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lmulvenna.bsky.social
It’s about them, not you. Great programming advice from #alsc26
October 1, 2026 at 1:39 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
Huge thanks to POKÉMON for sponsoring #alsc26! And sending us awesome kits to help kids play at libraries, too
October 1, 2026 at 9:55 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
What’s that I hear? #alsc28 will be in Chicago in January… AND will end with the YMA’s!!! #alsc26
October 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
And our first official unification event! Good time to jump in 🥰 #alsc26
lmulvenna.bsky.social Lisa Mulvenna @lmulvenna.bsky.social · 1d
Attending my first dedicated teen professional development. I love that #alsc26 has a dedicated day for this.
October 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
Ahoy friends headed to @wearealsc.bsky.social Institute! What’s our hashtag this year, #alsc26 ?
September 30, 2026 at 2:32 PM
lmulvenna.bsky.social
Attending my first dedicated teen professional development. I love that #alsc26 has a dedicated day for this.
October 1, 2026 at 1:21 PM
deenamlv.bsky.social
@wearealsc.bsky.social Excited to present with @sarahmead.bsky.social and @heatherlee.bsky.social on Saturday at the ALSC Institute in Buffalo! #kidlit #ALSC26 Will I see you there???
October 1, 2026 at 1:41 AM
hybridlib.bsky.social
Georgette Spratling asking the big questions about AI in libraries #alsc26
Slide asking why an AI session matters now
October 1, 2026 at 2:55 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
“Rewarding things don’t happen easily, they happen because they’re tough.” -Adjoa on (not) using AI in writing #alsc26
October 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
Engage in creation without feedback- powerful way to make space for channeling thoughts unmediated by others (being seen) #alsc26
October 1, 2026 at 12:18 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
TELL ME HOW TO MAKE MAGIC PLS #alsc26
Slide into to “a case for dismantling Dewey to bring back the magic in elementary nonfiction”
October 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
A number of exceptional graphic novels on the Alex over the years- STITCHES is still jolting, jarring, unsettling (to me anyway!) #alsc26
October 1, 2026 at 2:10 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
Live skeeting the #alsc26 TTD keynote featuring Delali Adjoe
October 1, 2026 at 12:04 PM
lmulvenna.bsky.social
AI literacy belongs alongside information literacy and digital literacy. #alsc26
October 1, 2026 at 3:32 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
Brooke Gross is leading us in “Information Literacy through Children’s Literature” #alsc26
October 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
lmulvenna.bsky.social
Ask*Check*Connect is a simple patron framework for using AI in libraries. #alsc26
October 1, 2026 at 3:06 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
“When I write poetry, it’s a form of therapy.” -Delali Adjoa #alsc26
October 1, 2026 at 12:14 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
Adjoa’s THE FREE VERSE SOCIETY is on the Nat’l Book Award longlist! #alsc26
October 1, 2026 at 12:05 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
Veering into Alex fiction with Stephen Graham Jones, Rosie Hewlett, @scalzi.com among others #alsc26
October 1, 2026 at 2:29 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
Jessie Hudson points out that collocation makes way more sense for kids who don’t learn/master decimals until later in school #alsc26
Slide of serendipitous discovery: The Who Would Win series with all their different Dewey numbers.
October 2, 2026 at 2:31 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
WNED in Buffalo had a dream team of folks that was focused on using TV for learning opportunities #alsc26
October 2, 2026 at 12:42 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
Television Library Club followed in summer 1981 & 1982 with Mr. McFeely! Produced 8 episodes for $11k 😮 #alsc26
October 2, 2026 at 12:57 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
So much good nonfiction on the Alex, too. The first list featured INTO THIN AIR, Krakauer’s masterpiece #alsc26
October 1, 2026 at 1:40 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
Early attempts: “Ride the Reading Rocket” in 1979 and 1980 with activity books for kids to use while viewing #alsc26
October 2, 2026 at 12:52 PM
hybridlib.bsky.social
Oh, def a fav book and website! ATLAS OBSCURA is a great browsing NF title #alsc26
ATLAS OBSCURA book cover on slide
October 1, 2026 at 1:45 PM