As the school year wraps up, we like to look back at the most popular posts or pages from the academic year. We thought you might be interested too!

1. Makerspace madness! The top post was about the efforts of Sauk Rapids-Rice High School library surrounding makerspace programming.
2. Our readers like to learn and keep their skills current, since our calendar of continuing education events came in second place!
3. It’s been a busy year at CMLE, with some staffing changes taking place, and it’s clear readers like to stay updated!
4. People were interested in learning about our event celebrating the new SCTCC library and Author event. Read the recap here.
5. We were happy to see readers taking advantage of our Notable Dates Page! Check it out to help plan your library events or displays.
6. The exciting news about the Scout & Morgan bookstore in Cambridge being a Top 10 finalist for the Independent Small Business Award landed it in sixth place!
7. Another event that piqued interest was the Spring Author event with Paddy O’Brien and Erin Hart! Missed the event? Enjoy pictures and an event summary here.
8. It’s no surprise big news from CMLE’s Executive Director Patricia Post on her retirement made the top 10!
9. The desire of our readers to learn is clear! The calendar of Minitex Webinars and Training got many visits.
10. And finally, who doesn’t need some humor injected into their day? Our post about funny library signs seemed to have been appreciated!

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As the school year comes to an end, we look back on our top posts of the academic year.  We can predict the popularity of some of these posts, but you surprised us with others!  Take a look:

1. Events/Initiatives has held it’s #1 spot!  Our other event resources, Notable Dates for your Noggin, Online Training, and Minitex Webinars & Training proved popular as well.
2. Recommended Apps came to you each week, highlighting apps from different categories.  Your favorite seemed to be Tellagami, but we’ve got them all arranged by category in the Best of the Best posts.
3. Notable Dates for your Noggin provided you with some fun dates throughout the year – to use for displays, events, and other purposes!
4. Infographics for You to Use was a series of posts to get some great visual resources to you.  The most popular one?  Information Literacy, Copyright, Attribution, and Plagiarism.
5. CMLE Copyright Event! announced our big event of the year!  Nancy Sims joined CMLE members at the Stearns History Museum for an afternoon of copyright learning.
6. Genrefication of your school’s fiction collection reported on the new way some libraries are organizing their fiction collection.  Many of you chimed in with the related Quick Question Poll also!
7. Sartell – Education Done Differently highlighted a local school and its efforts to creatively use technology in the classroom.
8. YALSA News: Teen Read Week proved helpful for both K-12 and public librarians alike!  (It also has a booklist, which we love!)
9. Minecraft: more than just a game showed how the very popular program teaches lessons in programming as well as digital citizenship.
10. I’m seeing it again, and again, and again. . . highlighted the social media trend where a page admin posts the same picture every day.

There you have it – the Top 10 of the school year!  Did you have a favorite CMLE post? Send and email to admin@cmle.org or post in the comments below what it was! We love to learn what keeps you coming back.

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