Category — Our Dear Librarian

Today is the last day of school at the International School of Beijing, so I start my summer vacation tomorrow. My family and I will spend our summer at Spirit Lake, Idaho swimming, cooking, playing, and of course reading. With a nice break ahead of me, I will resume posting in August for the 2010-2011 school year. (Although, when I get some really good questions, I’ll probably post answers. As your Dear Librarian, I too want to know the answers to many questions, so go ahead and ask me anything….)

With a fantastic summer during June and July, I didn’t have much of a chance to blog on the Dear Librarian.  Yet now with the school year for 2009-2010, I will be back to answering questions about anything–electronic resources, information searching skills, literacy guidance, or even all the fun to be had on the web.

Currently, I have just arrived to my new school: ISB, or in other words the International School of Beijing.  I’ve been in Beijing for over a week now, and I’m impressed by these three things: the phenomenal school I’ll be working at with family evident in the mission they are living; the outstanding home for my own family of four that is bigger and nicer than any international home we’ve had so far; and finally the kindness–including the many smiles and many ”ni hao” hellos–of the Chinese people.

Don’t be surprised if you notice a shift in the culture as well as city information that might sometimes be answered on this blog.  With a new home accompanied by new adventures, I’ll be eager to learn about the rich community I’m living in.  Starting my 13th year of teaching internationally and fifth international school, I feel very lucky to have experienced and learned from all the cultures where I’ve taught.

Here's the Dear Librarian at the massive, impressive Great Wall of China.

The Dear Librarian has a new look and theme here at http://dearlibrarian.com.  This new site allows for more searching with the categories and tag cloud present on the sidebars.  There’s also a blog roll on this new site plus a built in chat feature.  And of course, as you can see, there’s a fun colorful entry into the Dear Librarian!  Enjoy the new site, change your RSS feeds (see a post here if you don’t understand), and remember to ASK ME ANYTHING!