School Librarians United with Amy Hermon

President Sam Helmick shares exciting opportunities for librarians attending ALA's Annual Conference this summer in Chicago.
 
samhelmicklibrary@gmail.com
ALA Annual 2026
Past ALA conference episodes:
E231 ALAAC23 (Chicago)
E278 ALAAC24 (San Diego)
E327 ALAAC25 (Philadelphia)
E258 Emotional Support Librarian: Diana Haneski
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Librarian Mary Lanni shares the imporant reasons nursery rhymes should be part of your programming and how to avoid potential misteps in your planning.
 
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marylannireads@gmail.com
@MaryLanniReads on Bluesky and YouTube
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Article: Rethinking Storytime
Article: Betsy Bird
Storytime Solidarity
SLJ Winner: 265 Romance Book Clubs with Lori Lieberman
SLJ Winners: 330 Young Teen Lit with Christina Chatel and Marcia Kochel
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Dr. Pray shares the MANY ways her surroundings impacted her professional identity AND what she did to direct the course her career as a school librarian. 
 
Instagram: @ praytelllibrarian
LinkedIn: Wenndy Pray, Ph.D. 
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Bochner, A. P., & Ellis, C. (2016). Evocative autoethnography: Writing lives and telling stories. Routledge. 
Cooper, R., & Lilyea, B. V. (2022). I'm interested in autoethnography, but how do I do it?. The Qualitative Report, 27(1), 197-208. 
Vincent, A. (2022). Poetic Inquiry: Unearthing the rhizomatic array between art and research (1st ed.). Vernon Art and Science Inc.
Past episodes
339 Librarian in the Wild (Oct 2025)
211 Circulation Software: Experts Chime in (Feb 2023)
145 Round 1: Can I Just Vent (Oct 2021)
121 Student Ambassadors (April 2021)
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Lisa Marcum shares her strategies and learned lessons for planning a successful book battle.  
 
Lisa.marcum1@gmail.com
Instagram: @Mrsmarcum_edu
School instagram account: @readwithphs
AASL Presentation
E217 Battle of the Books with Erica Huckaby
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Experience this conferece for yourself as 15 Maine School Llibrarians generously share their time and talents with our listening community.
 
MASL (Maine Association of School Librarians)
205 Supporting Rural Librarians with Heather Perkinson
279 Digital Citizenship in Action with Dr. K. Mattson
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