…but they’re just copying stuff from the Internet and pasting it into their research papers.  See, we Librarians know the truth.  We see what your kids do when you aren’t around.
I hate it so much, hate it, hate it, hate it, hate it, HATE it….almost as much as I despise Halloween.
And that is the end [...]

I just checked my mail…that is, snail mail…at my Library. Anyway, I got my usual assortment of book catalogs and magazine renewal warnings. Along with all that was a catalog from Learning Media of America with “Free DVDs” written in big letters. I think these are the same people who normally send [...]

If you happen to be one of those who will read the new Harry Potter book as soon as it comes out (and then never again — I mean, who reads fiction books twice?), please don’t let it collect dust on your shelf.
Donate it to a library like mine, which won’t have money to order [...]

After five weeks of “vacation” I am days away from returning to my day job. What do I do? Yeah, sometimes I forget myself when I’m off for this long. I’m a librarian (a school library media specialist for those of you who really care). Remember?
I have a lot of work [...]

We’re approaching the end of another school year. Time flies. Even though our school is on a year-round schedule, our Library Media Center is expect to close up shop as though we were going on a normal summer vacation. Don’t get me wrong. We do get a summer recess, but it’s [...]

For those of you who read this blog to hear about my library, I apologize. It’s not that I have just neglected you; there really hasn’t been anything going on here. I was off for three weeks, and then upon returning we had the baby, and I took more time off. [...]

The Golden Scrolls is now available worldwide in several bookstores. You can go here for a list of places where you can buy the book.

No, not the Kevin Costner movie, my library. Every summer, one of the air conditioners (nope, no central air) kicks it and throws up all over the carpet. This year, it was the worst ever. Half of the library was literally soaked. Most of the carpet is dry now, and the [...]

I picked up this quote on LM_Net
“What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks about education.“

–Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education

I intended to mention this some time ago, but somehow it slipped my mind. A really cool Librarian friend of mine wrote this book called Aurora Borealis. You can read a description and reviews of it by clicking on the aforementioned link.
I read it in one day (couldn’t put it down), and trust [...]