Librarianship

December 8, 2014 by Heather Booth

12 Blogs of 2014: R. David Lankes

Truth be told, I’m not an avid blog reader. Since the demise of Google Reader, I’ve not devoted much time to finding a new tool to help me organize and track my blog reading. The blogs I do read belong to those people who I can count on to get me thinking and give me […]

April 10, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Top 5 Take-aways from ILEAD-USA

This year I’m jumping out of my comfort zone of YA fiction and crafty programs and have joined a team that was accepted to the ILEAD USA program in Illinois. Over the course of the year, our team will design and implement a program using technology to improve service to our patrons and more deeply […]

March 23, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Myth of Not Enough

The other day, a librarian I really respect was musing on Twitter that she wasn’t doing enough for the profession. I was so surprised to hear that because I always think of her as super active and doing really great things for her community. When do you know that you’re doing enough? Are we ever […]

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Achieve Every Goal Always Forever in Three Easy Steps

February 24, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

If your library calendar is like mine, it’s performance evaluation time. Which means it’s also the dreaded goal setting time of year. Will you aspire to increase program participation by 25%? Bring fiction circulation up by 10%? Do a classroom visit each month? Secure five new sponsors for the summer reading club? Or will you […]

12 Blogs of Christmas: Hi Miss Julie (Heather)

December 19, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Blog #4: Hi Miss Julie We spend a lot of time thinking about what it means to be a librarian serving young people. At least I do. I think about how my work life may be different from others in my profession because of my gender and the demographic I serve. I think about how […]

What they didn’t teach you in library school: burnout edition

May 15, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Let me preface this by saying I love my job. Really. When I imagine a world in which I needed to choose a different job, even the same job in a different library, I end up just sitting there with a puzzled look on my face as if I didn’t understand the question. I. Love. […]

I’m nobody! Who are you? Part 1 (Why us teen librarians should talk to one another)

December 11, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

I’m Nobody, who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there’s a pair of us! Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know! -Emily Dickinson If you’re the only teen librarian in your library, it can be a lonely job. You plan programs on your own, or with the hopefully enthusiastic, but sometimes grudging or misguided assistance of a TAB, […]

20 Questions: Teen Librarian 101 part 2 with Karen Jensen

April 16, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Today we introduce you to a new TLT member and a new feature: 20 Questions. I am so excited to introudce you to Stephanie Wilkes, the Young Adult Coordinator for the Ouachita Parish Public Library in Monroe, Louisiana. She is also working on putting together the North Louisiana Teen Book Festival in April of 2013. 2012 […]