I am considering purchasing MP3 players for the media center to have available for downloading books from our public library. I am in a middle school so the Caliphone chunky players look too elementary for our cool tweens. Any recommendations for c
Read more…Those of you in middle or high school, what activities are you doing in your library during int'l school library month?
Read more…I was wondering if anyone closed circulation during book fair? I am really struggling with this. I have NO help either from the book fair, or in the library ad the past two days have killed me. I had over 50 children in my library this morning whi
Read more…I just thought I would let everyone in on a secret I found out today. Sometimes the books come in and the spine label cover is so grimy and gritty with yuck it begins to loose it's sticky and falls off. Well, that isn't a huge deal, but then it's s
Read more…Need an interactive & interesting lesson plan for Seniors who will be in the LMC reaserching Sir Gawain. Collaborating w/Sr. English teacher and want the day to be enjoyable for her as well.
Read more…I am taking on the additional role of technology teacher since we do not have one in our K-5 school and I am frustrated with trying to infuse technology in my lesson only to find out that my students don't have the basic computer skills. I plan to ru
Read more…I am taking a technology integration class and was curious about what type of computer programs or web based programs that you use for stimulating creativity in elementary students.
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I'm toying with the idea of setting a computer up near the front entrance of my high school library to use as an electronic sign in and an information display.
Currently we have a handmade sign that is boring and a clipboard for students to s
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Over the summer, I started using Scoop.it as a way to organize news and information related to Young Adult Books. I love that they use the term 'curators' to describe their topic moderators; you really do curate the stories, selecting and discarding
Read more…Just found out I will have 54 classes a week in 5 schools. I love my job as a librarian, but I am afraid of burning out. Any suggestions of great lessons for K-5. THANKS in advance.
Read more…FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO COULDN'T JOIN THIS DISCUSSION- The webinar archive session is below:
Back to School Special:Savvy Starts to a New Year!
Monday September 12th - 8pm EST
Guests: Gwyneth Jones & Librarian Tiff
Webinar Archive
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3M Cloud Library vs. OverDrive-Anyone using either one of these services?
In October we will invest in an ebook circulation system. I have been looking at OverDrive bacuase that is what our public library uses and we would like to support our loca
Read more…Call for the Nomination of Editor and Associate Editors for IJODLS you are invited to join IJODLS. This is hereby notified that we invite the credentials for the post of editors and associate editors for International Journal of Digital Library Servi
Read more…Hi, My name is BJ Neary and for those of you who are new to TLNing, and those who have been members for years, I try to welcome all the new members, librarians, and educators to TLNing. I will add events (please tell me about them!) and if there is
Read more…I would like to find a program that would allow students to go online to ask for a pass to our Media Center. Have looked at Google and SchoolFusion's calendar options, but neither can offer a secure environment that will only allow one student to si
Read more…Lots of folks have been asking what they should DO on September 28th to celebrate AASL's Banned Websites Awareness Day, so we are compiling a list of suggested activities into an editable document. The document is embedded in the http://bannedsites.i
Read more…I am stumped! I had an interview at a MS and did a Power Point on search engines, search directories and copyright. I also had 5 questions/exercises for the students to do after for assessment. I got the feeling that the Principal did not like it.
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