As a first year librarian, Kristy Kimball Barker, works each day to promote literacy and bring her best to the school and students.  In this podcast, Kristy and Shannon discuss the important changes she made as a first year librarian.

Making Changes as a New Librarian (with Kristy Barker)

In this series, the topics will focus on the many ways Future Ready Librarians® lead as we hear stories and ideas from some of the nation’s top teacher librarians.  They will inspire us and make us look at our practice within the topics of collection development, diversity, virtual and school library spaces, collaboration, empowering students as creators, continuous and remote learning and so much more.

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Educational Technology

Join this exciting podcast episode as Shannon talks to Nina Canales about her journey since 2020 in redesigning the library and starting from scratch to create a space that the teens of her school wanted. From quiet spaces to collaborative, to the new furniture and all new books, Nina’s space has it all!

A Library Makeover Story: Creating a Library for Teens

Join Shannon as she speaks with Andrea Keller on how to use the power of social media to promote books and programming in the library. And get the scoop on how to use TikTok and other platforms to connect with your readers and community too.

Be a TokStar Librarian

Join Shannon as she talks to Liz Stroud about the way she uses social emotional learning strategies, activities and books in her library to connect with her students and give them amazing experiences and opportunities throughout the week.

Bringing SEL Into Our Libraries

Providing student access to diverse books is more important than ever in our current climate. It is critical that students see themselves in the books they read, finding mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors into the experiences of others. This podcast will focus on two of Melissa’s initiatives - Visual Book Lists and Novel Nation Book Fairs. Visual Book Lists provide easy to browse, thematic lists of similar books featuring diverse authors. 

Guest Name:  Melissa Corey 

Guest social media: 
@melissacorey on X, Instagram, BlueSky, Threads
@melissacoreylibrary on TikTok

Amplify Voices: Increasing Access to Diverse Books with Visual Book Lists and Free Book Fairs

In this episode, Steve Tetreault joins Shannon to talk about how everyone can lead from their library by pursuing and sharing the things we love about librarianship. By doing this, you will end up as a leader too! 

Guest Name:  Steve Tetreault

Guest social media: @DrTLovesBooks (mostly on Bluesky these days!)

Steve is also the host of the SLLN Podcast, monthly contributor to AASL’s Knowledge Quest website.

Making Changes as a New Librarian (with Kristy Barker)

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