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Posted by sylvian C. Bacus on March 29, 2009 at 6:14pm

Librarians are the experts of record keeping and retrieval of information. Only that there are students and administrators not well known of what are the works of LIBRARIANS.They just don't know that Librarians are the most important personnel in any institutions.Let's keep up all the good work and always be loyal!!!!!

My Book

Posted by Sarah Heukrath on March 29, 2009 at 9:03am

Hi! If there is anyone out there interested in poetry, I have had a book of poems published entitled Sweet Sorrow. I am very proud of this and it is available for purchase at www.amazon.com or www.publishamerica.com I feel these poems are very easy to relate to.

Gender equity

Posted by Larry Retzack on March 28, 2009 at 1:28pm

Does anyone have any suggestions, apart from perhaps Googling the 1964 Civil Rights Act, regarding gender equity in the library world? Thanks for your help.

Library of Congress embraces YouTube, iTunes

Posted by Richard Beaudry on March 28, 2009 at 12:14pm

From the website NetworkWorld comes the following article. Library of Congress embraces YouTube, iTunes The Washington, D.C., library will begin uploading its digital materials to online services By Grant Gross , IDG News Service , 03/27/2009 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/032709-library-of-congress-embraces-youtube.html

Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education

Posted by Richard Beaudry on March 28, 2009 at 12:08pm

From the Information Literacy Weblog comes information on a new online professional journal for librarians in Norway: Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education (NORIL) is a peer reviewed open access journal. Information literacy is a multidisciplinary field as it is the subject of both academic research, as well as of library pedagogical practice. The development of knowledge in the field is nourished by perspectives from different academic diciplines, such as pedagogy, sociology, media studies, library and information science and psychology. https://noril.uib.no/index.php/noril/index

Guru Stalking @MICCA, NECC & AASL, Oh my!

Posted by gwyneth jones on March 28, 2009 at 4:30am

WARNING: this is a very rambling & gushy blog

so who's goin to MICCA, NECC or AASL? anyone? if so, are you presenting? and if so, what? i wanna catch it! i'm representing Md. Digital Libraries at NECC (thanks Carol!!)...Whoohooo! sounds silly but i do so much out of pocket this is a super thrill! sure, i have to go to EVERY sesssion & report back to my peeps in my county and do some PD but no big whoop! free registration & a hotel room? score! also presenting both at MICCA & AASL in Charlotte, NC... SO excited about these upcoming conferences!! even hopefully hooking up with some of my SL educator friends moving SL into the RL with the 2.0 kinda stuff i've been doing in SL.

other tech guru crushes: so how did i get into education in Second Life? i have no resistance to what Kathy Shrock tells me....i've been a devoted acolyte of hers since 97 she's the Aerosmith to my Wayne's World. "i'm not worthy!" other tech guru crushes: Joyce Valenza the founder of this Ning...she's SO super cool - she both inspires and exhausts me...how does she DO all she does!? i go to ALL her presentations and i leave with all kinds of enthusiasm and ideas....but she also makes me feel like a slacker, i could do MORE! LOL Will Richardson.... i'd gladly stalk him! [swoons] ....oh wait, i already do! ...going to any and all presentations he gives, sitting in the front row and filming him on my flip!! heh heh Jeff Hastings is a rockin LMS and my gadget guru and gave me permission to spread the gadget love around my state bernie dodge creator of the webquest and just a great guy! Aaron Smith...[grins] a super talented MD collegue and art teacher..don't worry, you're local...i won't stalk you, where's the challenge? but still, you do cool stuff man! gosh this whole entry sounds like one long gushing tweet...gah! LOL so, who are your ed tech heroes?

Thing 19

Posted by Pat Dedicos on March 25, 2009 at 2:12pm

I am at the end of a Web 2.0 class and choosing a social networking site is Thing 19. I really like the way this Ning is set up and look forward to using it often!

Integrating Technology into the Classroom Using Moodle and Wikis

Posted by Mark Cruthers on March 24, 2009 at 6:13pm

Integrating Technology into the Classroom Using Moodle and Wikis by Nellie Deutsch

Get your own Virtual Classroom

Online free web tutorials...

