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Heading to #AASL25 this week — can’t wait to connect with fellow school librarians & educators!

Come learn what’s new and how the updated standards support both new and veteran librarians. Excited to share, listen, and learn together. 💙

##AASL25 #TLChat #Skybrarians

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

“They took my shoes and pulled out my shoelaces.

'What are you doing? What is happening?’ I asked.

'You are being detained.’

'I don’t understand. What does that mean? For how long?’

'I don’t know.’”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries The order prohibits the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.”

Good news from Colorado: A U.S. District Judge ordered a school district to restore library books they banned by next week, prohibiting the district from further restrictions on access to books that the school board objects to politically.
#UniteAgainstBookBans

www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...

Show up for our libraries. American Library Association

Thank you to everyone who emailed their legislators, urging them to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 70K+ emails have already been sent! Help us keep the momentum going! Share this link with friends, family & fellow library supporters.📚 bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
#ForOurLibraries

Supporting a student writing a letter to one of the colleges so she could stand up for herself after feeling discriminated against after her interview…it’s important to honor her feelings…how’s your day going? #bettertogether #DEIisimportant #DEImatters #Skybrarians #SchoolLibrarians #EduSky #TLSky

The Unite Against Book Bans logo above the text: Raise your voice. Join the movement. UniteAgainstBookBans.org.

If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.

Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/

Less than 2 years ago. Trump bragging that he tried to ban TikTok 3 years before but Democrats stopped him.

If you are not her, please do. If you can subscribe, consider it.

1/ I keep returning to one core thought: civics education really matters. It’s absence, at least in part, is what makes a Donald Trump and a MAGA movement possible.

Our AASA Affinity Group created a gorgeous display for Lunar New Year this month. I love these displays bc they create such a buzz on our campus. Adding student voice into the Library is rewarding to see it in action. #Skybrarians #TLSky #Edusky #bettertogether #schoollibrary #schoollibrarian

Sudoku is proving to be popular with our students this month already. They love our interactive bulletin boards! #Skybrarians #schoollibraries #schoollibrarians #bettertogether #TLSky #Edusky

It doesn’t seem like almost a month ago this display went up. I love hearing the conversations it has sparked & our native Ss thanked us for amplifying their voice. #raisevoices #bettertogether #TLsky #schoollibrarian #schoollibraries

The most important thing I’ve learned about communicating in an age of lots of lies is that pre-bunking is basically the only thing that works. Give people ammunition against misinformation, but do not tell them that you’re doing that.

Prepare Your Library Before January Arrives: Book Censorship News, November 22, 2024 How libraries should prepare for the incoming administration right now, from updating trustee descriptions to addressing mis/dis information.

How to prepare your library before January comes around. Yes, even those who don't work in libraries will find something here.

That, plus this week's book censorship news roundup: bookriot.com/prepare-your...

Engagement is the goal of trolls & those who traffic in mis- dis- & mal-information. With that in mind, I’ve stopped asking kids (& adults) to consider whether or not info can be trusted. Here’s the question I challenge them to grapple w/instead: “Should I engage with this?” bit.ly/trollposter_...

Discussing relationships on @aaslala.bsky.social webinar

Help ensure that AASL is providing a relevant, valuable, and continuously referenced professional learning resource for school librarians. bit.ly/surveyNSLS #schoollibrarians #schoollibraries #youropinionmatters

My @adobe.bsky.social Adobe Express November Challenge. Meet my alter-ego ❤️ #edusky #schoollibrarian #schoollibraries #adobeexpress

#insomnia woes will make for a long day in the school library

I chuckled at this but at the same time realize how sad it is

Had my first student turn in AI generated work…sigh. It was so obviously AI generated…I will be having a conversation with them their next class. #edusky #schoollibrarian #schoollibrary

Thank you

Me please!!

Building Grassroots Support to Protect You and Your Library As we all know too well, communities across the country are seeing a huge spike in book challenges and bans in our school and public libraries.  Censorship is on the rise, and libraries and librarian...

Given the strong opposition to book bans & the small # of people driving them, we have an opportunity to grow grassroots support in communities across America. What do we do? ---> politicsinpractice.slj.com/2023/10/25/g... @kcboyd.bsky.social @sassylibrarian.bsky.social @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social

Yes to all!