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Robbie Barber
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HS Teacher-Librarian & #EdTech Instructor, Speaker/Presenter, Project Mgr, Electrical Eng. & Seeker of ways to expand all minds constructively. She/Her. #EduSky #aasl #istelib #istecert #SchoolLibrarians #TLsky (My thoughts) Blog: ticklingtech.com
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@georgetakei.bsky.social addressing librarians #ALAAC25
“Democracy is dependent on an informed public. You are the keepers of that information.”
George Takei at ALA
June 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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If you're heading to #ALA25, join me Sunday at 2:30 pm for How Images Manipulate Us. (Rm 119AB)
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June 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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@thenextgenlib.bsky.social is at #glmasi25 telling school librarians that “adaptability is our superpower”
#tlsky #glmasi
Image of librarian
June 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Are you headed to @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social conference in Philly? Join me as we discuss how images manipulate us. Sunday, 6/29. #ALAAC25
Slide from presentation How Images Manipulate Us with different emoji faces appearing to show different emotions.
June 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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For Valentine’s Day I created a form for Staff-to-Staff compliments. #pd4uandme
Cover with leaves: Sometimes you forget you’re awesome so this is your reminder Compliment: Thank you for being such a nice person. You are always there to assist when needed. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Note on back: Carefully folded and lovingly delivered by NHS/ BETA students.
March 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Hi! I'm Robbie, a HS Teacher-Librarian in Atlanta. #pd4uandme hanging with one of my pups.
Piper watching me type.
March 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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6 images saying what school librarians do. Students think we read. My mom things I read picture books to small children. My friends think I read a book in a pristine empty library. Society thinks I shelve books in a long dress. I think I’m helping students step up and learn. What I really do is everything including computers and saying “can I help you?”
January 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Starting the New Year with a note from a high school student. This is why we do it. #TLsky #schoollibrarian #Edusky
Note from student that reads: Dear Ms. Barber. Happy Holidays! You are very encouraging and bright and thank you for the lovely experience in the library!
January 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah!
#DogsofBluesky
Dog curled up holding dog toy of a Hanukkah dreidel and covered in a dog sweater of Snoopy in Santa hat hugging Woodstock with the words Merry Christmas
December 25, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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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.

20/20
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky @librarianjones.com
That Librarian by Amanda Jones. Amanda bared herself, sharing her stories, fears, triumphs. In protecting herself, she protected me. I find some of my strength comes from her.
December 16, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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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.

19/20
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky
Light in August by William Faulkner. I read this in high school, only once, and because of one character - so like a family member - I never forgot it.
December 15, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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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.

18/20
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky
Sword of the Lamb by M. K. Wren. First book in the Phoenix Trilogy. My copy is glued together. The story is one I reread so many times.
December 14, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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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.

17/20
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales. When I was about 10, my parents left me with cousins and went to Europe. In Denmark that got me a set of books with these fairy tales. They sit in a place of honor in my home.
December 14, 2024 at 1:37 AM
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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.

16/20
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky
Graphic novel “Maus” by Art Spiegelman.
December 12, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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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.

15/20
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland. A Zombie book when I hate Zombie books. It was the only book every member of Reading Bowl team read that year. And loved it.
December 12, 2024 at 1:17 AM
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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.

14/20
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein. Mike is the self-aware computer system. This was my introduction to Heinlein.
December 11, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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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.

13/20
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky
1984 by George Orwell. I still remember the shock of reading this the first time in high school. Still shocking
December 9, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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Good morning, #sunchat
I'm a HS teacher-librarian.
Just holding a sleepy pup this morning.
Dog sleeping on me
December 8, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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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.

12/20
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky
Visual Explanations by Edward Tufte. I attend one of his lectures over 3 decades ago. Learned so much about communication.
December 8, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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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.

11/20
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. One of the first books I read at Librarian school. It never left me.
December 7, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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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.

10/20
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. I never read these as a child so my new husband decided to read the stories aloud to me at bedtime.
December 6, 2024 at 12:57 PM
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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.

9/20
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. My 5th grade self loved this book and reread it every year for the next 10 years.
December 5, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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For our own sanity, we started telling bad dad jokes and then tossed them in a bowl. It brought students & teachers in droves to snatch a joke & share.
Bowl full of colorful paper jokes. Where is the best place to party on Halloween? The G-RAVE-yard. What did the Apple say to the pie baker? Use cherries instead.
December 5, 2024 at 2:37 PM
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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
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. Lesson I got was there are no good guys.
December 4, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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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
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#TLSky
#Skybrarian
#EduSky
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. I can still quote large portions of the book.
December 3, 2024 at 8:19 PM