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Books, Musings, School Libraries

Kindness

23 March 2022 lpearle

Don't you love it when there's something you've been mulling over and the universe responds without being prompted? What I've been thinking about is "kindness" and lo and behold, Sunday was Mr. Rodger's Birthday. His vibe must have been influencing things. Sunday was also the night my book club met, and last month's book was… Continue reading Kindness

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School Libraries, Student stuff

If I were in charge

25 January 202222 January 2022 lpearle

Over the years that I've worked with students on research, I've had the opportunity to think about how to do it right. Now, these aren't unique observations or things we wish students could do/teachers wouldn't do, they're just 30+ years of thoughts that if I were in charge would be put in place. Example? The… Continue reading If I were in charge

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School Libraries

Change my mind

10 January 20228 January 2022 lpearle

Here we are, starting 2022 in much the same way as we started 2021. And in another month it'll have been two years since we started to worry about COVID and thinking about how it would affect our students and program. Then came "crisis teaching"... and endless Zoom meetings planning for the upcoming year. Now… Continue reading Change my mind

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Books, Collection Development, Collection Revamp, School Libraries

Past their best by dates

1 November 202126 January 2022 lpearle

As we've been doing a (I hope) final pass on the collection, we're noticing a lot of books that are just past their "best by" dates and having to determine if they should stay on the shelf until something new comes along, keep them anyway, or remove them and try to replace. This isn't the… Continue reading Past their best by dates

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School Libraries

Making progress

20 September 202119 September 2021 lpearle

We've had a successful first week, and to be honest I'm surprised and pleased. When we walked out on the 10th I didn't think we'd get here but, well... whew! Every year we try to do something for the faculty as a welcome back to the school year thing. This year, we decided just to… Continue reading Making progress

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School Libraries

The students are here! The students are here!

4 September 2021 lpearle

Of course we're excited to see the new students (and by "new" I mean anyone in the Class of 2023, Class of 2024 and Class of 2025, since we've barely got to know 2023 and have never met the other two classes). The same applies to all the new faculty. But... Over the summer, the… Continue reading The students are here! The students are here!

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School Libraries

Tracking the year

19 August 202118 August 2021 lpearle

Tuesday, Karen left a comment on my post about the Big Picture: Hi Laura, I have been exploring different TL blogs as I start on this journey in my career. I have taught in many guises and never really needed to explain what I need to exist in a school, and am now beginning to… Continue reading Tracking the year

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Pedagogy, School Libraries

It bears repeating: check your sources!

3 August 2021 lpearle

Whether you subscribe to the CRAP / RADAR Test or the 5 Ws or lateral reading or another method, it's never too early to teach your students to never assume that what they read or hear is accurate (and for librarians to model this publicly!) If it's too perfect to be true...

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School Libraries

It’s yearbook time

11 June 202111 June 2021 lpearle

(or, in more adult terms, Annual Report time) https://issuu.com/cox_library/docs/ay21_1_ You know you have a winner when your Development people say that "this is a stewardship professional's dream with all of the facts and figures"! If they're going to share this with donors, it means we're telling our story clearly and showing our work. #goalmet

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School Libraries, Work Stuff

Up from the ashes (part eight)

12 May 202112 May 2021 lpearle

As I've been going through the process of rebuilding the collection and the facility (neat pictures of our "permanent" temporary space to come next week), attending meetings and so forth, one question keeps coming up: what does a 21st-century library look like? How do we plan for what students are doing today and think ahead… Continue reading Up from the ashes (part eight)

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