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November 26, 2012 by Travis Jonker

Scope Notes and the Family Meeting

November 26, 2012 by Travis Jonker   16 comments

I’ve called you all into the living room to make an announcement. I’ll soon be packing up all my digital worldly possessions (except maybe my photos of the creepy library statues) and setting up shop in the virtual confines of the School Library Journal website.

This blog is moving, folks. In a matter of days. What does this mean?

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I made a pie chart showing how this blog will change once things get rolling at SLJ:

As you can see, I’ll just keep doing what I like to do. While I call it “being slightly lazy”, the SLJ folks call it editorial freedom. Either way, it’s a beautiful thing. Having seen blogs A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy and A Fuse #8 Production make the move to SLJ looking none the worse for wear, I’m hopeful I’ll be able to do the same.

So this will be my last post until the new site is up and running, which should be a done deal by the end of the week or so. Any new comments may get lost in the internet ether as the site is switching over, so if something disappears, that’s the likely cause.

I’m told the url and RSS feed should all work as they do now, with everything redirecting automatically to the new site.

Now, if I could just find that box of catalog cards, I’d have everything packed up. I know it’s around here somewhere. There it is.

See you soon.

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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  1. Elizabeth Fama says

    November 26, 2012 at 7:01 am

    Aw, congratulations, Travis. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer blogger librarian. See you on the other side!

  2. Travis says

    November 26, 2012 at 7:15 am

    Thanks, Elizabeth!

  3. Mike Lewis says

    November 26, 2012 at 7:25 am

    Congratulations! Math was never really my thing so I’ll just look forward to brushing up on my French.

    • Travis says

      November 26, 2012 at 7:55 am

      Oui (did I spell that right?)

  4. Nathan Hale says

    November 26, 2012 at 7:44 am

    Neat!

    Now if only SLJ could get their load times faster. I can actually hear the gears in my computer grind when I load up an SLJ blog.

  5. Linda Baie says

    November 26, 2012 at 8:10 am

    Congratulations! It’s a great place to move!

  6. PragmaticMom says

    November 26, 2012 at 8:16 am

    Congrats!!!!

  7. Abby Johnson says

    November 26, 2012 at 8:21 am

    Congrats, Travis!

  8. Sam Eddington says

    November 26, 2012 at 8:29 am

    Congrats! Couldn’t happen to a nicer person.

  9. MotherReader says

    November 26, 2012 at 9:39 am

    Congratulations! (Love the chart.)

  10. Allison says

    November 26, 2012 at 10:23 am

    So glad for you – congratulations! Pie chart is brilliant.

  11. tanya says

    November 26, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    Congrats and well deserved! What a great year for you!

  12. Travis says

    November 26, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    Thanks, guys

  13. Ed says

    November 26, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    You will still remember us little people here in Michigan, I hope?

  14. Lisa says

    November 26, 2012 at 10:00 pm

    Good for you! Have fun!

  15. Lisa says

    November 29, 2012 at 9:48 am

    How wonderful for you! Congratulations!

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