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Collection Development

January 24, 2023 by Karen Jensen, MLS

By the Numbers, a look at YA being published in 2023 (so far)

Teen librarian Karen Jensen takes a look at YA publishing for 2023

June 12, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Things I Never Learned in Library School: You Won’t Get Paid to Read and You Will Never Read Everything in Your Library Collection (See Also: Why we can’t pre-read the books that we purchase, even while facing massive book bans)

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen discusses why the idea that librarians should pre-read every book before purchasing is an unsustainable answer to address the concerns of book banners

June 8, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Top 25 titles at my school

Our library, for our school of about 800 students, had 36,323 books checked out this school year. Here are the top titles!

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In My Mailbox: Questions I Get About Collection Diversity Audits

October 26, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen answers some of the most frequently asked questions she receives about doing Collection Diversity Audits.

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A massive list of collection development resources

Do You Know: Reflection Press & Children’s Books as a Radical Act, a Diversity Audit Resource

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Reflection Press has put together a well made infographic to regarding representation and own voices in children's publishing. Add this tool to your collection of tools to discuss representation and collection development.

2019 Collection Development Resources, a handy list of resources to help you buy new books in the new year

November 19, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

One of the reasons that I do this blog is that it allows me to create and curate a resource for myself. That’s right, I use this blog as a resource just as much as I hope others might. It works as sort of a journal, a manual if you will, to help me be […]

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