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Triage: Libraries and School Refusal and Reluctance

23 Feb 2023 1:37 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

School is stressful for kids and adults and the phenomenon of school refusal, which is often caused by that stress, is nothing new. But has it been kicking up more dust in our post-lock down educational rebound? What can libraries do? Well, we discuss relationships and collaboration as a way forward with Ariel Dagan, from Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High school in Franklin; Bonnie McBride, Fenway High School in Boston; and Laura Gardner, Dartmouth Middle School. What do we mean by triage? How can books help? How are libraries complicit in refusal? Listen and find the balance...

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Supporting Independent Reading

22 Jan 2023 1:39 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

For 2023’s first episode, we discuss independent reading and school library support. Joining the pod are Nancy Stenberg, who is the librarian at Dorman Elementary School in Springfield; Sarah Murphy, Kennedy Middle School librarian in Natick; and Laura Harrington, the high school librarian in North Andover. Independent reading and school libraries is a vast topic, connecting to many things we all do everyday, yet the culmination of Emily Hanford’s reporting into the podcast and , which outlines the scope of the problem and how some libraries are responding, has put it back into the spotlight.

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"How can we build this culture every day": Ariel Dagan and Vocational Media Literacy

11 Nov 2022 1:42 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

Ariel Dagan asks his students: “What are you gonna access next?” as part of his lessons on mobile phone addictions, where he colalborates with the health department; and with gamifying discovery of the various career departments offered at Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High school in Franklin. He was awarded the first annual Carolyn Markuson School Library Innovation Grant Fund from the New England Library Association. Ariel talks about TC PRIDE and the school's motto, “Work Hard, Today Counts'; also his philosophy around collaboration and the role the various media available in the library has in that collaboration.

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MTCBA Minicast 5: Friendship

26 Aug 2022 1:45 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

Suzanne Larson and Felicia O’Keefe discuss two other MA Teen choice Book Award nominees, books which rewire the heist genre and the self-help genre and teach us a lot about friendship.

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"The space they deserve" PA Shaw's Summer Makerspace

20 Jul 2022 7:25 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

Morgan Keohane secured a maker space for her library at PA Shaw Elementary in Dorchester. Heart of America provided the grant and the volunteer-led upgrades went in this June. Before it happened, Morgan came on to discuss the grant process, how she plans to apply the new resources to her Guided Inquiry Design curriculum next year, and what the maker space means for a culturally responsive educational institution.
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MTCBA Minicast 4: Social Justice

4 Jul 2022 7:30 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

Titles Discussed:

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You, by Ibram X. Kendi & Jason Reynolds

Punching the Air, by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam

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MTCBA Minicast 3: Culturally Responsive History

1 Jul 2022 7:36 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

Ella and Westwood Public Library Teen Services Librarian Felicia O’Keefe discuss two culturally relevant, timely books dealing with the mid-20th century.
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Titles Discussed:

Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown, by Steve Sheinkin

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MTCBA Minicast 2: Family Culture

7 Jun 2022 7:40 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

Our second installment of the MA Teen Choice Book Award hype: Reba talks Elizabteth Acevedo and Bonnie, Jennifer de Leon. The theme of this ep is family culture. Enjoy!
Titles Discussed:

Clap When You Land, by Elizabeth Acevedo

Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, by Jennifer de Leon

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"They Don't Call It the Library": On Decentralization

1 Jun 2022 7:43 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

Colleen Simpson teaches at a decentralized library in the Lester J. Gates Middle School in Scituate. She wrote an article describing the layout and process of her day, but we dug further and discussed her involvement in the design and implementation of that space, through media literacy and research curricula. The sets of skills and hacks Colleen has gleaned from this decentralized space and responsibility get into areas of circulation, programming and administration.
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MTCBA Minicast 1: "Books Like This Can Be Such a Lifeline . . ."

24 May 2022 8:39 PM | Laura DElia (Administrator)

Episode one of our MA Teen Choice Book Award previews features Suzanne Larson, committee chair and Seekonk High School Librarian; Joanna Correa, Haverhill ublic Library Youth Services Department Head; and Wendy MacArthur, a recent SLIS Grad. The theme is "LGBTQ kids figuring out who they are" and each episode (there will be NINE more!) will focus on a different theme. Listen up, put em’ hold, and encourage your students to VOTE.

Titles Discussed:

Cemetery Boys, by Aiden Thomas

The Magic Fish, by Trung Le Nguyen

Flamer, by Mike Curato

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