sakisreads's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
As I prepare for a new role, I wanted to read something that would inspire and bring forward some incredible ideas. Unfortunately, this book only had a few that I could use (in our context) and it felt quite Americanised, which was far removed from what I was looking for. I still saw value in reading it though, so thank you 🥹
bookworm311's review
3.0
Very informative and great reminder of common sense practices in this digital age. However, I cannot give this more than 3 stars due to the highly distracting grammatical errors throughout the book. I get it, you're going to come across books with a couple errors here and there, but good grief! This book was riddled with them, and they actually list names in the front of the book for positions like editor and proofreader... yikes, embarrassing!
anitagrendell's review
2.0
It's not that the book was bad--I just don't enjoy reading professional nonfiction.
vwlibrarian's review
4.0
This was a quick read that provided a few helpful tips and tools I can use right away. I am familiar with most of the concepts presented from other professional development, like ISTE U's future ready librarian course, but it was a good reminder anyway. I purchased the book a while back & got the motivation to read it because of the summer book club. I started the book club, but found the weekly responses on Google slides to be more of a deterrent to finishing than if I just read the book straight through. I would recommend this book to other school librarians, especially those who are just starting out or are feeling like they need to make some changes.
ktdelagardelle's review
2.0
This book touched on several great topics, but it didn't contain a ton of meat. I would have liked more detail on some topics like the planning process at the end of more on design or examples of ways to collaborate in your community when nothing beyond very small interaction is happening. Also the time. How do we better balance all of this? So many questions to keep exploring, but the answers aren't in this book. This is a pretty great primer, but if you've been to library school in the last few years, there won't be much that's groundbreaking or new, because these are the principles you were likely taught.
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