Can't Shelve This Podcast

Janette and Leah chat with district librarian Nichole Folkman (Hartsburg-Emden CUSD #21) about the best ways to get your tots, tweens, and teens excited about visiting the school library. Plus, we read and discuss your submitted programming stories!

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Follow Nichole on Instagram

AISLE Readers' Choice Book Awards

Music produced by Samuel Mohart.

Can't Shelve This is a Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) production in collaboration with Illinois Heartland Library System (IHLS).

Help us help you…share the important work that you’re doing in school libraries.

Janette and Leah chat with school librarians Gail Meyer (Thornton Fractional High School) and Deb Will (Zion-Benton Township High School) about the simplest and most impactful ways that anyone can advocate for school libraries.

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AISLE Letter Writing Campaign/Legislation Letter Template

AISLE By The Numbers Canva Template

SLATE Project

Music produced by Samuel Mohart.

Can't Shelve This is a Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) production in collaboration with Illinois Heartland Library System (IHLS).

Welcome to Can't Shelve This: your new school library podcast.

Co-hosts Janette Derucki (RAILS Data Analyst) and Leah Gregory (IHLS School Library Membership Coordinator) introduce themselves and discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly happening at Illinois school libraries.

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Vocational Awe and Librarianship by Fobazi Ettarh

Intro/outro music produced by Samuel Mohart.

Can't Shelve This is a Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) product in collaboration with Illinois Heartland Library System (IHLS).