Jen Zimny
@jenthelibrarian.bsky.social
High school teacher librarian 📚 CSLA President-Elect 2025 📖 Escape room fanatic 🚪Coffee dependent ☕ Kick ass mom of two girls 👭🏼 She/Her 👩 Views are my own Check out my website for a treasure trove of library goodies: https://ourlivelylibrary.weebly.com/
The call for presenters for the 2027 CSLA Annual Conference is now open! Check out all the details here! www.csla.net/2027-call-fo...
2027 CSLA Call for Proposals | California School Library Association | San Francisco, CA
The Call for Proposals for the CSLA 2027 Annual Conference is officially open! Whether you're a seasoned presenter or a first-time speaker, if you have a great idea, a tool you love, or a success stor...
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I'm obsessed with the Black History Month posters I made for our circ desk! I'll have the template in my substack next week
8 rounds of this during the week. Only took 6 rounds of it to figure out the best way to run it. First, you start by saying, "This game is like Apples to Apples. This game is NOT Cards Against Humanity. So stay school appropriate." Lol.
Back from conference and have a weekly substack back up! open.substack.com/pub/jenzthel...
Weekly library recap 2/2 - 2/6
TLDR: Lots of new displays for February, return from CSLA, and some new exciting titles to think about adding to your collection!
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Looking forward to attending CSLA at the end of this month and presenting my session I've been working towards for almost THREE YEAR! Come see what we've done with transforming independent reading at my school!
Y'all. Putting puzzles on the back of the reflection sheets for my @breakoutedu.com games has been a GAME CHANGER. For my fast finishers, they now have something to do that keeps them seated at their table. Such a difference today!
On my way to AASL National Conference with a small detour into Seattle first, but we're on our way now!
My weekly substack is up! This week we talk Noodletools and Halloween displays! jenzthelibrarian.substack.com/p/weekly-lib...
Weekly Library Recap 10/6 - 10/11
TLDR: Recap of past TWO weeks, Noodletools PD, Halloween fun, lots of new book releases
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Today I did this awesome "Curate a Shelf" activity, and it was quite the success! More about the activity in my substack this week!
Register for this amazing professional development today! CSLA Annual Conference is my favorite PD of the year! csla.net/events/confe...
No substack this week because I just ran out of time as I went down the rabbit hole on a couple of projects! But here's one of the projects I was working on! Check out my teacher librarian booking template that syncs automatically with Google Calendar. :-) Have a great weekend!
Jen Zimny@jenthelibrarian.bsky.social · last yr.I created a Librarian booking template to integrate with Google Calendar (using an app script) that will help you book classes more easily! I include an instructional video. No need to pay for some calendar service anymore! Here's one for FREE! ourlivelylibrary.weebly.com/librarian-re...
I created a Librarian booking template to integrate with Google Calendar (using an app script) that will help you book classes more easily! I include an instructional video. No need to pay for some calendar service anymore! Here's one for FREE! ourlivelylibrary.weebly.com/librarian-re...
New substack for the week is up! Independent Reading sessions and lateral reading lessons! open.substack.com/pub/jenzthel...
Weekly Library Recap 8/25 - 8/29
TLDR: Independent reading with freshmen and sophomores, lateral reading lessons, new books coming this week and next!
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Today I am doing a Genre Spotlight on Fantasy books with our advanced sophomores, and I can't WAIT to talk about my favorite genre with them. We're going to cover themes commonly found in fantasy and a few subgenres of fantasy! #librarian #library #books #tlsky #skybrarian #skybrarians #librarians
Sometimes I forget that if I book talk "older" books that have been around for a bit, they will become popular again! Here's a perfect example!
I'm back doing the substack for this school year! While I try to do these weekly, the next will come out two weeks from now because the beginning of the year is CRAZY! open.substack.com/pub/jenzthel...
Welcome back to the 25/26 school year!
TLDR: AI book talk assistance, Book Scout+, and using Genially to create a virtual booshelf
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New book trailer for my book talks! I've always wanted a longer book trailer for The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-3j...
The Cheerleaders
YouTube video by Jennifer Zimny
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Welcome back everyone! On my website I have a lot of resources, but in particular the librarian resources page has great stuff for the beginning of the year! ourlivelylibrary.weebly.com/librarian-re...
Librarian Resources
On this page, you will find resources I use behind the scenes at a teacher librarian with those pesky nitty-gritty little details we have to do in our job. I hope you find the resources helpful as...
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I forgot to send out my weekly substack on Friday, so here's a Monday treat for everyone! The last one of the year! But it's packed with some goodies. . . . open.substack.com/pub/jenzthel...
Library Weekly recap 5/12 - 5/16 - Last recap of the year!
TLDR: EOY Book Recs with Padlet, R&J AI Images, Automating image insertion from Forms to Slides, and LAST SUBSTACK FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR!
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Only one more weekly Substack until the end of the year! SO CLOSE!
Library Weekly recap: 5/5 - 5/9
TLDR: AI Image Lesson, creating instructional videos using my own voice in an AI voiceover, a big release read that disappointed
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And with that I'm OUTTA HERE! Spring break here I come! No new substack this next week! I'll be back in 2 weeks! open.substack.com/pub/jenzthel...
Weekly recap 4/7 - 4/11
TLDR: Media Literacy lessons, Six Word Book Talks, and being assaulted by the teenagers for the third book in the Powerless series!
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Can you figure out our brain teaser? #librarian #library #books #tlsky #skybrarian #skybrarians #librarians
Weekly Substack is up! Two new displays with Canva links for everyone! And two new books read that were EXCELLENT! #librarian #library #books #tlsky #skybrarian #skybrarians #librarians
Weekly recap 3/31 - 4/4
TLDR: Two new displays, including a Hunger Games one! Read a book that might end up in my top 10 of the year!
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