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Virtually explore Eminence EDhub in a fully immersive 360-degree experience.

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"PBS LearningMedia is THE destination for high-quality, trusted digital content and solutions that inspire students and transform learning."

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It's Once Upon A Crime Week at the #ReedyLibrary! Mrs. Lambert and Mrs. Krejci came into the library and...

I am absolutely thrilled to be getting our #MSELib #McMakerspace up and running! For more information about the #MSELib...

The #MSELib Minecraft Club is starting soon! The Minecraft Club is going to be during 4th & 5th grade...

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Reedy Library | Category | #MSELib Clubs

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It's Once Upon A Crime Week at the #ReedyLibrary! Mrs. Lambert and Mrs. Krejci came into the library and... I am absolutely thrilled to be getting our #MSELib #McMakerspace up and running! For more information about the #MSELib... The #MSELib Minecraft Club is starting soon!

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Reedy Library | Category | Virtual Connections

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ReedyLibrary, Books, Digital Citizenship, Functional Academics, Lambert the Librarian Writes, Library Events, Virtual Connections

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Reedy Library | Category | Lambert the Librarian Writes

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When I was an elementary librarian, I celebrated World Read Aloud Day every year by Skyping and connecting with...

Next week at the Reedy Library, our CATE students will be coming to the library for some Digital...

Next week at the Reedy Library, our CATE students will be coming to the library for some Digital Citizenship...

Open publication - Free publishing - More library

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Reedy Library | Category | Digital Citizenship

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When I was an elementary librarian, I celebrated World Read Aloud Day every year by Skyping and connecting with... Next week at the Reedy Library, our CATE students will be coming to the library for some Digital... Next week at the Reedy Library, our CATE students will be coming to the library for some Digital Citizenship...

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Reedy Library | Category | Research Guides

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Reedy Library | Category | Awesome Author Writing Challenge

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Reedy Library | Category | Math Stats Challenge

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Solving the Rubiks Cube | You CAN Do the Rubiks Cube

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The You CAN Do the Rubiks Cube Program objective is to share the secrets of solving the Rubiks Cube with youth and to also encourage them to help others to do the same.

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Created a Canvas course and added it to every student's dashboard.  The library resources are now right there where students log in every day.

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A website of the American Library Association Public Programs Office

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Microscpic pic contest — Guess the Object in the Library

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Awesometables is a great way to share lists of you tube vids or other websites. Create the table one time and all you have to do is add to it and it will update your site. Look at the buttons for book talks and for you tube.

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December brings a super busy month in most areas.. and the Lamar Middle School Library was super active this month! I LOVE working in middle school, but I am still learning the things that interest students. I am a member of several Librarian Facebook groups, and I love this idea that Jennifer Warren shared on Learning Librarians about Cardboard Gingerbread House competition!
I took her ideas and created a Canva document that I could then put into Library Aware and promote the picture through Twitter and Instagram. I only had 6 entries.. BUT.. I love each and every one of them! I already have students asking me when I am doing the next contest.
Because there were only 6 entries, I am rewarding all entries with 1st place prizes.. and did a Peoples Choice Award for an extra gift certificate.

This month I also had a chance to pair up with our art teacher and read Silent Night. Students in her art class then created silhouettes that I used to decorate the library.

I also had several activities available for teachers. With the 7 days of Holiday Programming that I was able to help organize, I had 2 crafts available in the library and festive photo booths.

I was able to have some great decorations! Every week I have the 18+3C program come in and help me with various activities in the library. This includes finding books, deleting books, organizing books and creating bulletin boards. The 18+3C program is a work based program that helps train students that have various disabilities to get jobs after high school. I LOVE working with these guys!

I also have some wonderful Library LINKS students. These are 8th grade students that spend a class period with me daily doing all different items and they created this beautiful book tree this year!

One of my goals this year was to have 2 Late Night in the Library events. I was going for one in the fall and one in the spring. With middle schoolers being a little different in their needs and expectations, I scheduled it for after school-6pm. I was going to have ornament making, card making, a coding activity, the public library would be there and photo booth. About a week before the event was to take place, I was volunteering at our feeder elementary school (of course it is also my FAVORITE elementary school.. because it is Elliott) Several middle schoolers were also volunteering and mentioned how they wanted to do a Breakfast with Santa too. After chatting with them, I realized I needed to add a Santa.

I put it out to Facebook that I needed a Santa and I had Lee and Lisa step up! I also had my awesome friend Rachel volunteer her time!

The Idea:
1 Have stations set up that were fairly self sufficient
2 Have Rachel at the photo stations to help maneuver people through
3 Have another volunteer at the hot chocolate and cookie station
4 I would continue to walk around monitor all students

I did not ask for volunteers this time, as I had NO idea how many students would come (my hope is always at least 4) and I also had to see how it would run (I LOVE volunteers, but sometimes for the first time around.. it is a little more work because I have to train them!)

I created all my station signs in Canva and set up stations. Keep reading for the reality.

