<![CDATA[KCBOYD.COM - My Blog]]>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:39:18 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[Getting Students Reading Through Social Media]]>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:37:51 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/getting-students-reading-through-social-mediaDo you want to learn how to promote reading to your students through social media?
Join school librarians Amanda Hunt, Melanie Wood and I on March 6 at 5 pm EST to learn how 🤩
✅Register here: bit.ly/3I08UsH
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]]><![CDATA[#BossLibrarianPD Presenters Recordings and Resources]]>Sun, 27 Aug 2023 20:26:48 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/bosslibrarianpd-presenters-recordings-and-resources
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#BossLibrarianPD recordings will debut and be available for viewing on
​ Monday, August 28th at 12noon

2023 #BossLibrarianPD Presenters Recordings

​Presenters Resources:
​Day 1 - #BossLibrarianPD
Day 2 - #BossLibrarianPD
Day 3 - #BossLibrarianPD
Day 4 - #BossLibrarianPD

]]><![CDATA[Edutopia Article]]>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 02:23:27 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/edutopia-articleIt is an honor to share my school library program successes with @Edutopia.
My fiction collection circulation increased last year due to a dynamic shelving pilot influenced by #schoollibrarian @kelseybogan

🔗https://www.edutopia.org/article/setting-up-libraries-to-be-the-best-space-in-school
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]]><![CDATA[Welcome Back #JAReaders]]>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 02:20:01 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/welcome-back-jareadersCheck out my 2023 Back to School Newsletter!
]]><![CDATA[Celebration Time!]]>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 02:17:33 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/celebration-timeWe did it! For the first time in six years, #JAReaders checked out over 10K books from the #JALibrary.
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]]><![CDATA[ICYMI:  New Perspectives on Fantasy in Middle Grade (Recorded 12/1/2022)]]>Fri, 23 Dec 2022 02:04:01 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/icymi-new-perspectives-on-fantasy-in-middle-grade-recorded-1212022
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I had so much fun talking to @julieabebooks and @LaekanZeaKemp
about their books, commitment to writing for #middleschool readers and writing style.  

