussion here for students in news/information/media literacy talks. “Why would this group have this rule? Do you agree/disagree? What are the implications?” #tlsky #ai #eduskyai

Screenshot of Facebook rules. Number 5 is highlighted. “NO AI super simple”

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 27/10/2025

Have a great week everyone!

Person holding a sign with an A1 bottle on it.

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 25/10/2025

Presenter asked us yesterday: “Have to choose one, $10 ai “art” to hang on wall or $1000 human-created art?” Why this question? Why those amounts? What was the presenter trying to prove? I voted to pay $1000. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Why are folks pushing this on us with such vigor? #ai #tlsky #eduskyai

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 24/10/2025

I've been fairly disappointed in the ai policies/guides/briefs (including my own) that I've read so far. I don't agree with all of it, but this one that Dr. Sean Jackson shared with me on Tuesday is by far my favorite. My annotated version: drive.google.com/file/d/19YgY... #TLsky #eduskyai #ai

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 21/10/2025

Such a great time at #AASL25. Thank you @aaslala.bsky.social for making such a great event for school librarians. Already looking forward to 2027!

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 19/10/2025

Thanks! I use @procreate.com on the iPad. It’s by far my favorite app of all time 😊 It automatically records the process too!

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 19/10/2025

Conference tired is a thing! Thank you to everyone who stuck it out and came to our ai session yesterday! Keep asking the difficult questions. Great work @katiejmcnamara.bsky.social!! #AASL25

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 18/10/2025

Library Joy in a human being. Thank you Mychal Threets for your work, for celebrating libraries, and for staying one more day 💙💙💙 Thank you @aaslala.bsky.social for making this visit possible. #ReadingRainbow #AASL25 #libraryJOY #libraries #MentalHealth #TLsky

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 18/10/2025

So good. Damn it. This is one of the best humans. Read all of it. Listen to all of it. Thank you Jason Reynolds. “EVERY kid DESERVES our effort” Thank you @aaslala.bsky.social Thank you. #AASL25 #StressDoodle #StressDoodling

Messy sketchnote doodle of THE Jason Reynolds

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