1. Who Cares About the School Library?

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    April 21, 2024 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    Answer: Students do. In all of the doom and gloom presented in the past year of school libraries being shuttered …
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  2. School Librarians = Sharks?

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    March 16, 2024 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    One morning, last Spring semester, I decided to list what I was doing over a three-hour period. Here’s what I …
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  3. School Librarians = School Engineers

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    February 11, 2024 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    School librarians are the engineers of the school making sure that everyone can get what they need to keep the …
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  4. Using MS Bookings for Parent-Teacher Conferences

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    January 15, 2024 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    This past Fall, we had our 5th semester of using Microsoft Bookings for Parent-Teacher Conferences. Our district added Bookings to …
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  5. Mid-Year Check-In

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    January 2, 2024 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    While I do a year-end review every year, sometimes it’s worth it to do a mid-year check. Once, when I …
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  6. Fulfilling is My #OneWord for 2024

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    December 26, 2023 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    New Year’s Resolutions have given way to focusing on #OneWord. 2023 was guided by the word “Experiment”. The quote from Claude …
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  7. Banned Books Reflect Real Life

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    October 3, 2023 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    There is a concern that books are dangerous and can open children up to things their parents disapprove of. Therefore, …
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  8. What #EdTech Help Do We Need to Start the Year?

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    August 13, 2023 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    At the start of every school year, there is an urge to grab whatever we started with last year and …
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  9. Defending AI?

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    July 25, 2023 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    Week 8 of #8WeeksofSummer blogging challenge  (Whew! We made it!) invites us to defend AI: “How can we make the case for …
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  10. Librarians (& Teachers) Replacing AI?

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    July 18, 2023 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    Week 7 of #8WeeksofSummer blogging challenge invites us to defend ourselves: “Sell It! What Teachers and Students can do that …
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