About Me

My name is Amy Koester, and I am a professional children's librarian and a blogger.

 You can find full details on my library presentations, press, and service on my Wordpress site.

 I have worked as a children's librarian at the St. Charles City-County Library District's Corporate Parkway Branch in Wentzville, Missouri, since August 2011. My library is a medium-sized branch in a twelve-branch system. We have a strong collection of materials for juveniles and young adults, and we also offer lots of programming for youth from birth through age 18. While I do work a shared reference desk (i.e., I work with adult readers and information seekers), my responsibilities at the branch lie primarily within children's services.

 I received my MLS from Indiana University Bloomington in May 2011. While there, I cemented my love for children's services by taking classes in children's literature, children's programming, and storytelling. Now I continue to develop my skills and library joy through professional involvement. I am a member of the American Library Association as well as three of its divisions: ALSC, PLA, and YALSA. I am also a member of the Missouri Library Association.

 My committee work is varied. I currently sit on ALSC's Grant Administration Committee, and I am a member of the 2014 (John) Newbery Award Committee. My past committee service includes being a 2012-2013 Reader/Selector for the Mark Twain Readers Award (a Missouri state fiction award for 4th-6th graders) as well as a Round I panelist for the 2012 Cybils in the Middle Grade Fiction category. 

 After a few years of occasional blogging that involved even-more-occasional book reviews, I decided to start this blog devoted to children's librarianship in March 2012. I get lots of inspiration and ideas for programs from other librarians out in the blogosphere, and my goal is to share details of my successes and learning moments in the hopes of assisting other librarians in their work. We're a community of sharers, and I am excited to get to contribute.

 If you want to see more of me online, here are a few ways to do so:

Oh, and standard disclosure: this blog is solely mine, and it does not reflect anyone's opinions but my own. I'd love to hear what you think about anything I've got to say!
Updated 4/23/2013
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