A Fuse #8 Production
Karen Jensen, MLS, October 24, 2013 | Demographics, Diversity, Statistics, Teen Issues
Should there be more POC (people of color) in YA lit? Should teens in YA lit drink? What about have sex? The truth is, YA lit (or teen lit) should reflect the audience it is marketed to. And in many ways, it doesn’t. There are millions of teens, and just like the rest of the […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, August 13, 2013 | Professional Development, Things I Never Learned in Library School
Something they don’t teach you in library school is that, if you take a job in a small library, you may be in charge of everything. And I mean everything – you may be the only person who works there. Increasingly, this will be true for you if you decide to go into school libraries. […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, February 15, 2013 | Aimee Carter, Book Reviews, Goddess Test series, Harlequin Teen, Romance, The Goddess Inheritance
I struggled to take a breath. She wasn’t listening. She didn’t understand- or maybe she did, and she just didn’t care. “What about my son? He’s Henry’s too, you know. And he’s your grandson. His name’s Milo, and he’s not even a week old. Why does he deserve to be raised by Cronus?” Rhea said […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, January 2, 2013 | Apocalypse, Author Interview, Boys, Comic Books, Dust and Decay, Flesh and Bone, Guys Reading, Jonathan Maberry, Rot and Ruin, Zombies
The Mr. will make this shocked face! The Challenge This is the true story of how the following post came to be. Earlier this year, Lois Lowry did a guest post here at TLT and I went home exploding in excitement to my husband. “Who’s Lois Lowry?”, he asked. So, after realizing that I […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, January 1, 2013 | Collection Development, Dirty Little Library Secrets, Professional Development, Teen Issues, Things I Never Learned in Library School, What They Didn't Teach Me in Library School
Like most librarians, I stumbled into librarianship and worked as a paraprofessional for many years before getting my MLS. I was very lucky in that I had an amazing mentor to help me in my journey. But even with my MLS, there are things that come up that surprise and challenge me as a professional […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, December 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
I almost hate the title of this post because one of my not so favorite things is the song “My Favorite Things”. So, HA…now it’s stuck in your head as well. You’re welcome! Well, 2012 is coming to a close and this year has really shaped me has a professional librarian (I didn’t say mature) […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, December 14, 2012 | Networking, Professional Development
On Tuesday I talked about why we as teen librarians need each other. If you didn’t read that post, but are interested in this topic, I suggest you go back and read it now to place this post in context. Now let’s talk about how to make these connections happen. There are usually a […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, October 12, 2012 | Chris Crutcher
Gratituous Duran Druan PicSAT Question: Duran Duran is to Teenage Karen as what author is to Librarian Karen? When I was in High School, I went with my two best friends to see the love of our lives in concert: Duran Duran. I remember when the show was over we sat there and all of […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, October 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
All this week we have been talking about Banned Books Week. There are lots of good guides out there to tell you how to prepare a policy, handle a challenge, etc. But what we don’t often talk about are the dirty little library secrets. Sometimes, the challenges come from our co-workers. Sometimes, they come from […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, September 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have worked at 4 different library systems in my 19 years as a teen services librarian and they have ranged from big, well-funded systems to smaller, not so well-funded systems. I have been a teen services team leader where I had the luxury of directing a staff of 2 other teen services staff members, […]
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