Wow! We are almost to April! I haven't blogged as much this year- but I have been sharing a TON on different platforms. Right now I am preparing for the Texas Library Association Conference (will I see you???) and National Library Week
After being inspired byMiranda at @bilingualbibliotecaria on Instagram I realized I wanted to share even more of library land. My word this last year has been Adventure- so Adventures in Library Land began.
I share these snippets of various library adventures through TikTok-but I also cross-post on Instagram and Facebook as reels, share on X and I am trying to get better at sharing them as Shorts on YouTubeb
Links:
-TikTok- @akbusybee
-Instagram-@beeinthebookends
-X- @akbusybee
-Youtube
National Library Week is coming up- and I want to make sure that I am continually advocating for the importance of the library in all that I do! We are also about to be knee-deep in testing season so I wanted to think of ideas that I could do with different spaces.
I started out by seeing what American Library Association had posted for National Library Week- and I LOVE the theme!! They also have resources in Spanish.
They have ideas associated with days for April 7th-10th and graphics that you can use.
Here is my plan (and these are pretty much the same things I have done the last couple of years- but I am at a new campus)
I am sharing each day- but also below is my Canva Document- I will be sharing them across platforms- but I found that my students spend more times in Insta Stories than the actual Insta feeds.
Monday-April 7th- Right to read- stop by the library to pick up items to make your own bookmark (also- I don't know what this will look like yet- but I have a couple of days to figure it out)
I am also going to have a Read and Recommend Board outside of the library
Tuesday- April 8th- National Library Workers day- I am going to invite students and staff to stop by and grab a water bottle sticker because I am stuck on our students and staff.
Wednesday- April 9th- National Library Outreach Day- Stop by the library to check out one of our new books or pick a free read from our book cart! I am going to also offer for staff to stop by and create a bookmark using the Glowforge (students too..but I might have to figure that out the next week when the library is more open- the Glowforge is amazing.. but loud)
Thursday- April 10th- Take Actions for Library Day- I am going to use the ALA page and invite students to pick up a sheet and they can share what draws them to the library.
Friday- April 11th- Library Time Capsule- I am going to invite students and staff to help create a Library Time Capsule! Write down your favorite book, book quote or a message to future readers, and we’ll seal it up to open in a few years.
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Library Week 2025 by akbusybee