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    Link Round Up for June 2022: Creative Displays, Important Info on Book Banning, and More

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    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)

    Karen Jensen, MLS, June 12, 2022 | Collection Development, Things I Never Learned in Library School

    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

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    Let’s Go to an Amusement Park, But Make it Murdery

    Karen Jensen, MLS, June 6, 2022 | YA Fiction, YA Thrillers

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    Talking with a Truth Teller: Our Interview with Margaret A. Edwards Award Winner A. S. King for School Library Journal

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    Teen Riley Jensen and Teen Librarian Karen Jensen talk a bit about the behind the scenes for their SLJ interview with author A. S. King celebrating her 2022 Margaret A. Edwards Award.

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    Using QR Codes for RA: Helping patrons find new book recs in the stacks

    Karen Jensen, MLS, May 11, 2022 | Reader's Advisory

    Have you used a QR code recently? Once thought a dying trend, QR codes saved us in the pandemic. What if we could use QR codes to do RA with our patrons?

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    Take 5: Link Roundup for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and the Month of May (2022)

    Karen Jensen, MLS, May 3, 2022 | Collection Development, Professional Development

    Teen Librarian Karen Jensen shares some of the online resources she's reading and talking about for the month of May

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    Tackling Your Children’s Collection Diversity Audit, a TLA presentation recap

    Karen Jensen, MLS, April 28, 2022 | Uncategorized

    Karen Jensen and Kathryn King from Fort Worth Public Library present about doing a children's collection diversity audit

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    Teen Fiction 2022 by the Numbers (So Far)

    Karen Jensen, MLS, April 25, 2022 | Collection Development, YA Fiction

    Teen Librarian Karen Jensen takes a look at YA fiction numbers so far for 2022 and crunches some numbers

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    A Round of MG/YA Book Duos: Creepy Edition

    Karen Jensen, MLS, April 13, 2022 | Middle Grade, Middle Grade Fiction, Teen Fiction, YA Fiction

    Teen Librarian Karen Jensen shares some MG and YA book recs inspired by some creepy popular culture moments

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