Have you ever told yourself, “I’m going to start reading again! I’ll read 15 minutes each night before bed!” During reading slumps, I’ve often tried to use this strategy, only to fail at it, over and over again. I’m tired and out of will power at night. The last thing I want to do is […]
This post is part of a series “Thinking Like a Librarian at Home: Collection Development and Management”. The first post in the series can be found here. This series is for anyone who is looking to use purpose-driven practices to find books and other materials to add to their home library. In order to successfully […]
Today, I am kicking off a new series called Thinking Like a Librarian at Home. This series will focus on applying ideas from librarianship to your home collection. Each post in the series will focus on a core principle in Collection Development & Management adapted for a household. Is your “to be read” list out […]
Over on Instagram, I have been working on a project where I encourage people to create a Reading Autobiography by revisiting their Touchstone books. Both concepts come from Donalyn Miller. I learned about and completed elements of this activity (Part 1 and Part 2) in Prof LaGarde‘s Young Adults Literature & Reading class at Rutgers. […]
This is an on-going series exploring ethical-decision making practices around public health initiatives in the library. This series focuses on libraries effort to combat the so-called obesity epidemic with fitness initiatives. Part One introduces the scope of the series (including pointing to some exemplar programs at libraries). Part Two explores how libraries use the Kantian […]
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