Top Ten Tweets—Monday

By Julie Cai | January 13, 2016

The last big day of Midwinter started with a much-anticipated morning: The Twitterverse was abuzz with Youth Media Awards excitement.

I'm at the library Oscars, in case you didn't know. Librarians are HUGEEEEE nerds #alayma #alamw16

— Beastbrarian 🔮📚⚔️ (@amydieg) January 11, 2016

Some people stay up late to watch the #GoldenGlobes. I get up early to watch the @ALALibrary Youth Media Awards. #alayma @ILoveLibraries

— 🏳️‍🌈Dr. Gayle Pitman, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)🏳️‍🌈 (@GaylePitman) January 11, 2016

"You're like matchmakers. You match readers with books that they'll love." You rock Gene, you Rock!

— Emily Mroczek (Bayci) (@EmilyRMroczek) January 11, 2016

If your name wasn't called this morning, remember: your book is still affecting so many readers in so many different ways. #alayma

— annie cardi (@anniecardi) January 11, 2016

Quick reminder that your favorite book that didn't win crap is EVERY BIT AS WORTHY, hold that mofo in your heart & share it #alayma

— BooklistYA (@BooklistYA) January 11, 2016

I am so grateful to all of the books we have loved in 2015 – all books change lives, whether they win an award or not #ALAYMA

— Pernille Ripp (@pernilleripp) January 11, 2016

https://twitter.com/alizateach/status/686692711013986306

And as Midwinter drew to a close, attendees showed off their hauls.

https://twitter.com/lunabrd/status/686684541243801601

https://twitter.com/Fernsebner/status/686681376016437249

https://twitter.com/alyssa_taft/status/686687598434111488

https://twitter.com/BarkerAllisonM/status/686678133823660032

This is what ~80 books from #alamw16 look like… time to start picking worthy recipients for some of them! pic.twitter.com/d2AH1wPqLx

— lipstick librarian (@lipsticklibby) January 11, 2016

A huge thank you to all the generous publishers who were super nice. My students will be so happy! #alamw16 pic.twitter.com/U1gcl5cUMt

— Jenefer Reads A Lot (@iheartnandn) January 11, 2016

Loot from #alamw16! We had a great time! Till next year, where I'll be hanging with Stonewall! #alamw17 pic.twitter.com/RN18v3O3u9

— Gabi (@chickflick1979) January 11, 2016

And one more Midwinter aftereffect:

https://twitter.com/cougarlibrarian/status/686693283742019591

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Latia Ward writes: “One way to keep current with what students think of the library and its services is through Student Library Advisory Committee meetings. These meetings are a way to gather feedback and reinforce the library as a welcoming place. How do librarians create a welcoming environment within Student Library Advisory Committee meetings? Librarians create a welcoming environment through community, purpose, and dedicated space.” Also see part 1 of this blog post.

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Eleanor Hecks writes: “Few things are as frustrating to a user as when a site won’t respond. Unfortunately, it’s also an all-too-common scenario. Graceful degradation is a design approach that ensures the basics of a website will still function even if specific individual parts of it stop working. The approach removes single points of failure: just because one thing stops working doesn’t mean the system as a whole fails. A site following this principle fails in pieces instead of all at once, so the most important features remain available when some components encounter an error.”

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Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Lexi Lepof write: “On December 3, Knox County (Tenn.) schools received a list from the district of books to be removed from school libraries under Tennessee’s Age-Appropriate Materials Act. Knox County’s board of education voted in July, passing a policy to remove ‘explicit’ books from everyday student access in response to the new law. Some of the books on the list of nearly 50 titles might surprise parents. Among those to be removed are Shel Silverstein’s A Light in the Attic and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five.”

WVLT-TV (Knoxville, Tenn.), Dec. 4
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Joe Foley writes: “Copyright rules vary from country to country and have changed over time. In the US, works created between 1929 and 1963 that gave notice and renewed copyright have 95 years from their first publication date. That means that on January 1, 2025, a host of works from 1929 will enter the public domain. This means that copyright will expire on Buck Rogers, Captain Easy, Horace Horsecollar, Tintin, Hal Foster’s first Tarzan comic strips and, yes, Popeye.” Other notable works entering public domain in the United States include the Marx Brothers’ first film, The Cocoanuts, contralto Marian Anderson’s first record, and Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.

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Brittany Adams writes: “The digital landscape of libraries is expanding rapidly, with an increasing shift towards electronic resources and online services. As members of the library community, we’re witnessing a transformative era where physical collections are complemented—and sometimes replaced—by digital ones. This transition offers new opportunities for enhancing accessibility and engagement, but it also presents challenges, especially for young patrons and their families. It is essential to equip children and their caregivers with the tools and knowledge they need to navigate this evolving space confidently.”

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Karen O’Grady writes: “I am the embedded librarian for the Hahn School of Nursing at the University of San Diego. I am surrounded by nursing faculty, staff, and students rather than by librarians. This has proven to be an incredible gamechanger for the way I see things. Every student in my school knows me by name. I am often stopped in the hallway to answer questions. Every correct answer I give increases my authority and builds trust. Through these casual mini-lessons, this foreign animal called ‘librarian’ slowly becomes an approachable, knowledgeable person.”

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