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Music

February 13, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Fight the Power: Music as a Social Force, a guest post by Lisa Krok

Today Lisa Krok is sharing with us how The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (RRHF) in Cleveland, Ohio hosts programs to inform teachers, librarians, and students about how music was used in the past as a change agent, and how we can apply that to present day.

April 9, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor

We Call Upon the Author: A Literary Playlist

As a lifelong reader and writer, I’ve always had a special interest in songs that talk about reading, writing, writers, or books. I’ve compiled 20 of my favorite songs about these topics for your listening enjoyment. I’m also linking to other blogs and articles that compile their own lists. There are A LOT of songs […]

April 8, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor

Teenage Anthems: The Soundtrack to TLT’s Teen Years

We’ve got a music theme going on this week at TLT, so we decided to collaborate on a playlist to share with you. We each chose five songs that were important to us as teenagers. I won’t tell you how long I agonized over this. Only five?! Though I would have agonized even if I […]

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This Song Will Save Your Life: Push by Matchbox Twenty, a guest post by author Leila Sales (Blog Tour)

April 7, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

I am a pretty huge fan of This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales. For one, it is about music, which I love, and how music can in fact save you. On Sunday we discussed some of the songs that have saved TLT. And tucked away in the pages of This Song Will […]

Sunday Reflections: The Songs that Saved TLT

April 5, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

What makes you feel most like you? For me, the obvious answers are being with my family and being in the library. The less obvious answer is when I slap on a pair of headphones and just walk. I started doing this some time around middle school, which is in fact when most kids start […]

Webinar: Putting More Music in Our Libraries (Music and Teen Programming)

October 29, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

For some time now I have been putting together a variety of webinars for Florida Library Webinars (with Novare Library Services). So when they asked me months ago about some potential topics for this year, one of the items I wanted to explore was putting more music in my library programming. I must give a […]

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Sunday Reflections: The soundtrack of our lives

October 26, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Yesterday as I sat watching the Washington D.C. episode of Foo Fighters Sonic Highways, The Tween made a blasphemous statement: ” They’re just another boy band.” “What?”, I replied, aghast. “There is no universe in which the Foo Fighters qualify as a boy band.” “But they are a band, made up of a boys. Thus, […]

Webinars

October 4, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Marketing with Apps by TeenLibrarianToolbox https://www.scribd.com/embeds/184293860/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-1xvdtlg0g9lqpqmp41zg&show_recommendations=true Teens Tech and Programming by TeenLibrarianToolbox https://www.scribd.com/embeds/201441563/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-2985p557m789s5payarx&show_recommendations=true Graphic Design for Non Graphic Designers by TeenLibrarianToolbox https://www.scribd.com/embeds/224133986/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-MegAVhyOMCTGgMCpozy5&show_recommendations=true Unconventional Reading Groups by TeenLibrarianToolbox https://www.scribd.com/embeds/234865862/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-QkxGLSMWvCjoLZQ6GOLw&show_recommendations=true Music in Our Libraries by TeenLibrarianToolbox https://www.scribd.com/embeds/244749503/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-1wGDDKaCytZF9iOa7tQE&show_recommendations=true STEM and STEAM Programming for Teens in Libraries (an Infopeople webinar) SVYALit Webinar with author Christa Desir (Nebraska Library Commission)

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October 3, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Publisher’s Description:In this poignant, realistic, contemporary YA by a state master list star, perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Gayle Forman, a young songwriter builds a substitute family with her friends in place of the broken family she grew up with. A hip high school girl who loves music, writes songs, and is desperate […]

Sunday Reflections: What the ukulele taught me about reluctant readers

June 29, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

As a child, I studied Suzuki method classical piano. I was technically proficient and was able to feel what the seemingly ancient pieces needed, pulling my own emotions out into my fingers and onto the keys. I was pretty good. But I disliked practicing, and once I progressed enough that it stopped being easy, my […]

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