The Importance of Evaluation: How to Check In on New Services-At any given time, many of us who are children’s librarians are experts in multi-tasking, from implementing weekly programs to adding new services to address patron requests for more. Evaluation can help staff members get to the “why” something is important and help with our balancing act.
Library of Congress Offers U.S. Law Webinars-Next month, the Library of Congress will be offering an Orientation to Legal Research Webinar, focusing on federal legislative history. In addition, they will be hosting another entry into our Introduction to Congress.gov series. Read this blog post for more information.
Deep Reading Can Boost Your Critical Thinking and Help You Resist Misinformation-Simply being aware of how digital reading practices shape your brain can encourage new attitudes and habits toward how you consume information. Just pausing can reduce susceptibility to misinformation. Taking a few extra seconds to consciously judge information can counteract illusory truth, indicating that intentionally slowing down even just a bit can be beneficial.
Tips and Tricks for New Children’s Librarians– If you’re a new Children’s Librarian, here are some tips and tricks to get you started!