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New Social Media in the Library

ALERT, ALERT.... COOL STUFF GOING ON IN THE LIBRARY..... Just a quick announcement of two new digital items featuring our library.  We now have a podcasting station through Anchor called Tigers in the Library (the same as our blog spot).  Take a listen @  https://anchor.fm/tigers-in-the-library We also have a new YouTube channel called Macon Tigers in the Library @  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK_3uIr7e4Bjo1MyTtCEN8w/featured Follow us on both platforms to keep up with library/school events, new materials, and updates.  Enjoy! 

National School Library Month

Get ready for the coolest month of the year because... April is School Library Month!  This month we will be talking about, celebrating, and sharing the all the valuable things that the library offers its patrons, both students and teachers alike.  First and probably most obvious, librarians work really had to have the BEST books available. We take recommendations from our patrons, and read countless book reviews, book lists, and literary news reports.  We follow authors (they're our celebrities), and keep track of new books in all the series. We make our own lists based on the needs of our school. And we take the responsibility of purchasing supplies and materials for the space very seriously. We also have to keep up on our own reading in order to recommend books!  We are usually technology gurus (or at least attempt to be). We help with log-in issues, printing snafus, Website/software navigation and Google know-how. Sometimes we are copy machine and laminator