Today the August/ September issue of School Librarian’s Workshop will be emailed to subscribers. It is the 35th volume year. On this major anniversary it seems fitting to look back in time. The first issue appeared on September 1980. It…
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Lessons From the Past – The More Things Change…
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Remembering
I am in a somewhat somber mood. It is Memorial Day as I write this and all over the media, social and otherwise, the nation and individuals are recalling the fallen. I am glad to see how many of us…
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Evolution of the Book
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…
Tagged with: books, Hilda K Weisburg, kindle, reading, school librarian
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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…
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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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…
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