Boss_Librarian
@kcboyd.bsky.social
🎉2022 #SchoolLibOTY,
⭐️Past Chair of EMIERT,
✊🏾ALA Executive Board
#KC_SaidIt
⭐️Past Chair of EMIERT,
✊🏾ALA Executive Board
#KC_SaidIt
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Boss_Librarian
@kcboyd.bsky.social
· Jul 8
The fall Executive Board meeting schedule will be announced in September. EMIERT members are welcome to attend. Please monitor ALA Connect and our Instagram account: @EMIERT_ALA for news and announcements.
#EMIERT_Leads
#EMIERT_Leads
The Youth Media Awards will begin at 11am est this morning. It's like the Oscar's for books & televised LIVE from ALA headquarters in Chicago Illinois.
If you cannot watch the live stream hold onto the link below, and you will be able to access the recording.
Happy viewing!
www.ala.unikron.com
If you cannot watch the live stream hold onto the link below, and you will be able to access the recording.
Happy viewing!
www.ala.unikron.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The Youth Media Awards will begin at 11am est this morning. It's like the Oscar's for books & televised LIVE from ALA headquarters in Chicago Illinois.
If you cannot watch the live stream hold onto the link below, and you will be able to access the recording.
Happy viewing!
www.ala.unikron.com
If you cannot watch the live stream hold onto the link below, and you will be able to access the recording.
Happy viewing!
www.ala.unikron.com
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Who is excited for tomorrow's #ALAyma announcements?
The annual announcement of the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards is the biggest event of the year in the world of children’s publishing. Join us Monday, January 26, at 10:00 AM CT for the livestream.
📺at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.
ilovelibraries.org/article/join...
📺at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.
ilovelibraries.org/article/join...
January 25, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Who is excited for tomorrow's #ALAyma announcements?
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John Chrastka joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and founding the EveryLibrary PAC, where they work to support public libraries and help fight against book bans.
greatbattlefield.com/episode/supp...
greatbattlefield.com/episode/supp...
Supporting Our Public Libraries with John Chrastka of EveryLibrary - The Great Battlefield Podcast
John Chrastka joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and founding the EveryLibrary PAC, where they work to support public libraries and help fight against book bans.
greatbattlefield.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:01 PM
John Chrastka joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and founding the EveryLibrary PAC, where they work to support public libraries and help fight against book bans.
greatbattlefield.com/episode/supp...
greatbattlefield.com/episode/supp...
If you are in the DMV area today, I’ll be speaking after the viewing of the award winning documentary, “The Librarians.”
January 18, 2026 at 11:25 AM
If you are in the DMV area today, I’ll be speaking after the viewing of the award winning documentary, “The Librarians.”
Me too! I saw them in another school library and the chairs were like green.💚
LOVE those chairs!
January 18, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Me too! I saw them in another school library and the chairs were like green.💚
Typical recess period in the #JAReaders library.
January 17, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Typical recess period in the #JAReaders library.
January 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Attn DC area! Director/Producer Kim A. Snyder and librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social will be at AFI Silver Spring this Sunday Jan 18th for a special screening and Q&A!
Get tickets now: silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
Get tickets now: silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
January 13, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Attn DC area! Director/Producer Kim A. Snyder and librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social will be at AFI Silver Spring this Sunday Jan 18th for a special screening and Q&A!
Get tickets now: silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
Get tickets now: silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
Author Alyssa Reynoso-Morris visited #JMSA_Trojans lastTuesday. She shared her new book “Bold, Brilliant, & Latine,” with Jefferson Academy MS 6th, 7th & 8th grade students. All participants received an autographed copy of her book. This event was made possible by @aobfound of Washington, D.C.
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Author Alyssa Reynoso-Morris visited #JMSA_Trojans lastTuesday. She shared her new book “Bold, Brilliant, & Latine,” with Jefferson Academy MS 6th, 7th & 8th grade students. All participants received an autographed copy of her book. This event was made possible by @aobfound of Washington, D.C.
Curl up with a good book, audiobook or magazine this weekend using the SORA app in CLEVER!
Parents, use the linked tutorial below to set up your scholar’s account and download the application onto your phone, tablet or desktop.
✅tinyurl.com/TutorialforSORA #JMSA_Trojans
Parents, use the linked tutorial below to set up your scholar’s account and download the application onto your phone, tablet or desktop.
✅tinyurl.com/TutorialforSORA #JMSA_Trojans
December 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Curl up with a good book, audiobook or magazine this weekend using the SORA app in CLEVER!
Parents, use the linked tutorial below to set up your scholar’s account and download the application onto your phone, tablet or desktop.
✅tinyurl.com/TutorialforSORA #JMSA_Trojans
Parents, use the linked tutorial below to set up your scholar’s account and download the application onto your phone, tablet or desktop.
