What Are We Solving For?
by Julia Makowski, Buena Vista Public Library Guest Blogger I’m new. New to my job. New to libraries. And like everyone else I know,…
Where Are They Now? CLEL Award Winners Reflect
By Lauren Graham, Communications Co-Chair, CLEL Steering Committee Today, we are hearing from Julie Crabb, Children’s Guide at Anythink…
Literacy Without Limits: The Power of “I wonder”
This is the fourth in a series of conference reflections contributed by CLEL 2019 attendees who received scholarships. During the 2019…
A First-timer at CLEL
As a fairly new children’s librarian, I had no idea what to expect at CLEL, let alone how it would benefit me. It was an all-around wonderful and informative conference, and my positive experiences throughout the day have guaranteed my attendance next year. As it turns out, though, the most valuable and constructive class I …
2019 CLEL Conference Reflection
This is the second in a series of blog posts contributed by CLEL’s 2020 conference scholarship recipients. I was particularly eager to attend the 2019 CLEL Conference because I’d heard about Reach Out and Read last year and was quite excited when I found out that Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, founding medical director of Reach Out …
The Best-laid Plans
Updated: Dec 3, 2020 by Cindy Johanson, Douglas County Libraries Guest Blogger This is the first in a series of blog posts contributed by scholarship recipients to CLEL 2020. When poet Robert Burns observed that “the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry,” he was on a farm in Scotland, not a library …
