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High Tech and All That Jazz

Melissa — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:42:16 +0000

So clearly I’m a busy person these days! It’s been months since I’ve blogged, but I am reading much more lately! I had to post today because it’s Teen Read Week! Only the Mecca of all weeks for teen librarians. And to officially make my mark on TRW and give homage to my new job with digital libraries, I am making this post from an iPhone app.

In my bed. Cuddling with a cat. I now have the ability to blog from anywhere!

In other news, what am I reading? I just finished The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson, which was phenomenal. All the buzz, well deserved. I loved the epicness of the story, along with the fantasy combined with religion. A truly unique tale.

I hope my few readers out there are celebrating TRW with a good book! Give me some recs!

Toward the Finish Line

Melissa — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:30:21 +0000

I can’t believe it, but I’m beginning my last semester of library school next week! It’s been an absolutely, fantastic, amazing, experience-filled ride, and the best is yet to come. This semester I’ll be working at a local library for a practicum experience, where I get to work with teens in a library, work on and create projects, and basically learn all I can about being a teen librarian.

I’m super excited about it and can’t wait to begin! I’ll also be taking one class this semester, Museum Studies for Librarians, and two workshops, one on video games in libraries (awesome, right?) and another on young adult literature. STOKED! Can you believe I get to go to school for this kind of thing?

This semester I’m really going to focus on building my professional credentials, skills, and experiences, in the hopes that I can find and obtain a job when I graduate. I’m participating in a lot of cool programs, volunteering, and working my butt off to make this happen. Since I’ll be in a library setting much more often than usual, I’m hoping to really amp up my posts here with insights and anecdotes about my experiences in the library.

Wish me luck, and look forward to reading about my first week of my marathon toward the finish line next week!

Guest Blogging @ Hey! Teenager of the Year

Melissa — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:07:36 +0000

Tonight you can find me guest blogging over at Steph Bowe’s Hey! Teenager of the Year blog. If you don’t follow Steph–do! Her blog is fantastic, current, edgy, and hilarious. She has a book coming out next year and I’ll be one of the first in line. Check out my post at her blog on YA Lit and Teens!

Plus don’t forget to enter to win an ARC of Hourglass by Claudia Gray, contest ends March 19th!

YALSA on “The Problem with Cool”

Melissa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:31:19 +0000

Sarah Ludwig of YALSA discusses “The Problem with Cool” on the YALSA blog. Her take: you won’t be a teen’s best friend, you won’t be able to know 100% about everything they are interested in, but you can be nice, friendly, show interest, care, and have boundaries, and in turn, probably gain a lot of respect.

I like when she mentions that teens have a “super-high BS meter.” For me, I think this is very important to keep in mind. I have my own specific interests that I am passionate about. A lot of teens won’t share them. They won’t see me as “cool.” But they can respect me, because I will respect them. I can encourage their own interests, and take the time to learn about them, so that I can provide the best service for them. I don’t have to be an expert on something to provide information about it.