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  Mike McQueen February 3, 2012 at 12:22am

  Greetings Buffy, 

  I'm Mike McQueen, teacher librarian and founder of http://www.GettingBoysToRead.com. Like many school districts, we are in a financial crises. Our school board recently proposed to eliminate ALL 20+ middle school teacher librarians and also cut all 90+ elementary schools to half time. Since we are the biggest district in all of Colorado, we worry this will cause other districts to follow suit. We launched an online movement and are going to do our best to put up a good fight.

  If possible, please visit our Facebook page and "Like" us http://www.facebook.com/SupportSchoolLibraries . Adding a positive comment and sharing with your friends would help our morale as well. The board finalizes the budget soon so your timely support would be greatly appreciated!

  Sincerely,

  Mike McQueen

  Teacher Librarian at McLain HS

  Lakewood, CO
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  Leslie Maniotes December 16, 2009 at 5:24am

  Hi Buffy! Thanks for the friend request! Looking forward to more conversations with you.
  Leslie
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  Debbie Abilock December 8, 2009 at 11:20pm

  Hi Buffy,
  I'm looking for a school librarian who is using Facebook successfully with students...any ideas?
  best,
  debbie
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  Mary Marotta November 22, 2009 at 3:15pm

  Buffy, I attended your online session on widgets. I think you mentioned you used with SharePoint. Is you SP site open? I also use and have some widgets setup but wanted to look at another site. We are still with SP services 2.0 and I am hoping to update soon...
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  Erica Lodish August 29, 2009 at 10:56am

  Thanks for your reply! I really like the look of TLC but not the price tag. So I am struggling wanting all the bells and whistles. However Desiny looks like my runner up. If you hear of any comparisons let me know.
  
  Thanks Again,
  Erica
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  Erica Lodish August 27, 2009 at 2:00pm

  Hi Buffy,
  I have been following your blog and I love it.
  I am currently working on a new library media center for a boy's high school. I noticed that you use Destiny as your automated catalog. Did you look at Alexandria or TLC? If so how do you think they compare?
  
  Thanks,Erica
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  Mike McQueen May 27, 2009 at 5:11pm

  Hi Buffy,
  I'm a teacher librarian & recently started a community based blog for getting boys to read - http://GettingBoysToRead.com. Please send me a friend request if you'd like to network, share ideas, and learn more about getting boys to read.
  
  Sincerely,
  Mike McQueen
  
  LET'S NETWORK HERE TOO (request me as a friend):
  My FACEBOOK Profile
  My TWITTER Profile</</body>
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  Buffy Hamilton March 20, 2008 at 11:39am

  Thank you for your kind words! It is such an exciting time to be a librarian...I so love what I do!
  
  We are completely blocked from Ning at work even with our teacher profiles. :-( I hope that will change soon...it wasn't blocked at first, and then suddenly, it was. Arrrgh!
  
  Is Bud in your school district?
  
  I'm sorry I did not get to watch the Sock Puppet Poetry Slam live today b/c we had a class come to the library at the last minute (had to grab that teachable moment!), but I *LOVE* the idea! You are so inspiring!!!!
  
  How many students are in your school? Does Colorado require a certified media specialist in each school? Thankfully, they do here in Georgia, but it makes me nervous to see other states cutting budgets and slashing library staff!
  
  Thank you for inspiring me! :-)
  Buff
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  guybrarian March 19, 2008 at 5:08pm

  No worries about the questions. I've enjoyed reading your posts and ideas too. Nice work!
  
  My district blocks Nings except on the teachers profiles (so if I log into a student machine I can't get it)
  um, I know I took pictures of the AP Bio pill bug girls, and think I wrote in another Ning about it. (I'll look for it)
  Bud talked about me presenting live to our district librarians. Sorry, no video.
  However- I'm thinking about doing a video post of our Sock Puppet poetry slam Thursday. I'll keep you posted.
  
  Keep asking questions!
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  Buffy Hamilton March 19, 2008 at 2:49pm

  Nice to meet you, too! I hear Colorado is beautiful! I'm a native Georgian...interesting because native Georgians are now the minority in our state's overall population! Our state's population has increased dramatically in the last 10 years. I can't wait to read about Grab N' Gab on your blog later tonight or in the morning! Thank you for sharing! I also loved you post about the Spanish teacher using Voki---I will share this idea with our FL teachers. :-)
  
  Does your district block Ning?