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…
Yearly Archives: 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
Posted in General
Posted in General
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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Posted in General
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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Humor in Fiction – What is funny
I have been working my way reading through the twenty books which will be part of the Book Reviews topic in the December 2013/ January 2014 issue of School Librarian’s Workshop, and they have me thinking about what makes a…
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Living as a Lifelong Learner and Dreamer
The more I learn the more I am impelled to learn more. I find life an ever-exciting adventure and learning makes it more so. Since I have been retired from my “day job” as a high school librarian for nine…
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August – September 2013
Those of us in education know this is the real “New Year.” Some of you have already welcomed students back and the rest of you will be starting soon. I hope you found your summer rejuvenating and are looking forward…
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Is there such a thing as too connected?
Sometimes I almost feel too connected. Posts by my Facebook “close friends” appear in my gmail inbox. I am also alerted when someone posts to the School Librarian’s Workshop Facebook page as well as those on pages to which I…
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My Start as a Librarian
It seems appropriate to start my blog during School Library Month. If you are on the School Librarian’s Workshop Facebook page you have been seeing my re-posts of the great promo pieces being put out by AASL. I have been…
Tagged with: AASL, American Association of School Libraries, Hilda Weisburg, librarian, library, school librarian
Posted in Career
Posted in Career