Update: There’s even more September goodness! At TLCafe’s Back to School Special–which was absolutely fabulous–Nikki Robertson announced the launch of TL News Night on the third Monday of each month at 8:00 PM ET. Here are the details: TL | News Night Anchors are: Michelle Cooper – High School Librarian Nikki D Robertson– High School Librarian […]
Networking and the incoming class of 2017
May 17, 2013 by 1 Comment
The deposit checks are in the mail but the college buzz is buzzier than ever. Having survived the arduous college admissions process, our seniors are now taking full advantage of their opportunities to negotiate the social landcape of their newly selected school well before they land on campus in late August. They are so much […]
#tlchat live & get ready for more Café
August 26, 2012 by 11 Comments
We’ve been playing around with the idea of beginning a live focused conversation around the hashtag #tlchat for quite some time. It’s the start of a new school year. Why not now? The goal is to get a conversation going on a particular evening around a focused topic, much in the same way that #edchat […]
A letter to my seniors (updated)
May 20, 2012 by 1 Comment
A recent conversation on ALA’s INFOLIT list–By graduation, what should K-12 students know about web search?–inspired me to update a post I did a few years back for eVOYA. I’ll share this letter with my seniors in the next couple of weeks. Congratulations, Dear Senior Class, Secretly, I wish I could go along with you […]
Celebrating reading under the radar
February 27, 2012 by 1 Comment
Something’s happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear. (Stephen Stills For What it’s Worth) I have no idea how to measure it. But in my many years of being a youth librarian, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it before. I know that somewhere beyond the space where we introduce and teach Lord of […]
#highschoolchat: Help Erin raise the student voice!
January 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s tough to make a hashtag sticky. Especially if you are a high school junior. So I hope you will share this with your own students who want to share their voices. A while back I introduced you to Erin (@talkabouths). She’s one of those students who is passionate about raising her own voice. She […]
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