✅tinyurl.com/TutorialforSORA #JMSA_Trojans
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🏆 When students are proud of their achievements….#JAReaders
October 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🏆 When students are proud of their achievements….#JAReaders
Forever Flotus @peoplemag.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Forever Flotus @peoplemag.bsky.social
Thank you @lernerbooks.bsky.social for such a wonderful and relaxing hour learning about the new diverse title offerings for young readers. #LernerBooks #K12Reading
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Thank you @lernerbooks.bsky.social for such a wonderful and relaxing hour learning about the new diverse title offerings for young readers. #LernerBooks #K12Reading
Just One More Chapter! Meet the Authors of Fresh Chapter Book Series That Will Keep Kids Reading
Oct 29, 2025 03:00pm est
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Oct 29, 2025 03:00pm est
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October 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Just One More Chapter! Meet the Authors of Fresh Chapter Book Series That Will Keep Kids Reading
Oct 29, 2025 03:00pm est
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Oct 29, 2025 03:00pm est
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Parents, please encourage your child to participate in this month’s, “Friendship Bracelet Days,” in the Library Makerspace.
This is a great opportunity for your child to meet other creative students, network and bond. #TrojanLMCMakerspace
This is a great opportunity for your child to meet other creative students, network and bond. #TrojanLMCMakerspace
October 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Parents, please encourage your child to participate in this month’s, “Friendship Bracelet Days,” in the Library Makerspace.
This is a great opportunity for your child to meet other creative students, network and bond. #TrojanLMCMakerspace
This is a great opportunity for your child to meet other creative students, network and bond. #TrojanLMCMakerspace
I want to make sure my students have exactly what they need for projects this Fall in the Library Makerspace. I've created two projects through DonorsChoose.
Your support would mean so much to my students. In return, you'll receive our heartfelt gratitude.🫶🏾
www.donorschoose.org/kc-boyd
Your support would mean so much to my students. In return, you'll receive our heartfelt gratitude.🫶🏾
www.donorschoose.org/kc-boyd
September 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I want to make sure my students have exactly what they need for projects this Fall in the Library Makerspace. I've created two projects through DonorsChoose.
Your support would mean so much to my students. In return, you'll receive our heartfelt gratitude.🫶🏾
www.donorschoose.org/kc-boyd
Your support would mean so much to my students. In return, you'll receive our heartfelt gratitude.🫶🏾
www.donorschoose.org/kc-boyd
After a long day, so happy to see this in my mailbox! #KamalaHarris
September 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
After a long day, so happy to see this in my mailbox! #KamalaHarris
It’s not too late to register for tomorrow’s, “Open Books, Open Minds,” FREE virtual day of celebration sponsored by @libraryjournal.bsky.social and @slj.com.
Register here: www.libraryjournal.com/event/Open-B...
Register here: www.libraryjournal.com/event/Open-B...
September 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It’s not too late to register for tomorrow’s, “Open Books, Open Minds,” FREE virtual day of celebration sponsored by @libraryjournal.bsky.social and @slj.com.
Register here: www.libraryjournal.com/event/Open-B...
Register here: www.libraryjournal.com/event/Open-B...
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As book banning sweeps across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, brave librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy. A film by Kim A. Snyder.
Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.
Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.
Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
September 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
As book banning sweeps across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, brave librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy. A film by Kim A. Snyder.
Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.
Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.
Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
I had a good time chatting with Janette & Leah hosts of, “Can’t Shelve This.” This podcast is a production of Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS). This was a really great discussion of local-state-national library support & memberships. Check it out.
📚 sites.libsyn.com/543952/the-o...
📚 sites.libsyn.com/543952/the-o...
September 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I had a good time chatting with Janette & Leah hosts of, “Can’t Shelve This.” This podcast is a production of Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS). This was a really great discussion of local-state-national library support & memberships. Check it out.
📚 sites.libsyn.com/543952/the-o...
📚 sites.libsyn.com/543952/the-o...
I will be a panelist for the “SLJ & LJ Open Books, Open Minds A Celebration of Reading & Literacy,” virtual event.
This day-long event will convene authors, teachers, librarians, & literacy experts, to elevate the love of reading.
📚Register here: www.libraryjournal.com/event/Open-B... #KC_SaidIt
This day-long event will convene authors, teachers, librarians, & literacy experts, to elevate the love of reading.
📚Register here: www.libraryjournal.com/event/Open-B... #KC_SaidIt
September 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I will be a panelist for the “SLJ & LJ Open Books, Open Minds A Celebration of Reading & Literacy,” virtual event.
This day-long event will convene authors, teachers, librarians, & literacy experts, to elevate the love of reading.
📚Register here: www.libraryjournal.com/event/Open-B... #KC_SaidIt
This day-long event will convene authors, teachers, librarians, & literacy experts, to elevate the love of reading.
📚Register here: www.libraryjournal.com/event/Open-B... #KC_SaidIt