Library Ties

“Tie”ing together my thoughts on school library media programs, technology, and education

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Summer of Good Intentions

August 18th, 2010 Comments Off

I had such good intentions that this summer I would keep up with my blog.  As you can see, my last entry was in May, so that didn’t happen.  This summer was one filled with wonderful memories from the American Library Association Conference, the C.L.A.S.S. Institute, and spending time with my nieces and nephew.  I [...]

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Packages

December 29th, 2009 2 Comments

I have to admit I love opening packages.   They can be wrapped up in beautiful paper or in a plain cardboard box.   I’m just like a kid at Christmas wondering what might be inside it.   Anytime we get anything new materials into the library, I always like to try and be first to see what [...]

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A Winning Team

November 9th, 2008 Comments Off

This week I had the pleasure of traveling to Denver with my principal Vince Barnes to talk about our winning team at North Elementary at the Colorado Association of Libraries conference.  It was so much fun to meet with the folks from CASL and talk about our library media program.  You can read some of [...]

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Cookie Jar

October 27th, 2008 Comments Off

Recently we moved my Grandparents from their home to live with my  Dad.  It has been an adventure.   We’re currently in the process of cleaning out their house.  The nice thing is Grandma gets to tell us who gets what, so there is little fussing or disagreements.  One of the “gems” I got was [...]

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