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Connecting this to that – librarian.net

My drop-in time work used to be a lot of teaching basic skills. “Here’s how to click. Now here’s how…

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Take Five: Recent Middle Grade Nonfiction

I usually talk about fiction in these Take Five lists, but there’s plenty of great nonfiction out there too as…

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I have an ISSN – librarian.net

I got an ISSN for no real reason. Richard pointed out on Mastodon that you can get an ISSN for…

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Why I chose to write my new book as a graphic novel, a guest post by Nora Neus

I can still remember the exact moment I discovered Nell Nelson. It was in 2017, in the heady early days…

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2024 in Libraries – librarian.net

Totally a homebody this year; seventy library visits and most of them within a half mile of my house. I…

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It’s Complicated! A guest post by Tricia Springstubb

“Spread kindness like confetti!” That’s the motto of the middle school club in my new young -teen-lit novel, How to…

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2024 reading list and commentary – librarian.net

Here was the Mastodon thread of what I read last year and here’s my 2024 booklist. This is the thread…

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Rebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Publisher’s description From New York Times bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson comes an “thoroughly researched, emotionally resonant” (Booklist, starred review) historical fiction…

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Wikipedia work in 2024 – librarian.net

I do work on Wikipedia sometimes. Since I’ve been working for the Flickr Foundation, my life overlaps more with free…

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Fast Five Author Interview: Naomi Milliner

Fast Five is an author interview series. The author is sent 10 questions and is asked to answer five of…

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