The things I post here don't, typically, generate a lot of comments.  Which is fine.  I decided a long time ago that this space would be...

I don't know a single teacher-librarian who doesn't have a story like this... So... a _______ [teacher/parent/principal/student/someoneel...

All my life I've been jealous of people who could draw or paint or make other types of visual art.  I love art.  And I've always longed...

Zombie Librarians do the same old thing - year after year after year after year (after year).  Their motto is "hey, even if it IS broken,...

meme** noun An element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by...

I've gotten a few requests lately for resources on how to teach kids (and adults!) about copyright.  I've written before about how I...

Recently, I've been sharing with the groups I work with that this is the first time in 17 years that I haven't been in traditional "back...

I was recently asked to give the luncheon keynote at a small ed tech conference in North Carolina where I was, essentially, given free...

Zombie Librarians have stopped learning. You know these folks.  They've made an art out of being a disconnected educator, they've done no...

So, here's what happened... First, ALA President Barbara Stripling created this document - a Declaration For The Right To Libraries....

Zombie Librarians don't share.  Instead, they hide in their offices counting library fine money while lamenting the fact that no one in...

This weekend I had the honor of being they keynote speaker at the Alabama School Library Association Summer Conference in Birmingham,...

My last principal used to call May "the month of mayhem." And for good reason.  In the northern hemisphere anyway, May means warmer...

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, it could hold a rather large amount of gratitude.”   ― A.A. Milne,...

I am not an artist.  But when I created this blog, I knew I wanted an avatar that would come to be synonymous with "Library Girl."  I...

Lots of schools across the country are either considering, experimenting with or diving right in to full fledged STEM initiatives; that...

Librarians are not born horn tooters.  At least, I'm not.  I know that might sound contradictory for someone who a) calls herself...

I've been a super fan of Gwyneth Jones' fantastic comic tutorials (using the comic creator Comic Life)  for a long time!  And what's not...

Yesterday I learned that I, along with several other far more amazing Teacher Librarians, have been nominated for a Bammy Award.  If...

Ok.  Pop Quiz: Which of the following uses of technology have I actually witnessed during my travels to schools and libraries around the...