Middle school libraries

This is a collection of fun ideas for middle school library orientation. It includes video clips, an elementary vs middle school presentation, and more!

Need some ideas? Inspiration? These are all tried-and-true activities I've done in my libraries over my career. I've worked at all grade levels, both in Texas and in China, so you'll find a wide variety here!

Some school libraries are reinventing themselves as makerspaces, but this Ohio library took a slightly different approach and has seen incredible results.

As we approach Winter Break, I realized I haven't written many blog articles lately. I moved to a new city and started in a new-to-me library this year. I've been too busy to do much blog writing beyond my infamous New Releases posts and a couple of random book reviews. I'm about 10 book reviews behind, and they may never get written at this point. It's been an exhausting few months, but Winter Break looms large and lovely on the horizon...only one more week to go!

The Adopt-a-Shelf program at a Georgia middle school gives students a chance to put their creativity on display while offering book recommendations to their peers. This interview with school librarian Liana Etling offers inspiration and ideas straight from student’s shelves.

Getting tweens into the library to do library activities and explore books takes some creative thinking. Activities that are interactive, fun, challenging, and hands-on are the best way to get started. We need curiosity and mystery in library activities that will keep them on the edge of their seats for more.

Picture books aren't just for young children! If you’ve read any of our other blog posts, you know that we love picture books for all ages. Specifically,

Why branding your school library matters and what it can do for your library program.

School Librarians can curate high-quality websites for teachers, or save time and use DeweyLinks, carefully chosen websites that align with and enrich middle school curricula. | No Sweat Library

Yesterday marked the end of the school year meetings for our Junior Friends of the Library. We used to try to have our parties later in May, but the kids have so many banquets, parties, sporting events, and activities that we moved it up this year to accommodate everyone’s schedule and boy did we have a great time! Our Junior Friends group is a middle school community service organization for students in grades 5 – 8. They help us with bulletin boards, have their own newsletter, book…