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Being a brand new school librarian is both exciting and scary. All summer, you’ve planned for your new position, but today, you're feeling pretty lost.

Welcome them in and they'll never want to leave.

Some school libraries are reinventing themselves as makerspaces, but this Ohio library took a slightly different approach and has seen incredible results.

In my AASL Knowledge Quest post, I take a look at how to transform your library space, even if you have a tight budget. There's lots of tips and advice.

You can make the overdue book return process fun! Get ready for some simple tips for collecting library books at the end of the year!

We need to rethink how we design our environments for students. The resources here will help you to use learning space design to transform your space.

As we approach Winter Break, I realized I haven't written many blog articles lately. I moved to a new city and started in a new-to-me library this year. I've been too busy to do much blog writing beyond my infamous New Releases posts and a couple of random book reviews. I'm about 10 book reviews behind, and they may never get written at this point. It's been an exhausting few months, but Winter Break looms large and lovely on the horizon...only one more week to go!

These library activities for kids help kids make the most of the time they have in the library!

Happy New Year, everyone! If two of your New Year’s resolutions for 2018 are to save money and to treat your students to brand new resources in your school library, you definitely found the right place to start! I wrote a post a few months ago with links to over 40 free downloads from Teachers … Continue reading "(More!) Freebies for Your School Library on Teachers Pay Teachers!"

Fixed schedule in your elementary library? You can still offer makerspace learning activities with makerspace centers as part of a library centers program.