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ALA Midwinter

January 15, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

ALA Midwinter 2014: Christie’s Highlights

Midwinter is called the “Business” conference because this is where most of the meetings happen for the awards and booklists for the year. The Youth Media Awards are Monday starting at 9, and anyone in youth and teen services are haunting the area or Twitter or media feeds to hear what’s been nominated and what’s […]

November 13, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

2014 Midwinter Alert: Rainbow Project Nominees Announced

The 2013-2014 Rainbow Project Committee announced their nominees for the 2014 Rainbow List on Monday. A committee of 9 members search all year long and talk and debate about books and whether or not they meet the criteria of the list, and this year they found 51 titles. The Rainbow Project is unique in that […]

February 4, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Coming Soon: a Taste and Tease

I was the only one of the TLT’ers to be able to go to ALA Midwinter, and I shared a lot of other bloggers’ frustrations with the ARC drops as I was wearing multiple hats- not only was I going as a rep for Teen Librarian Toolbox (so much so that I made That Guy […]

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What I DIdn’t Learn In Library School: Making Conferences Successful: Christie’s Version

January 20, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

If you know anything by now, you know I don’t tend to run in normal circles, no matter what I look like.  So it stands to reason that I don’t do conferences as a normal, either. Maybe it’s the anxiety, maybe it’s my brain, who knows, but I just don’t seem to fit a typical […]

2013 Youth Media Awards: Christie’s Predictions

January 11, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

I’m horrible with predictions.  I’ve never predicted any of the media winners correctly, although I’m pretty good with Super Bowl teams once they’re down to the final two. And I can tell which teens are going to act up, and which tweens need to talk before they come to me door.  But I’ve never gotten […]

Guest Blog: Stonewall Book Awards by Peter Coyl

January 9, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Looking to add children’s and young adult GLBTQ literature to your collection? Start with the Stonewall Book Award’s Mike Morgan and Larry RomansChildren’s and Young Adult Literature prize.  Added in 2010 to the first and most enduring awards for GLBTQ books, the Stonewall Book Awards, it is now one of three awards annually given by […]

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ALA Midwinter: The ARCs (April)

February 9, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Well, you probably thought I was never going to get back to it. And yet, here they are: a look at some of the titles coming your way in April 2012. Hang on to your seat because there are a lot of them. Remember, these are just brief overviews to help you get an idea […]

ALA Midwinter Highlights: The ARCs (January and February)

January 25, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

On Monday I shared with you things I loved and learned at the ALA Midwinter exhibits. Today, I share with you the best part of ALA – the ARCs (Advanced Reader’s Copy).  So this is not the world’s longest blog post ever, today we will cover titles set to be released in January or February […]

ALA Exhibits Highlights, part 1

January 23, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

This past Saturday I got to spend the day in the librarian version of heaven – the ALA Midwinter exhibits hall.  Here I mingled with my fellow geeks and ran into people I have known for years online, learned about some new products and services and picked up a ton of ARCs (which will be […]

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