It’s our 1-year birthday today! We are so grateful to every single person who has supported us and watched our little YouTube channel grow. To celebrate, we’d like to share some Jbrary highlights interspersed with children’s librarian themed “Hey Girl” memes featuring my nephew Blake because THAT’S HOW WE ROLL. Let’s start with a look… Continue reading Happy 1-Year Birthday to Jbrary!
Month: March 2014
Goodbye, Friends: The Life and Times of an On-Call Librarian
Lindsey and I work as on-call librarians in a large urban library system. The nature of being an on-call librarian here is impermanence and change. Constant change. We started by filling scheduling holes across 22 branches either on the fly or landing a set of shifts. We have both been fortunate to take on larger… Continue reading Goodbye, Friends: The Life and Times of an On-Call Librarian
Superhero Academy: Spring Break Program at the Library
For the past few weeks I’ve been in spring break planning mode. Now the funny thing about this program is that I won’t actually be the one carrying it out. I’m moving to a new branch this week, but I knew I wanted to leave the incoming librarian with an awesome program to start her… Continue reading Superhero Academy: Spring Break Program at the Library
We’ll Link to That: Spring 2014
Well we promised not to tarry with the next instalment of the column we write for YAACING, which is published by the Young Adult and Children’s Services (YAACS) arm of the British Columbia Library Association and here we are delivering! If you’d like to catch up on our last two columns you can find them here: Winter 2014 Fall… Continue reading We’ll Link to That: Spring 2014