Karen Jensen, MLS
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Librarian: Teen/YA/Youth
Swiftie (of the senior variety)
Against Book Banning
Wife, Mom, No Domestic Skills or Ambitions
Did I mention Librarian?
Librarian: Teen/YA/Youth
Swiftie (of the senior variety)
Against Book Banning
Wife, Mom, No Domestic Skills or Ambitions
Did I mention Librarian?
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If you read a book this year, im proud of you 🫶🏽 reading and literacy has become an act of rebellion in such an illiterate world
December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you read a book this year, im proud of you 🫶🏽 reading and literacy has become an act of rebellion in such an illiterate world
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Reclaiming My Korean-American Identity: One Recipe at a Time, a guest post by Lydia Kang
Without effort, our culture will inevitably dissipate over generations. It takes intention to keep the stove on. To keep the recipes alive.
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Without effort, our culture will inevitably dissipate over generations. It takes intention to keep the stove on. To keep the recipes alive.
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Reclaiming My Korean-American Identity: One Recipe at a Time, a guest post by Lydia Kang
Without effort, our culture will inevitably dissipate over generations. It takes intention to keep the stove on. To keep the recipes alive. To talk to our parents and grandparents to learn what we can...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Reclaiming My Korean-American Identity: One Recipe at a Time, a guest post by Lydia Kang
Without effort, our culture will inevitably dissipate over generations. It takes intention to keep the stove on. To keep the recipes alive.
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Without effort, our culture will inevitably dissipate over generations. It takes intention to keep the stove on. To keep the recipes alive.
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So how many libraries saw a surge in holds for THE GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore SINCE Friday 12/12?
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
So how many libraries saw a surge in holds for THE GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore SINCE Friday 12/12?
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Are Kids Just Miniature Adults? A guest post by Simon Stephenson
The best storytellers I know put their emotions on the page or screen and don't seem to make a distinction between children and adults.
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The best storytellers I know put their emotions on the page or screen and don't seem to make a distinction between children and adults.
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Are Kids Just Miniature Adults? A guest post by Simon Stephenson
The best storytellers I know put their emotions on the page or screen and don't seem to make a distinction between children and adults.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Are Kids Just Miniature Adults? A guest post by Simon Stephenson
The best storytellers I know put their emotions on the page or screen and don't seem to make a distinction between children and adults.
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The best storytellers I know put their emotions on the page or screen and don't seem to make a distinction between children and adults.
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Taylor Swift Was Listening to This Audiobook in New Docuseries, The End of an Era
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Taylor Swift Was Listening to This Audiobook in New Docuseries, The End of an Era by ubcstaffer123
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Taylor Swift Was Listening to This Audiobook in New Docuseries, The End of an Era by ubcstaffer123
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Taylor Swift Was Listening to This Audiobook in New Docuseries, The End of an Era
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Taylor Swift Was Listening to This Audiobook in New Docuseries, The End of an Era by ubcstaffer123
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Taylor Swift Was Listening to This Audiobook in New Docuseries, The End of an Era by ubcstaffer123
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Take Five: Books with the most holds at my school this school year
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Take Five: Books with the most holds at my school this school year
I don’t know why, but I find it incredibly charming when kids ask to have books put on hold. I love that they’re so into wanting to read them that they want to remember that they want to read them, an...
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December 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Take Five: Books with the most holds at my school this school year
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In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
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Hear what teens and teen librarians are saying about these new books for teen! @tltkaren.bsky.social @slj.com
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December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hear what teens and teen librarians are saying about these new books for teen! @tltkaren.bsky.social @slj.com
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Sharing for the side by side comparison of fonts
Sometimes headlines are too funny, you just have to make an infographic. 🇺🇸 A font coup is underway: Times New Roman is back, ousting Calibri for being "too woke." 🤯 Font choices are officially a matter of national security.
Will this font war spill into Canada? 🇨🇦 #FontWars #DEI #StateDepartment
Will this font war spill into Canada? 🇨🇦 #FontWars #DEI #StateDepartment
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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This. This is another assault on marginalized people. Sand Serif fonts are recommended in design classes for people with Dyslexia.
Lots of jokes about a "woke" font but a shift from a sans-serif to a serif font is actually bad for inclusion!
Calibri is a much more readable font than Times New Roman, so this does make things worse for e.g. those with dyslexia and those with low vision.
