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Things I Never Learned in Library School: Wrestling with Pronouns
One of the main advantages we have found in creating our Teen MakerSpace is that we actively interact with teens more. In the past, I had a teen area and would often work the Reference Desk, which was quite a distance from my teen area. Even when I would get up and wander around the […]
App Review: Prisma
Knowing my love of photo apps, several people have wanted to make sure I know about the new Prisma app. Prisma allows you to transform your picture into a work of art based on the styles of many famous artists. It’s actually a fairly easy app to you, in part because it is limited in […]
Sunday Reflections: Let’s Talk About How We Talk About Mental Health
Let’s talk about Trump. Don’t worry, this is not a political post. This is about mental health. More specifically, it’s about the way people are talking about Trump is causing further harm to those who struggle with mental health issues. I struggle on and off with depression and anxiety issues. There, I said it out […]
Things I Never Learned in Library School: Should libraries charge fines?
Recently, there have been discussions on various platforms regarding whether or not libraries should charge fines. I know that they discussed this recently on Storytime Underground. In fact, I sent this post to my mentor who is in an administrative position, which resulted in an interesting discussion. Let me start by saying that I have […]
TPiB: Sharpie Art! Quick and Easy Programming and MakerSpace Ideas
I’m not sure how it happened, but I am obsessed with Sharpies. They have proven to be very popular resources in our Teen MakerSpace. Yes, really. Whenever we have an activity in the Teen MakerSpace, we try to have corresponding books in the Teen MakerSpace. Sometimes we come up with an activity and search for […]
Video Games Weekly: Terraria WiiU
Last September, I reviewed Terraria for the PS4. I found the controls didn’t translate well to the PS4 from the PC, and suggested circulating collections may not want to buy a copy. Well, this month Terraria came out on the Wii U, and I wanted to give it another chance because the controls would be […]
#MHYALit: Please Let’s Stop People Telling with Mental Health Issues to Just X, Y or Z
Trigger Warning: Suicidal Thoughts Mentioned On Friday, I was scrolling through my Twitter feed when I saw a headline from Jezebel: Save Your Xanax and Watch Some Calming Ink Videos Instead. I suffer from a Generalized Anxiety Disorder and there are a few periods in my life where I have been prone to panic attacks. […]
#ARCParty: End of Summer 2016 Bash – New #YALit Releases
Storify by TeenLibrarianToolbox Thu, Jul 21 2016 20:10:59 Edit #ARCParty for September 2016 #YALit Releases They decided they wanted to do September as well. With duck face apparently. #ARCParty TeenLibrarianToolbox · Mon, Jul 11 2016 19:46:48 Genetic engineering leaves “The Ones” with advantages, until the script is flipped TeenLibrarianToolbox · Mon, Jul 11 2016 19:48:16 […]
Kicky’s Post It Note Reviews, Jackaby Edition
The Teen recently read 8 books in 3 weeks, none of them of course were the ones she needed to read for school. I had the honor of going to ALA in Orlando for a quick trip this year, and came home with several ARCs, many of which she has already read. She also read […]
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