1- The stations were fairly self sufficient. The one where paint was involved did require me to use my teacher voice and explain how to take care of items (as in.. we had to close down part of this station) Let me preface this with- I am totally fine with various craft/messy items in the library.. well except glitter! So, I had no problem with paint. Students were doing fine until several chose to make poor decisions.

2- GREAT idea to have another adult volunteer at the photo booth station. It was an extra set of eyes.

3- SO glad I had a volunteer at the hot chocolate station!!! I filled up a 60 cup percolator 2 times, and we had 2 other pitchers of hot water available. We went through 120 cookies and that much hot chocolate.

4-I did monitor students, but I am thankful that I had some teachers come up and help monitor as well.

I of course always hope for at least 4 kids. I didn't know how this event would run. I had over 120 students show up!

What I would do different:

-Volunteers- although we have some great student council/NJHS students on campus- when I do this again, I am going to ask for high school volunteers. They can get hours, and I can have extra eyes on stations to help keep things going and restock.

-Time- Since Late Night in the Library is a come and go event, I don't think I will have it until 6pm. By 5:30pm, most everything had been gone through.

-Backpacks- Since kids were coming in right after school, we had a ton of backpacks that I didn't even think about planning for.

Late Night in the Library in elementary I really focused on parents working with their students. I know there are a TON of great parents out there of middle schoolers.. but I have also found that middle schoolers don't always want to be seen with their parents. So, this Late Night in the Library was really focused on the students. I did have a few families show up.

Things coming in the new year:

Reaching parents- I am going to try a Toddler Time and also a crafting/creating time

Focusing on siblings- I am beginning to see the drop of books checked out.. so I am going to focus on students reading to their younger siblings

Another Late Night in the Library

A couple of more contests

What activities do you do in your library to bring in students?

Have I mentioned that I wouldn't be able to do any of this without some amazing support from my team, my administrators.. and my awesome clerk? Not only that.. but being a first year middle school librarian I am SUPER thankful for my middle school librarian team, librarian mentors both in district and out of district, and the previous librarian Cindi Rockett for already creating such a great program for me to walk into! I know I have lots of growing to do, and I know I surround myself with the best.

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December brings a super busy month in most areas.. and the Lamar Middle School Library was super active this month! I LOVE working in middle school, but I am still learning the things that interest students. I am a member of several Librarian Facebook groups, and I love this idea that Jennifer Warren shared on Learning Librarians about Cardboard Gingerbread House competition!

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Writing with VR Goggles.. students practice descriptive writing using vr

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Ukulele club that happens every six weeks

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My circ desk is so high that if I sat behind, I would be hidden. I placed 4 computers on the desk for student sign-ins. Helps when I have 50-60 students coming in at lunch.

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Use Teams similar to Hangouts for group discussion.

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Stick Together Stress Relieving instead of coloring

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As my title says.. I am a Busy Bee. If you follow me on my social media outlets, I tend to have a ton going on all at once. I am able to do this for a couple of reasons.
1. I LOVE BEING BUSY!! I am involved in the things that make my heart happy and I feel like I am making a difference.
2. I am fairly organized.

With that being said. It is hard to be organized when you re in a new position and not for sure where to start the organization at. Now, I am loving every minute of my job.. I mean.. I get to school at 6:15am and often times don't leave until at least 6pm. It has kept me on my toes, lets me crazy and creative, and I get to do lots of different things in one day!

I also have the privilege of having Mrs. Gamez help me in the library during different parts of the day. I of course work with amazing people, but ya'll Mrs. Gamez has kept me sane over these last 3 weeks. She is kind, she knows every nook and cranny of the library, she is quick to help students (and me) and she is just all around amazing. Did I mention that she is fast at shelving books (this is just an added perk to how wonderful she is)

So, I have all of these random crazy ideas.. and I am fairly good at following through on them. But, I am slow. I remember when I worked at the Stomping Grounds Coffee Shop that we were supposed to clock out 1 hour after the store closed.. I always did, but usually I ended up staying an extra hour.

I have lots of pieces that I want to organize.. but I knew that I needed to start with checking in/shelving books. Last week.. I got overwhelmed.. might have shed a couple of tears (what am I saying.. I totally cried and drowned my overwhelmed self in twinkies). The books were everywhere. Nothing that the students or teachers did.. I just didn't have a system. This is how it was every day and I just felt like although I was doing my job teaching students, I just couldn't keep up with getting books back on shelves.

Before I left school on Friday, I came up with an idea.

Now, today was the first day to try it out.. but guys.. check in only took 5 minutes and it was SO MUCH EASIER to shelve books. (side note.. I am sure that this has been written about in some area... but I am learning) (side side note.. I realize this is the first day so I know it won't always work this well)

The previous librarian had set up a blue cart with the various Dewey numbers on it. Students had been trained to put books back in the proper number if they took it off the shelf and ended up not wanting it. Even that was out of order.

I pulled out another book cart and labeled the top 6 shelves with the alphabet (this is for everybody books) and the bottom shelf for green dots (where are our easy chapter books) and found another blue cart and labeled it with the non-fiction Dewey numbers to match the first cart.

