100 Scope Notes
April 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
As part of our ongoing Why YA? series, Leah Miller, author of The Summer I Became a Nerd, shares two titles that moved her and why everyone should read them. Harry Potter is, as we all know, a beautifully written story. It will be with me for the rest of my life (not to mention […]
April 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
ad·vo·cate/ˈadvəkit/ Noun: A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy. Also, you, the teen services librarian! Advocacy is the act of making your library’s presence in the community known, understood and valued. You want to make sure the community knows what your library is doing in the community and why it […]
April 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Why read YA? I read YA because I LOVE it! There are so many things I love about YA books, but the biggest is the first moments. Teen years are the biggest moments for firsts – first kiss, first love, and first heartbreak. It’s a time for drama: family, friendships, school, job, and relationships. It’s […]
April 28, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
As part of the first ever HG World Awareness Day (May 15, 2012), I am sharing my experience with Hyperemesis Gravidarum in the only way I know how as a librarian – as an ABC picture book. Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) is a debilitating, life threatening pregnancy illness that can cost a pregnant woman her life. Although one […]
April 28, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
There are tales that in the outlying region of Scree there live a brand of people known as Peculiars. These peculiars have many bizarre physical characteristics which make them unacceptable to modern society. They have been shunned and labelled criminals. And if tales are to be believed, Lena’s father is one of them. In fact, Lena […]
April 27, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I finished reading In Honor by Jessi Kirby on an airplane. I sat there for a moment and finally, I couldn’t resist the urge any longer, I turned to the stranger sitting next to me – the one not drooling and snoring but playing Angry Birds on his computer – and said, “I’m sorry, I […]
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April 26, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Tomorrow, Friday April 27th, TLT and the Library as Incubator Project invite you to help us build an exquisite corpse poem! Simply tweet your poem line with the hashtag #exquisitecorpse on Friday and we’ll compile our collaborative poem. What is an exquisite corpse poem? An exquisite corpse poem is a poem in which each person […]
April 26, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
This was supposed to be the best summer of Maggie’s life. Now it’s the one she’d do anything to forget. Maggie Reynolds remembers hanging out at the gorge with her closest friends after a blowout party the night before. She remembers climbing the trail hand in hand with her perfect boyfriend, Joey. She remembers that […]
April 25, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I am a huge fan of Margot Wood, the Real Fauxtographer. Her photography is beautiful and I can’t help but think, it must be so amazing to be a novelist and stumble across something like this. What must it be like to discover that you inspired someone in this way? So I put out a call to […]
April 24, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
This is one of those ‘informative training type’ posts where I want to let you guys in on a little website that has completely blown my Snuggie off. (Don’t steal my phrase…I’m gonna trademark that.) Basically, if you are a librarian who orders books or if you work in collection development, you are going to […]
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