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Jennifer Fannin 35, Female
Alvin, United States

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About Me:
I am a teacher/library science student in Texas. I have taught 7-8th grade Language Arts for the past five years. I am taking the 2007-2008 school year off to stay with my children and to finish my degree. I plan on volunteering at my good freind's library during the upcoming school year. I am a strong advocate for junior high students and gratly oppose situations of when intellectual freedom is taken from them.
Email before @
rogers_j28
Email domain after @
yahoo.com
Where do/did you attend for your MLS:
University of Houston-Clear Lale
When do/did you graduate:
May 25, 2008
Where do you want to work?
Junior high
Are you a member of ALA?
Yes
Favorite Website related to your library work:
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/yalsa.htm
Favorite thing about librarianship:
Discussing books with teens.
What is the biggest issue facing libraries today:
Money/cutbacks
If you could only have one of the following what would you choose
A good book
 

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DC/ALA experience

What an exciting experience I just had in Washington DC! I found that the folks at ALA convention were wonderful! I love the support YALSA provides for all of our youth and the teachers/librarians who serve them…keep up the good work!

I compiled a list of 10 firsts from my trip to DC and the convention…

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At 4:38pm on June 28th, 2007, Kathy M Burnette said…
Hi Jennifer,

The group I work extra hard for are the males. It is so hard to get middle school boys to read once they reach 7th grade. Any ideas would be helpful!
At 3:21pm on June 28th, 2007, Jennifer Fannin said…
We all need to stick together to get our teens/youth to read more!
 
 

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