Howdy, the most important thing to know about me, yes, even before my name, is that I’m from MT. It’s the best state in the whole wide world! My name is Karen Bingham and I am from Missoula, MT. I graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) McKay School of Education. I’ve taught in UT and MT in grades K, 1st, 4th, and I spent a year as an elementary librarian. I moved to MA to go to Simmons College. I am a full time nanny and a part time student. I have a cockatiel named Sergio and I am fluent in Spanish – though I’m as gringa as they get. I LOVE to read, cook, travel, learn languages, meet new people, teach, and laugh. There you have me in a nutshell.
There’s been a lot of talk lately of budget cuts, library funding cuts, and library closings. It is a tense time in the history of libraries. There are funding issues, as well as the blooming technology that many suggest will supplant actual physical libraries – I don’t agree with that thought, but there are those [...]
April 14, 2010 – 12:04 pm
Think back to when you were a kid in elementary school. Do you remember what you felt on the last day of school? The last week of school? Were you soooo excited for school to be done, the doors to be open and you to be free!!!! Wahooooooooooooooo! I think that’s what the flowers and [...]
I found a fantastically helpful listserve perfect for school librarians!! Even if you’re not quite a librarian or even in school for that matter, it will provide invaluable information for your future dream job (i.e. school librarian!!!). Librarians from around the state are always posting questions and their fellow librarians from all over can post [...]
March 24, 2010 – 10:58 am
This semester I am taking two classes – Non-fiction for children, and Curriculum and Instruction for school librarians (not the official titles but how I think of them). As I am already a certified elementary school teacher I have taken Curriculum and Instruction before, however the impact is much different the second time around. Perhaps [...]
When I first moved to Boston I was getting back on my feet from an unfortunate divorce. My emotions were still quite near the surface (I can’t tell you how many boxes of tissues I went through… I should have bought stock in a certain tissue company). I was an elementary school teacher at that [...]
Like I mentioned before, did I mention it before?? Well, if not, here goes… I am a proud (and loud) lover of libraries from the wide open skies of Montana. I grew up there enjoying the mountains and open space. One of the things I had to get used to when I moved here to [...]
February 24, 2010 – 11:40 am
Who has a favorite teacher? Or, maybe a favorite librarian? “Me, me!! Pick me!!!” you say. Well, okay, tell me about your favorite librarian: “She knew where all the GOOD books were!” – Amy M. “She used to buy the books that I wanted…like I had my own special fund or something! Plus, she always [...]