Check out the discussion here:  ​https://vimeo.com/777370149/ca41578807
]]><![CDATA[Oregon Library Association]]>Fri, 23 Dec 2022 01:50:59 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/oregon-library-association
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It was such an honor to appear on the podcast with @andyspinks and @palliende
.Thanks @OregonLibraries and much love 💕⭐️. 
Check out the podcast here:  ​https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/11692969
]]><![CDATA[#TrojanLMCMakerspace Makerspace Fair 2023]]>Fri, 23 Dec 2022 01:47:51 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/trojanlmcmakerspace-makerspace-fair-2023
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]]><![CDATA[Mark Your Calendars...]]>Fri, 23 Dec 2022 01:38:20 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/december-22nd-2022
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“Hopefulness & cautious optimism You are not alone..#BIPOC librarians struggle to stay in the profession..it’s normal. ” Why Do I Stay? The DEI Perspective 
Hosted by http://aserl.org
REGISTRATION:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2848738298202112088​
]]><![CDATA[NASBE 2022 Policy Leader of the Year]]>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 22:13:51 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/nasbe-2022-policy-leader-of-the-year​www.nasbe.org/nasbe-names-dc-public-school-librarian-k-c-boyd-as-policy-leader-of-the-year/
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]]><![CDATA[New Books - Part 2]]>Tue, 09 Aug 2022 20:40:21 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/new-books-part-2]]><![CDATA[August 09th, 2022]]>Tue, 09 Aug 2022 20:37:58 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/august-09th-2022]]><![CDATA[10 Things]]>Tue, 09 Aug 2022 20:26:23 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/10-thingsCheck out 10 Things to Know About SLJ School Librarian of the Year, K.C. Boyd!  https://bit.ly/3SAdUrZ
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]]><![CDATA[Summer Weeding and Inventory 2022]]>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 01:12:01 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/summer-weeding-and-inventory-2022The work still continues but the bulk of the work was completed!  My nephew joined me and helped with this project.
]]><![CDATA[We Did It!]]>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:59:25 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/we-did-itStill celebrating and grinning a mile wide! #DCPSHasLibrarians
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]]><![CDATA[Aunties and Uncles]]>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:50:31 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/july-24th-2022Aunties and Uncles in the #schoollibrary are essential.
Excellent post by Cheriebell
​medium.com/@Bookingfor4/teacher-librarians-the-aunty-of-the-school-64ea7ac5884f
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]]><![CDATA[#JAPride Month]]>Mon, 30 May 2022 03:49:13 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/japride-month]]><![CDATA[Wakelet Community Week!]]>Mon, 30 May 2022 03:39:07 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/wakelet-community-weekfREADom Fighting: School Libraries Impacting Change
Thursday 16th June 2022
2pm ET
#WakeletCommunityWeek
https://WakeletCommunityWeek.referral-factory.com/dZlnv4/join
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]]><![CDATA[Libraries Today National Forum]]>Mon, 30 May 2022 03:21:08 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/libraries-today-national-forum
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You can access this great discussion as well as all of the presentations for this wonderful conference!
​“Staffing Changes,” 
A talk with K.C. Boyd, Dr. Keith Curry Lance
and Suzanna L. Panter 
- Libraries.Today National Forum
Current Challenges and Future Opportunities - 
https://forum.libraries.today/talks/staffing-changes/
]]><![CDATA[Career Chat Podcast]]>Tue, 24 May 2022 01:49:20 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/career-chat-podcast
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I’m so honored to appear on Andrea LeBaron’s, “Career Chat,” podcast. You can listen to our discussion about careers in library science and much more on Apple, Spotify, Google and Anchor 🔗https://anchor.fm/andrea-lebaron0/episodes/LIBRARIAN-OF-THE-YEAR-K-C--Boyd-e1iag1a
​#KC_SaidIt @sljournal #SLOTY
]]><![CDATA[FREE Library Conference!]]>Fri, 13 May 2022 01:53:24 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/may-12th-2022Bring Me a Book Literacy Innovators Forum:
Librarians Live!
​May 11, 2022 @ 7:30pm est
​Register Here:  www.bookelicious.com/events/bring-me-a-book-presents-275-959/
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]]><![CDATA[Tonight on The Clubhouse]]>Sun, 24 Apr 2022 18:29:16 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/tonight-on-the-clubhouse
Join us as we discuss “It’s All In A Name…” with @BloggerBookie, @DrTLovesBooks, @abmack33, @LMS_United, @ChristopherPaix, and Boss_Librarian & Friends. 
Sunday, Apr 24th at 7:00 PM EDT link is also in the bio.
🔗https://www.clubhouse.com/event/xe7q1GYm?utm_medium=ch_event&utm_campaign=XqJLfz4BrYZMTl0ZDIAK_Q-159295 #BossLibrarianChat
]]><![CDATA[Mark Your Calendar!]]>Sun, 24 Apr 2022 18:26:04 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/mark-your-calendar@bringmeabookfoundation Literacy Innovators Forum: Join @juliaerin80 @cicelythegreat and I on May 11, 2022 @ 7:30pm est as we discuss future of libraries in the lives of young readers. https://www.bookelicious.com/events/bring-me-a-book-presents-275-959/ 
#tlchat #schoollibrarians
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]]><![CDATA[Poetry Month 2022]]>Sun, 24 Apr 2022 18:14:15 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/poetry-month-2022Check out a few of our Poetry Month activities! 
​#TrojanLMCMakerspace #JAReaders
My #JAReaders created inspirational testing poems for 6th graders in celebration of April 29th's National "Poem in Your Pocket Day." 
]]><![CDATA[School Library Month 2022!]]>Sun, 24 Apr 2022 18:08:38 GMThttp://www.kcboyd.com/my-blog/school-library-month-2022Check out more School Library Month activities!  The Jefferson Academy staff was great and wore buttons that my students made. #TrojanLMCMakerspace #JAReaders
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