100 Scope Notes
February 2, 2015 by Betsy Bird
Hi ho, folks! And what an exciting morning we had today. Lori Prince and I had a blast in the SLJ office predicting winners and then discovering how wrong (or occasionally right) we were. Here’s the PreGame Show, in case you missed it live. Note how Lori successfully predicts a Newbery combo that was far […]
January 29, 2015 by Betsy Bird
Observe the following: SLJ-Pre-game Show dance number: ALA Youth Media Awards 2014 from School Library Journal on Vimeo. If it is not immediately clear, this is a video of me dancing with partner-in-crime Lori Prince to the ALA hold music. More specifically, it’s the music that they play as you wait for the live webcast […]
January 27, 2014 by Betsy Bird
Well THAT was exciting! Exciting and fun and not a single winner of today’s awards made me bang my head on a table at any point. Hooray! That’s what constitutes a good year, in my book. If you’re curious about what won, the press release listing the authors can be found here. We can now […]
January 26, 2014 by Betsy Bird
No, as you can probably tell I am not in Philly this weekend for the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference. I am okay with this. Yes, it would remarkably easy for me to attend. Heck, I could probably go and sleep at home every night, but all told I wasn’t quite up for a conference […]
January 20, 2014 by Betsy Bird
Here’s the situation. The ALA Youth Media Awards are going to air this coming Monday, January 27th. If you’re anything like me, you’ve been waiting for them for quite a long time. You’ve read the Mock Newberys and Caldecotts. You’ve read some of the contenders and thought things through. Now’s the time to find out […]
Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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