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Beth Thomas
@bibliobeth.bsky.social
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Middle school librarian 📚
Past President of @njasl.bsky.social 💙
pro public education, pro choice, pro democracy.
Beleaguered fan of Everton, the Mets, and the Giants #efc #coyb
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bibliobeth.bsky.social
Very proud to have contributed a chapter to this book - thank you @ewadelliott.bsky.social for encouraging me to be a part of this project #infolit #informationliteracy
ewadelliott.bsky.social EwaDElliott @ewadelliott.bsky.social · May 1
Have you seen the June 2025 Choice Reviews for "We Can Teach That"?
"We Can Teach That develops ideas from practitioners for integrating information literacy across K–12 curricula. Editor Dziedzic-Elliott (independent scholar and librarian) compiled this handbook for teachers and ...
May 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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kittymo1.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
My friend, NJ #schoollibrarian @readingamy.bsky.social was interviewed by @wnyc.bsky.social about fostering a love of poetry with her elementary students.

My fellow school librarians on BlueSky - how do you promote poetry with your school communities?

wnyc-news.simplecast.com/episodes/poe...
POETRY 2025: A NJ librarian on getting kids excited about poetry | WNYC News
A librarian from New Jersey reviews a listener submitted poem and reads one submitted to her by a 3rd grade student.
wnyc-news.simplecast.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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theguardian.com
The power and pitfalls of protest: how to speak out without falling victim to Trump’s playbook | Jonathan Smucker
The power and pitfalls of protest: how to speak out without falling victim to Trump’s playbook | Jonathan Smucker
As mass protest surges against Trump and Musk, how can we show up as effectively as possible?
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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mstewartscience.bsky.social
Tips & Tools for Nonfiction Read Alouds
tinyurl.com/3dhnbw4k
@ssedlib.bsky.social @brianlies.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
Excellent article co-written by a NJ #schoollibrarian and a school superintendent! www.naesp.org/resource/6-f... @njasl.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social
6 Foundational Skills Librarians Can Help Cultivate - NAESP
National School Library Week is April 6-12, 2025. School librarians are vital allies in cultivating digital problem-solving skills in schools.
www.naesp.org
April 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
Can you help me out by signing my petition? redwineblue.controlshift.app/petitions/ca...
Calling for Governor Murphy to Veto NJ Bill S3507/A4652
We ask you to sign this petition because "We the People" are standing for democracy.  If this bill is enacted into law it may silence our protests and our efforts to defend our Republic.   ...
redwineblue.controlshift.app
March 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
Beautiful drive to Bayonne yesterday to say goodbye to my oldest friend’s mom
NYC skyline in the late afternoon. Blue skies, puffy clouds and sun reflecting off the buildings
December 4, 2024 at 8:02 PM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
Beautiful #jerseyshore morning after a day of Thanksgiving rain
Picture taken from a car on a bridge with a bright blue sky and sun reflecting on the water
November 30, 2024 at 2:18 PM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 8/20
#BookSky #books #bookchallenge #skybrary #edusky #reading #readingcommunity
Cover of Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret by Judy Bloom. An illustration of a girl with blonde hair in from of a suburban house. Background colors are shades of purple.
November 29, 2024 at 10:06 PM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 7/20
#BookSky #books #bookchallenge #skybrary #edusky #reading #readingcommunity
Book cover depicting a man in a kayak paddling through floodwaters in New Orleans.
November 29, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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sassylibrarian.bsky.social
My husband I were delighted to help serve the suits for all the world to see. Onward to victory … for Amanda and all librarians who have been trolled by this fannypack-wearing weirdo over the last 20+ years!
librarianjones.com That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · Nov 27
Yesterday, I filed two federal lawsuits against a man in New Jersey. He writes patently false things about me and other librarians. These falsehoods are very dangerous. They make me feel unsafe. They make a lot of librarians feel unsafe.

For the librarians. #Invictus

Doc and update in comments.
November 27, 2024 at 7:27 PM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 6/20
#BookSky #books #bookchallenge #skybrary #edusky #reading #readingcommunity
Book cover with a white woman with light hair wearing a black balaclava that obscures everything but her eyes and above. Background color is black and the title, subtitle, and author’s name are in white font. Say Nothing with a green line through it subtitled A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland. Under that is a thin orange line and then author name Patrick Radden Keefe. Finally New York Times Bestseller is in yellow letters across the bottom
November 28, 2024 at 3:32 AM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 5/20
#BookSky #books #bookchallenge #skybrary #edusky #reading #readingcommunity
Book cover which looks like a blackboard with chalk writing for the title and author: Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris
November 27, 2024 at 10:43 PM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 4/20
#BookSky #books #bookchallenge #skybrary #edusky #reading #readingcommunity
Book cover is an illustration of an adolescent girl in profile in a dress holding a lit candle. In the background is an Eastern European church below a purple and pink sky at dusk. There is a National Book Award finalist sticker on the cover
November 26, 2024 at 1:43 AM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 3/20
#BookSky #books #bookchallenge #skybrary #edusky #reading #readingcommunity
Cover of the graphic novel New Kid by Jerry Craft. Cartoon drawing of a middle-school aged student drawing in a sketchbook. The title is in yellow letters and there are two award stickers at the bottom.
November 25, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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sari.bsky.social
I co-founded @teachersunify.bsky.social with teacher survivors @abbeyclements.bsky.social & Sarah Lerner. Our work will be more crucial than ever heading into Trump 2.0 so please give us a follow if you can 💙🫶🏻
November 24, 2024 at 9:01 PM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 2/20
#BookSky #books #bookchallenge #skybrary #edusky #reading #readingcommunity
Book over with title W.B. Yeats Selected Poems on white background. Black and white photo of Yeats is at center of cover
November 24, 2024 at 1:08 AM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 1/20
#BookSky #books #bookchallenge #skybrary #edusky #reading #readingcommunity
Cover of the book Free to Be You and Me and Free To Be a Family by Marlo Thomas. The background color is hot pink, the lettering is multicolored and has the appearance of felt sewn onto the background. There are also felt cutouts of two children.
November 22, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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njasl.bsky.social
School Librarians: Join award-winning librarian Chrissy Holcombe for a 2 hr in-person workshop on providing winter-focused STEAM learning.

12/5/24 6-8pm
Plainsboro Public Library
9 Van Doren Street
Plainsboro, NJ 08536

Register for this FREE event at: bit.ly/DEC2024STEAM
November 20, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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njasl.bsky.social
FREE webinar: 11/21/24, 7pm ET

"Topics in Urban School Librarianship" with Ang Coxen

Share best practices, explore innovative solutions, & address the issues impacting our school libraries.

All SLs are welcome, regardless of school setting or experience.

Register: bit.ly/NOV2024URBANSL
November 20, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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becalzada.bsky.social
Here’s the Intellectual Freedom News for 11/15 via @oif.bsky.social

www.oif.ala.org/intellectual...
Intellectual Freedom News 11/15/2024
ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedo...
www.oif.ala.org
November 15, 2024 at 11:31 PM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
So excited to be at NJEA Convention! Have been coming down for a few years and just learned I can get an eye exam, for which I am really overdue. And bonus - it’s next to the goat yoga 🐐 #njasl #njea24
November 7, 2024 at 2:12 PM
bibliobeth.bsky.social
Happy #SchoolLibrarianDay! 🎉Loved seeing this video of my friend and @njasl.bsky.social President-Elect Karen Grant share who inspired her to become a #SchoolLibrarian youtu.be/_O_m5naQZ7w?...
Karen Grant
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April 4, 2024 at 10:03 PM