Jean Darnell: Awaken Librarian!

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Embedding a Tweet!

January 28, 2014

Thanks to my "Daring Librarian" tweet comrade, Gwyneth Jones , I've lifted an easy manner to embed tweets. It keeps your blog hip and visually interactive. Thank for the tip Gwyneth! Here's her librarian blog and her "Daring to be the Library Diva" blog! And let's not forget the EMBEDDING A TWEET tip: And for the follow-up between "The Diva" vs. "The Awaken," I made a boo-boo and needed to swallow some "humble" pie! This was my quick lesson on how to embed a tweet via "rigor and revlevance." @GwynethJones Alright Darling, Daring & Sassy One-I fixed the glaring typo! My apologies! RE: the suggestion, I need to own my brand, huh? — awakenlibrarian (@awakenlibrarian) January 29, 2014

Happy Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 20, 2014

Americans across the country are celebrating the life and actions of Dr. Martin Luther King. Though I'm proud to take part in the celebration of his, and all Americans' plight, black and white, I'm a little down-trodden. I think Langston Hughes' poem, "Let America Be America, Again" sums my feelings up best! Happy MLK day! Please pick up the torch and carry on his, OUR dream, America! Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above. (It never was America to me.) O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the ...

Great Symbaloo from Shannon Miller

January 14, 2014

Okay followers, I'm interviewing for an elementary librarian position. So I needed to brush up on some great resources. Therefore, I turned to one of the great minds of librarianship and technology: Shannon Miller and boy did I hit jack-pot. Check out her Symbaloo Resources Page : I know I can soak up some "elementary frame of mind" resources here. And that's meant as a Sherlock-ian compliment...not anything simpleton-ish! I wish you all well! :)