Things I Never Learned in Library School
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
Things I Never Learned in Library School: Problems with the Supply Chain and What it Means for Libraries
There are a lot of issues happening with the supply chain, in large part due to the pandemic. This is affecting book publishing, thus it is affecting libraries. Please let your staff know.
We Need to Change What We’re Doing About Covid for Our Children
Teen librarian Karen Jensen urges us to reconsider fall school and library decisions in light of how the Delta variant of Covid is impacting our youth
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