I have just returned from the School Library Journal Leadership Summit in Austin, Texas. Besides re-connecting with librarian friends I usually see only at ALA and AASL Conferences, I met a host of new ones who are going to be…
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Banned Books Week
The late Judith Krug of ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (http://www/ala.org/oif) is credited with beginning this annual event held during the last week in September. This year it runs from September 22-28. While all of us believe in open…
Tagged with: banned books, Hilda Weisburg, librarian, library, reading, school librarian
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Proof Positive
Earlier this week I received the page proofs of my YA fantasy novel Woven through Time. Although I have written (all but one with Ruth Toor) fifteen books for school librarians, this is my first novel and the realization of…
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A Positive View on Procrastination
I admit it. I have a natural tendency to procrastinate. When I was a child, my father would say, “Hilda, you have the world’s biggest tomorrow.” Almost anything could (and sometimes can) divert me from what I “should” be doing—another…
Tagged with: creativity, getting work done, Hilda Weisburg, ideas, procrastination, School Librarian's Workshop
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Gratitude All Year
It’s Labor Day weekend, and while a number of you are back in school, for many this weekend marks the traditional end of summer – and the start of a new school year. In my childhood this was all about…
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