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Dismantling the Department of Education has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our kids, it’s simply about taking away resources from our public schools.

Our 6th international Edcamp Cardigan Camp virtual library conference begins at midnight on January 25. Enjoy 24 hours of sessions from AI to author visits to advocacy. There is still time to register at sites.google.com/view/edcamp-... Links will be emailed only to registrants later this week.

Question for library folks: Does anyone know of any fiction or nonfiction books that feature stepping and step teams? Our school has a step team, and it is an important part of student culture that I want represented in our library. I'm having trouble finding anything!

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Book censorship is about more than books.

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Which is precisely why the GOP constantly seeks to control and degrade the education process.

If you keep voters dumb and afraid, they’re far easier to manipulate.

Clearly I still have a lot to learn about scrolling through this app 🤦🏻‍♀️
But thank you!

I’d love to be added, please! Also THANK YOU for making this list!!!

I interviewed for a job that was an elementary “librarian.” At that job I would have been teaching library lessons for K-5 at 2 different schools and also leading math intervention. I wouldn’t have been involved with book exchange, classroom teachers would bring their students when I wasn’t there.

Unfortunately that is also part of the argument: we are viewed as staff members who read/aren’t doing anything all day, so give us some classes to teach because of the shortage.

Schools get to say “look! We have a real librarian!” without including the fine print of our availability.

I was hoping you would make an account here! There are some library faves from The Other Site that I was keeping in my search so I remembered to periodically check 😂

I am not @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social, buuuut I am also happy!

This is an AMAZING setting! I am very guilty of forgetting alt text, so immediately turned this on.

To all my school librarian friends, I figured out how to make a starter pack of librarians to follow on BlueSky. Follow it and the #TLSky hashtag. go.bsky.app/JPeAYQG

Thank you for this list!!! I’m trying to find more school librarians here.

Students frequently express frustration that they can’t come to the library during certain periods—especially since sometimes the only period they have time is when I am closed due to teaching.

It breaks my heart because it is so important that I be available to them AND work w/ their teachers.

Another common issue? Schools might have a certified school librarian…but they require the librarian to teach classes as well.

I’m the librarian of a Title 1 school and teach 2 elective classes. The library is closed for half of every school day because of my schedule.

This is a problem in Pennsylvania since public schools are not required to have a certified school librarian.

I created a list of folks who make a social media place feel like home for me. I’m missing several, so be patient with me.

Every person here is a banger.
10/10

go.bsky.app/4KXN1Jn

Love Kate’s books—and so do my students!

Sharing a recent hike pic AND some pics of my school library that has a nature theme.

YES! The only real inconvenience for me right now is that I started at my school library a year ago and inherited books with barcodes that are…all over the place!

It’s more important to benefit our readers than to do something that will save us a little time 1x/year.

New to Bluesky? If you're a children's author, educator, or librarian searching for your community here, my "Bookish Teachers & Librarians" starter pack can help get you started! go.bsky.app/TV22XkY

Oh hello! If you know me as collbrarian on That Site, it is still me!

The job I started a year ago has consumed pretty much all of my life, BUT I continue to attempt boundaries. I miss learning from the library & education folks online, so hopefully I will be more active here!

🦋 WELCOME TO BLUESKY! I recommend exploring our custom feeds, which are a little like hashtags but more interesting. We have them for academic and professional subjects, sports, cities, hobbies (e.g., gardening, baking), and many more. Search them in the sidebar under Feeds. 🧵

Libriarians and educators, if nobody else has told you thank you today, thank you.

I added as many as I could find. More to add? Let me know :) go.bsky.app/DDkL6MS #edusky #TLSky

I cover the book’s purchasing barcode since the ISBN can also be found on the title page verso. I LOATHE when barcodes cover the title or the blurb on a back cover, and so do my students!

I hate myself for this a bit during inventory time, but I will deal with that once a year.

- Most librarians and educators care about intellectual freedom but not all of them do. We have a real issue with quiet/silent censorship. I attribute a good chunk of that to decisions made in fight-flight-freeze, but the calls do originate inside the house, too. Calling that out matters.

Image of the tops of books in a herringbone pattern. They are in a rainbow gradient. The center of the image has a green textbox with the words "Resources for fighting book censorship, library challenges, and more."

A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.

This is updated regularly!