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MASS Teen Choice Book Award

16 Mar 2022 8:51 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

Suzanne Larsen (Seekonk High School Library Media Specialist) and Barb Fecteau (Barb) lay out the stakes of the newest game in town: the MA Teen Choice Book Award. Listen up for how to get involved and get excited about this new statewide program. The MTCBA book list will be unveiled at the conference at the end of this month! We have a great discussion about the ins and outs, what to expect as we roll into April with this program, and what perspectives the work on this committee have given them.
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"We're the Only Us": Year Two of the Virtual Conference

4 Mar 2022 8:56 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

We talk to Alix Woznick, school librarian at Beverly Middle School, about her role as the chair of the conference committee.
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Discussing Dewey

20 Nov 2021 9:00 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

MSLA's Jennifer Mason Stott, librarian at Graham & Parks School in Cambridge; Gillian Bartoo, a cataloger from CPS, and Maya Bery, librarian from Carlisle Public Schools join a conversation about the Dewey Decimal System.
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Climate Prep Week

20 Sep 2021 9:05 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

In sharing our conversation with Gardner, Ella and I hope to dispel some of the anxiety you might be feeling about... well... climate anxiety. But also, anxiety about scheduling something around Climate Preparedness Week, which runs annually from Sept. 24th to 30th. Gardner is a tireless advocate for this issue, and she discusses resources, programming ideas, and how climate change is, for some, still discussed as an abstract concept. With her students at Dartmouth Middle School, Gardner uses the curriculum to move past concepts into action and service.
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Getting Graphic with Liza

9 Sep 2021 9:10 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

Liza Halley is Library Teacher at Plympton Elementary School in Waltham, MA, who not only believes graphic novels are great-- but essential. In collaboration with Plympton Elementary’s visual art teachers, Liza is developing an “Art of the Comic'' class. Join us for a conversation about how literacy is-- crucially-- more than just about words on the page.
Liza on Twitter: @LizaLitDiva

Liza on Insta: lizahalley08

Media discussed:

Shirley and Jamila Save Their Summer by Gillian Goerz

Go with the Flow by Lily Williams, Karen Schneemann

Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

Run: Book One (Run #1) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell, L. Fury

Beowulf by Santiago García, David Rubín, Javier Olivares

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Erin Hunter’s Warriors series

adaptations of Clifford the Big Red Dog and The Magic Treehouse

Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Margarita Engle

Gareth Hinds

The Flintstones by Mark Russell

Howard the Duck by Chip Zdarsky

Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto

Yotsuba by Kiyohiko Azuma

Yuzu the Pet Vet by Mingo Ito

Under the Cottonwood Tree: El Susto de la Curandera by Paul Meyer, Carlos Meyer, Margaret Hardy

Factory Summers by Guy DeLisle

Vanni: A Family's Struggle Through the Sri Lankan Conflict by Benjamin Dix, Lindsay Pollock

Agatha Christie's Poirot (ITV show)

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

How the Word is Passed by Clint Hill

The Runaway Princess by Johan Troïanowski

Pity Party by Kathleen Lane

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Hey Barb.

8 Jun 2021 9:14 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

In this episode, we talk to Barb Fecteau, librarian at Beverly High School. Barb is Barb. She wrote a great column in the last forum issue about one of her favorite subjects, Fun (). Ella and I had fun talking to her, too.
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In Conversation: MSLA President Elect Jen Varney

1 Jun 2021 9:17 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

For our debut episode, we invite MSLA President Elect Jen Varney for a conversation about her start in cataloging and academic librarianship and her move to schools in and around Boston. Jen's term begins in July. She charts her involvement in MSLA and plans for the future of the organization.
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