Permission to be Imperfect
A Geek in Librarian's Clothing
Committed to sharing the geekness with those working with tweens, teens and young adults
My tweens & teens are not hyped by the places I go for conferences or by the books I bring back, but that I talked and met the authors that we have on the shelves. Authors are impossible people that don’t quite exist. Here are some of their favorite quotes:
Changes can be scary, especially big ones. It’s taken a while, but That Guy and I have been making plans for some big changes in our lives, and finally all the pieces are coming together. And now comes the scary part, where I have to close my eyes and jump, basically taking a leap […]
To me, the driving force behind teen and youth services is to not only be what your “kids” want in the moment, but always remember what you needed when you were their age. You remember what it was like at their age so you can relate and empathise You know that what tweens and […]
I adore The Breakfast Club. I know it’s completely non-diverse casting wise, and if they remake it that’s the one thing that should be changed, along with updated technology. But to me, it’s a quintessential film about teen life, and should be required watching for anyone going into teen services- while not completely representative of […]
A year ago this week I launched A Geek in Librarian’s Clothing. It took a lot of thought, and a lot of encouragement from my heart family to take the next steps and go out on my own and do my own thing- for all that my public face is confident and personable, inside I […]