Calibri is a much more readable font than Times New Roman, so this does make things worse for e.g. those with dyslexia and those with low vision.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This. This is another assault on marginalized people. Sand Serif fonts are recommended in design classes for people with Dyslexia.
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Writing hard history I fear the question: Is it my fault? A guest post by Candy Gourlay
I’d like to think that history is not a moral judgment on the contemporary individual but a record of human choices and their consequences.
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I’d like to think that history is not a moral judgment on the contemporary individual but a record of human choices and their consequences.
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Writing hard history I fear the question: Is it my fault? A guest post by Candy Gourlay
I’d like to think that history is not a moral judgment on the contemporary individual but a record of human choices and their consequences. As such, it is a guide. History shows us how to make differe...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Writing hard history I fear the question: Is it my fault? A guest post by Candy Gourlay
I’d like to think that history is not a moral judgment on the contemporary individual but a record of human choices and their consequences.
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I’d like to think that history is not a moral judgment on the contemporary individual but a record of human choices and their consequences.
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How I Found My Lift-Off: The Real Story Behind Sama Crushes the Code, a guest post and cover reveal from Samaira Mehta
For every kid who feels like they think too hard or care too deeply: I see you. I was you.
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For every kid who feels like they think too hard or care too deeply: I see you. I was you.
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How I Found My Lift-Off: The Real Story Behind Sama Crushes the Code, a guest post and cover reveal from Samaira Mehta
For every kid who feels like they think too hard or care too deeply: I see you. I was you. And I can’t wait for you to meet Sama and, maybe, to watch you build your own way to fly.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
How I Found My Lift-Off: The Real Story Behind Sama Crushes the Code, a guest post and cover reveal from Samaira Mehta
For every kid who feels like they think too hard or care too deeply: I see you. I was you.
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For every kid who feels like they think too hard or care too deeply: I see you. I was you.
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Take Five: Top 5 Graphic Novels at My School
What graphic novels were popular at my school in 2025? Let's look!
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What graphic novels were popular at my school in 2025? Let's look!
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Take Five: Top 5 Graphic Novels at My School
What graphic novels were popular at my school in 2025? Let's look!
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December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Take Five: Top 5 Graphic Novels at My School
What graphic novels were popular at my school in 2025? Let's look!
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What graphic novels were popular at my school in 2025? Let's look!
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Science’s Invisible Girls: Highlighting Women in STEM with A TIME TRAVELER’S HISTORY OF TOMORROW, a guest post by Kendall Kulper
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Science’s Invisible Girls: Highlighting Women in STEM with A TIME TRAVELER’S HISTORY OF TOMORROW, a guest post by Kendall Kulper
When I started researching this book, I came across countless other invisible women, scientists whose achievements and contributions were overlooked, ignored, trivialized, or cannibalized by their mal...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Science’s Invisible Girls: Highlighting Women in STEM with A TIME TRAVELER’S HISTORY OF TOMORROW, a guest post by Kendall Kulper
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Read Rec Rachel: Template for Reader’s Advisory Booklets
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Read Rec Rachel: Template for Reader’s Advisory Booklets
One of the things I’m happiest to create for my library teens are recommendation booklets. I love talking face to face with teens about what they’re reading and what they’re looking for, but let’s fac...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Read Rec Rachel: Template for Reader’s Advisory Booklets
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Fast Five Interview: Jim Zub, Stacy King, and Andrew Wheeler
Today we are joined by author team Jim Zub, Stacy King, and Andrew Wheeler to talk about their new book, The Warriors & Wizards Compendium: A Young Adventurer's Guide.
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Today we are joined by author team Jim Zub, Stacy King, and Andrew Wheeler to talk about their new book, The Warriors & Wizards Compendium: A Young Adventurer's Guide.
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Fast Five Interview: Jim Zub, Stacy King, and Andrew Wheeler
Today we are joined by author team Jim Zub, Stacy King, and Andrew Wheeler to talk about their new book, The Warriors & Wizards Compendium: A Young Adventurer's Guide.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Fast Five Interview: Jim Zub, Stacy King, and Andrew Wheeler
Today we are joined by author team Jim Zub, Stacy King, and Andrew Wheeler to talk about their new book, The Warriors & Wizards Compendium: A Young Adventurer's Guide.
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Today we are joined by author team Jim Zub, Stacy King, and Andrew Wheeler to talk about their new book, The Warriors & Wizards Compendium: A Young Adventurer's Guide.