Today we started my new system:

1. Students came into the library with their books. We talked about the label on the spine of the book and the type of information that it gave.

2. Teacher checked in book and students put it in proper location

Guys.. I had 1st graders doing this today and do you know how much easier it was to shelve books this afternoon? They were already sorted and partially alphabetized.. AND.. look at those skills the students are learning!

Now, I know that I am going to have more frustrations and I know I will get overwhelmed. I hope to share frustrations.. and exciting things I am doing. I am new and learning SO MUCH!
Upcoming- my blogs are getting makeovers! AND.. Dot Day is this week! I can't wait.. and then Book Fair. I have decided I will sleep during Christmas break (Destination ImagiNation and Girl Scouts start next week!)
How do you stay sane? I am going to have library helpers and parent volunteers, but what are some of the job descriptions that you give them?

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As my title says.. I am a Busy Bee. If you follow me on my social media outlets, I tend to have a ton going on all at once. I am able to do this for a couple of reasons. 1. I LOVE BEING BUSY!!

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http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards/best/websites

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American Association of School Librarians (AASL)

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-american association of school librarians

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Best Websites for Teaching & Learning honors websites, tools, and resources of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning. Sites recognized foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration.

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Little book clubs around our district.

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Baby book club: invite parents and kids younger than the school age for a story time

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#txlchat  Build your PLN and learn AMAZING things every Tuesday Night!  best time of my week!  

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#txlchat  Build your PLN and learn AMAZING things every Tuesday Night!  best time of my week!  

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Gallery Walk for Novels with resources

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Working toward a mobile circ desk and transforming the large, stationary desk into the makerspace corner.

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Totally stole this idea from Pinterest

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#librarianloop

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Student art & poetry reaching further than Student art & writing shared  beyond our school walls. #KindnessRocks #PoemInYourPocket 

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Student art & poetry reaching further than Student art & writing shared  beyond our school walls. #KindnessRocks #PoemInYourPocket 

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Share them in public library, district admin office, polling center.

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Share data every six weeks with admin and other socila media platforms

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Lamar 4th Six Weeks | Piktochart Visual Editor

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We keep a basket at the desk with good books in it. The kids are always going through it-the think it's magic.

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Scanner Glare
I use half of a car shade to block the light that was giving students (and me) issues when they are trying to check in books.  I also put eyeball stickers on the scanner and and positioned a stuffed unicorn to keep them from doing wrist contortions when checking in books.  I ask them to have the the scanner look at the unicorn.

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Not all our students can make it to preview the book fair, so I take a video of the book fair after it’s set up and sent it out to ELAR teachers to share with students so every student can see the book fair. It also allows me to see what books I need to order that ran out before I realized it was low on inventory.

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Little Libraries in the Library of Staff recommendations

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Karaoke in the library using YouTube, projector, microphone, and speaker

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Get active save lives.

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Have "famous" school community member read books and attach that video as an "aura" to the book using HP Reveal or QR codes.

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You can do the cube.  After learning to solve, after learning to follow their templates, they started creating their own.  Students made their assistant principal in cubes.  He loved it.

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Future Ready Librarians on Facebook

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Kimberly Roy - Vale MS, Northside ISD, San Antonio

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Kimberly Roy - Vale MS, Northside ISD, San Antonio

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@NISDValeLibrary (Twitter)
ValeLibrarian (Instagram)

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@akbusybee
@beeinthebookends

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@LewisESLib
SpringISD

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@ahhslibrary on IG
@librarian_roni on Twitter

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IG: albanyhighlibrary
Twitter: @AlbHSlibrary

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#lhjhlibrary
@msdenriquez

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Follow Palmview High School on Twitter! @phslobos  Thanks! -Nelly Barrera Manzetti 🤗

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LEGO Wall! Kids watch YouTube and learn to build fun things! @lioncommons @misty2shea

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@Letts_Read

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@etolerton

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@NimitzLibrary

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@redhudson3
@shandslibrary

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Karen Piedra, Kay Franklin ES, Northside ISD

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Karen Piedra, Kay Franklin ES, Northside ISD

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@kpiedra (Twitter)
@NISDFranklinLib (Twitter)
Nisdfranklin_library (Instagram)

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@marywoodard
@mesqlibraries

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Mesquite ISD Library Services, Mesquite. 816 likes. Mesquite ISD Libraries: Elevating Learning for Everyone Everywhere

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Personal Twitter @rrtechtchr
Library Instagram @centraljhlib
(I have a library Twitter and FB page all linked through Instagram. One IG post posts in all 3 places.)

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Teen Bookfest by the Bay

Not a library, but opportunity for South Texas

@TBFBay Twitter/Instagram

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#libraryhacks

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@MizzLRoy

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GONZALES High School
IG: apacheslibrary
Twitter : @apacheslibrary

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@atx_librarian Twitter
@BeckerElemLib School Twitter

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@Sciguybrarian