I was drawn to librarianship, as most of us were, because I loved (and love) books or, more specifically, a great story. Although my career started many years ago, even then technology in the form of filmstrips was intertwined. As…
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Evolution of the Book
Tagged with: books, Hilda K Weisburg, kindle, reading, school librarian
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Posted in General, Librarian Life
Being Thankful
With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, I am more mindful than usual of the many gifts in my life for which I feel extremely fortunate. In my first blog post I related how I became a school librarian—a career choice I…
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A Dream Deferred
In “A Dream Deferred” also called “Harlem,” Langston Hughes, referring to the lives of African Americans said, What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then…
Social Networking
I planned to begin this post by talking about going to the AASL Conference and Exhibition this coming week in Hartford, Connecticut. I was going to share about “networking” with my friends and colleagues (who are frequently one and the…
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Train of Thought
I am looking forward to returning home by train after spending the weekend on Cape Cod at a writers’ retreat. It’s not that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy my time this weekend. I was with my daughter, whom you may know…
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Downtime
I am the new generation of “retired.” Nine years ago, I retired from being a high school librarian but – that didn’t mean the end of my working life. I continue writing books for school librarians (the newest School Librarian’s…
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Failing Your Way To Success
I was waiting on line for a book to be autographed while at the recent SLJ Leadership Summit in Austin, Texas and got into a conversation with Elyssa Malespina, an excellent school librarian and occasional contributor to School Librarian’s Workshop. …
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“Chopportunity”
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…
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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…
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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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