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Library Futures Seminar at the Louisville Public Library
Hello all! I am in Louisville, KY today as part of a Libraries Futures Seminar at the Louisville Public Library organized by the very awesome June Garcia and Susan Kent. I’ll be talking about...
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Library Management Stuff from an Up And Coming Library Manager Type Person
About a week ago I saw this tweet from the great Cate Levinson @storytiming. We talked about management and supervision in libraries over email and it was a great conversation…so great that it got me...
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Badges
I earned all these badges, dagnabit. Up until a few months ago, I was very bored by the whole idea of issuing badges for completing certain tasks, obtaining new skills, or just doing something in...
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564 Days (or, the story of THE 2ND FLOOR thus far…)
The 2nd Floor of the Downtown Chattanooga Public Library has been in its current state, a place for ages 0-18 and their caregivers, for 564 days, or 1 year, 6 months, and 16 days as of today. If...
View ArticleWe Got Yarnbombed
This past Saturday an awesome teen came into the library and yarnbomed one of our chairs. Of course, I didn’t put up any kind of fight. This makes me very happy.
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Megan Emery, Welcome to Chattanooga!
One huge thing that I’ve learned in the last five months at the Chattanooga Public Library is that when you have an amazing team working in your library that you can accomplish anything. The staff at...
View ArticleBreaking Down the Wall: Teaching Teens About Technology at the Chattanooga...
I had the honor of presenting alongside James McNutt of Engage3D at the Fall Tenn-Share Conference in Nashville, TN on 9/20/13. It was a great experience! Here are our slides: Breaking Down the Wall:...
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3D Printing in Libraries: My Experience
Before I arrived in Chattanooga six months ago, I had never seen a 3D printer nor did I have much interest in them. Over those six months, I’ve had many experiences with a 3D printer from both close...
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Saturdays at the Library #3
A group of tweens and teens were huddled around the iMac all day making beats and writing lyrics for a song. Here is the finished song: Our 3rd Saturday of the month Dungeons and Dragons group joined...
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The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services
I am honored to be a part of the upcoming ALA publication The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services, which was edited by Heather Booth and Karen Jensen and features a lot of great pieces written by...
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