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Take Five: Top 5 Books at My School This Fall
I'm curious what's moving the most at your libraries, especially if you're in Minnesota.
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I'm curious what's moving the most at your libraries, especially if you're in Minnesota.
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Take Five: Top 5 Books at My School This Fall
I'm curious what's moving the most at your libraries, especially if you're in Minnesota.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Take Five: Top 5 Books at My School This Fall
I'm curious what's moving the most at your libraries, especially if you're in Minnesota.
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I'm curious what's moving the most at your libraries, especially if you're in Minnesota.
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“To My Sixteen-Year-Old Self”:The Transcendent Power of Literature In The Face of Mental Illness, a guest post by Ella Grace Foutz
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“To My Sixteen-Year-Old Self”: The Transcendent Power of Literature In The Face of Mental Illness, a guest post by Ella Grace Foutz
Lullabies for the Insomniacs strings together the countless lonely sleepless nights I spent as a teenager, stranded in the turbulence of my mind and emotions.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“To My Sixteen-Year-Old Self”:The Transcendent Power of Literature In The Face of Mental Illness, a guest post by Ella Grace Foutz
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Making Space to Make Mistakes, a guest post by Jodi Meadows
Hopefully, we will choose to learn and grow from the mistakes we make in digital spaces . . . and to be kinder people in the future.
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Hopefully, we will choose to learn and grow from the mistakes we make in digital spaces . . . and to be kinder people in the future.
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Making Space to Make Mistakes, a guest post by Jodi Meadows
Hopefully, we will choose to learn and grow from the mistakes we make in digital spaces . . . and to be kinder people in the future.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Making Space to Make Mistakes, a guest post by Jodi Meadows
Hopefully, we will choose to learn and grow from the mistakes we make in digital spaces . . . and to be kinder people in the future.
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Hopefully, we will choose to learn and grow from the mistakes we make in digital spaces . . . and to be kinder people in the future.
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Redefining Classics: Making space for books that will stand the test of time, a guest post by Marcia Argueta Mickelson
Readers deserve a chance to discover as many different stories as possible.
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Readers deserve a chance to discover as many different stories as possible.
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Redefining Classics: Making space for books that will stand the test of time, a guest post by Marcia Argueta Mickelson
Readers deserve a chance to discover as many different stories as possible.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Redefining Classics: Making space for books that will stand the test of time, a guest post by Marcia Argueta Mickelson
Readers deserve a chance to discover as many different stories as possible.
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Readers deserve a chance to discover as many different stories as possible.
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Fast Five Interview: Neal Shusterman
Author Neal Shusterman joins us to talk about his new book, MINDWORKS.
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Author Neal Shusterman joins us to talk about his new book, MINDWORKS.
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Fast Five Interview: Neal Shusterman
Author Neal Shusterman joins us to talk about his new book, MINDWORKS.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Fast Five Interview: Neal Shusterman
Author Neal Shusterman joins us to talk about his new book, MINDWORKS.
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Author Neal Shusterman joins us to talk about his new book, MINDWORKS.
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Today I learned there are more books with 7 in the title than 6, for reasons
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Today I learned there are more books with 7 in the title than 6, for reasons
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Fast Five Interview: Lyla Lee
Lyla Lee joins us to talk about her new book, THE CUFFING GAME.
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Lyla Lee joins us to talk about her new book, THE CUFFING GAME.
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Fast Five Interview: Lyla Lee
Lyla Lee joins us to talk about her new book, THE CUFFING GAME.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Fast Five Interview: Lyla Lee
Lyla Lee joins us to talk about her new book, THE CUFFING GAME.
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Lyla Lee joins us to talk about her new book, THE CUFFING GAME.
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Look, I am having a great day personally. I formatted my department annual report. I got the TS vinyl case!! I got the Wordle in 2. I got to eat steak with my husband and now have time home alone.
There is only 1 thing that could make this day better - let’s get child rapists out of office!!
There is only 1 thing that could make this day better - let’s get child rapists out of office!!
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Look, I am having a great day personally. I formatted my department annual report. I got the TS vinyl case!! I got the Wordle in 2. I got to eat steak with my husband and now have time home alone.
There is only 1 thing that could make this day better - let’s get child rapists out of office!!
There is only 1 thing that could make this day better - let’s get child rapists out of office!!
@tuphlos.bsky.social Happy birthday to you!!!!!
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
@tuphlos.bsky.social Happy birthday to you!!!!!