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September 12, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Growing up in the Library, a guest post by Nicole Lesperance

I’m so grateful for my memories of library, and I’m certain that growing up in that book-filled environment is a big part of how I became an author.

April 26, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Mindfulness in the Library, a guest post by Erica B. Marcus

As the mindfulness director at a small middle school in Maine, I tend to float between classrooms to teach. When I’m not teaching, my desk sits in my favorite place in the school: the library.

August 3, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Finding Freedom at the Library, a guest post by Christyne Morrell

A library offers its own kind of freedom - to roam and discover and try on.

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Information Literacy Skills in the Digital Citizenship Classroom: Teaching Lateral Reading, a guest post by Jennifer Hanson

March 10, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Teaching remotely, both in an asynchronous and synchronous environment, pushed me to reevaluate how I was teaching information literacy skills with my students.

A Life Already Saved: The Power Librarians Hold, a guest post by B. B. Alston

January 19, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Debut author B. B. Alston talks about the revolutionary and life-saving power of seeing yourself in stories.

Books and Libraries Can Strengthen the Superpowers of Teens With ADHD, a guest post by Kirsten Lambert

February 27, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor

More 6 million American children, ages 2–17, have an ADHD diagnosis. Here are some books and other resources to help better serve these kids in our schools and libraries.

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A Secret Corner, a guest post by Tehlor Kay Mejia

February 26, 2019 by Amanda MacGregor

Tehlor Kay Meija talks about the power and importance of discovery and of finding yourself in the pages of a book.

Sunday Reflections: Muslim Voices

February 12, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor

If you know me at all, you know I am quite fond of my library minions. And when I say “my library minions,” I mean the teens and young adults I have gotten to know over the past many years working in high school and public libraries in central Minnesota. I’ve since moved and am […]

So You’re a Librarian (or Library), What Do You Do Now? Librarianing in the Time of Political Turmoil

January 31, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sometimes inspiration comes in the strangest moments. Yesterday on Twitter I was thinking about what it means to me now to be a librarian. So I started tweeting and ended up with a long string of tweets highlighting the things that I think we – and that we includes me – can do now in […]

Sunday Reflections: Saying Goodbye to My Book Club Minions

May 22, 2016 by Amanda MacGregor

I’m down to the last few days at the library. In a few weeks, we move 90 miles away to just outside of St. Paul. I’ve been ready to move for a long time. A looooong time. But as ready as I am to go, I’m not ready—not even a little bit—to leave behind my […]

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