I've attended Camp Read-A-Lot for several years, and this was one of the best yet! David La Rochelle was an inspiring speaker, and the book talks with librarians and teachers were really helpful. I especially appreciated hearing how other librarians will use the books in their programs and the type of patron who may like [...]
I truly enjoyed Camp Read-a-Lot this year. We heard from David LaRochelle, Ralph Covert and John Coy. LaRochelle talked a lot about writing and publishing. The most important thing I heard from him was "Make your someday because somedays never come." I also learned that the revision process is just getting started once you are [...]
Camp Read-A-Lot is a literacy conference. We had 2 authors speak about writing and how to encourage kids to read more. The authors were to Minnesota authors, David LaRochelle and John Coy. Also Ralph Covert showed us how fun can turn into a learning experience. Everyone was great and it was an awesome experience. We [...]
Camp Read A Lot is a literacy conference that is a collaboration between Minnesota arts and cultural Heritage Fund (ACHF, the Pioneer land Library System, the Plum Creek Library System and Prairielands library Exchange). Anyone interested promoting literacy and learning about new books for children and young adults can attend. It is designed for more [...]
I attended Camp Read A Lot on August 7. This was the first day and had sessions on Early Childhood books and Grades 2-4. I read all the Early Childhood books and sat through 6 different discussions about the different books. Most of the books were good and had lots of beautiful illustrations. I will [...]
I took two courses during spring semester at St. Cloud State University. One course was Reading Guidance for Young Adults (Information Media 625). This course focused on reading for the young adult student. Many books were read and discussed in class. I decided to get a number of these books for KMS' High School media [...]
I am a member of the MILE Cohort 2019. This four day institute brings together librarians and other library staff from across fields (public, academic, and school) and across the state and helps enable them to be the next generation of library leaders. The session that shines the brightest for me occurred on the third [...]
Thanks to Prairielands for providing funds supporting my trip to the national ACRL conference in Cleveland, OH. I attended a dozen sessions plus two keynote speakers. One session I'll highlight was entitled "Working at the Intersections of Information Literacy & Scholarly Communication." This panel gave me lots to think about regarding students as content creators [...]
I attended the 2019 ACRL conference in Cleveland (April 10-13). The first session I attended had a panel of three librarians who have implemented "escape rooms" as a way to introduce FYE classes to the library's physical space. Attending this class with my colleague Pam was fortunate, as we had many conversations over the next [...]
Thank you for the opportunity to attend LibTech at Macalester College on March 20-21, 2019. I went to several useful workshops, but two I thought stood out were Taking LibGuides to the Next Level and Digging Deeper Into Google Extensions. Taking LibGuides focused on small tweaks we can make to our LibGuides and websites like [...]