Guest: Katie McNamara , Teacher Librarian & Program Director

From: Central California  CA

 

Grade(s) Taught: 9, 10, 11, 12, Higher Ed

 

Resources: 

• Author Visit : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fNlU1ZiBMUio06LeiDQzO5xldBmx4vSEP518XmN3R78/edit?tab=t.bwb4b0l15rk3 

 

Book Break: 

• This Thing of Ours by Frederick Joseph 

• Speechless by Aron Nels Steinke

• Of Earthly Delights by Goldy Moldavsky

• A Catalog of Burnt Objects by Shana Youngdahl

• Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

• The Deviant, Vol. 1 by James Tynion

• Something Is Killing the Children Omnibus, Vol. 1 by James Tynion

 

Where to find Katie McNamara: 

• Handle: @KatieJMcNamara

• I can most regularly be found on: Bluesky

 

Check in with us, and check us out!

• Have an idea, a question, or a lesson you want to share? Email [email protected]

• Check out the curated list of free online resources & events at www.SchoolLibrarianLearningNetwork.org

Some Bluesky Resources

Starter Packs - These give you a list of accounts you might be interested in following. You can selectively choose among the accounts, or "Follow all" with one click!

• School Librarians by @techielibgrl.com

• UK School Librarians by @ljwattswales.bsky.social

• K-12 School Library Professionals in Canada by @dnevillebooks.bsky.social

Feeds - These are collections of posts that meet certain search criteria. They're a great way to see topics you're interested in! You can add feeds to your account for easy repeat viewing. 

• School Librarians Feed by ‪@davidbfox.com‬: Follow the feed to see posts that include "schoollibrarian," "schoollibrary," "School Library Journal," "LMTS," "AASL"

• School Libraries Feed by ‪@tljamesa.com‬:  This is a feed of posts from and for school librarians, teacher librarians, library media specialists, etc. #TLChat #FutureReadyLibs #SchoolLibrary #SchoolLibrarian #TLsky

• School Libraries Feed by ‪@debbieohi.com‬: Picks up posts that include hashtags related to school libraries and school librarians. Search parameters still being tweaked.

• TLSky Feed by ‪@techielibgrl.com‬:  - TLSky is a feed for Librarians. Share by using #tlsky