Posted by guybrarian on March 23, 2009 at 4:42am

In the just in case you wanted to know category- Christopher Bell and I are presenting a online workshop with School Library Journal...Technology on a shoestring- big tools for small budgets. The webcast will be Tuesday, 3/24. We're going to demo all kinds of free tools. Register online and join us if you would like! Most of you probably know the tools, but if you want to hop on so that you can laugh at my foibles- feel free!http://www.libraryjournal.com/webcastsDetail/2140330112.html?industryid=48747&industry=Webcasts

Web 2.0 PhotoPeach and Women's History Month

Posted by bj neary on March 19, 2009 at 5:06am

PhotoPeach is easy to use, load in pictures and you can put in slides as pictures if you want more text, add music and then you can go in and put about a line of text under the images. WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH MARCH 2009 on PhotoPeach

Web 2.0 publishing tool - ISSUU

Posted by bj neary on March 19, 2009 at 4:29am

Well I am trying this new publishing tool because a new Friend from Images4Education showed us the great capabilities of this new Web 2.0 application. I used the element helium as a way science classes could use this. Make sure you listen to the music as you read!

New Issue of Educators Spotlight Digest

Posted by Richard Beaudry on March 17, 2009 at 5:56am

Hello everyone, Here is an online magazine of interest for teacher librarians. From the magazine: The Educators’ Spotlight Digest is a free magazine for teachers of multiple literacies. It is published twice a year (fall/winter and spring/summer) by S.O.S. for Information Literacy, a project of Syracuse University's Center for Digital Literacy in collaboration with the American Association of School Librarians and the Association of College and Research Libraries. It can be accessed online at: http://www.sosspotlight.org/

Free ebook on the College Recruiting Process for High School Athletes

Posted by Monica O'Brien on March 16, 2009 at 8:45am

Just wanted to share this awesome free ebook about how high school athletes can get recruited by college coaches. It's written for high school athletes and their parents, as well as youth and club coaches and high school counselors.Get your copy today at http://www.captainu.com/ebook

27 Things To Do Before a Conference

Posted by Richard Beaudry on March 16, 2009 at 5:00am

Hello Everyone, For those of us who attend and present at conferences regularly (many many people on this ning as an example) comes an article on Chris Brogan's Blog 'Community and Social Media'. 27 Things To Do Before a Conference Chris Brogan March 13th, 2009 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/27-things-to-do-before-a-conference/ Richard Beaudry Librarian Langley Secondary School

Literacy Leads the Way

Posted by Cheryl Hill on March 15, 2009 at 1:00pm

As a part of the literacy professional community, as a school librarian, I received an invitation through my school district to join other literacy professionals as a participant in Online Course Work targeting the theme Literacy Leads the Way.The overall objective is for literacy professionals to increase their literacy building expertise so as to provide appropriate activities to build reading fluency, develop oral language, world knowledge; and, to build listening/reading comprehension as well as to ensure wide exposure to literature lending supportive ideas for building inner dialogue for reading comprehending and written composition.Additionally, I am presently working on a media project with my library book club students. We are in the process of creating a DVD which exhibits the students discussing inclusive of props depicting their favorite books read for the Book Contest held in my district. The slide show will include voiced audio and music. The students are very excited and so am I!

Better Safe Than Sorry: Does Your Library Have an Online Acceptable-use Policy?

Posted by Richard Beaudry on March 11, 2009 at 10:27am

Hello everyone, Here is an article worth reading. Better Safe Than Sorry: Does Your Library Have an Online Acceptable-use Policy? By Pat Scales -- School Library Journal, 3/1/2009 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6640437.html Richard Beaudry Librarian Langley Secondary School

International Women's Day

Posted by Richard Beaudry on March 7, 2009 at 5:30pm

International Women's day is being celebrated for the 98th year across the globe. This year's theme is: Women and men united to end violence against women and girls. The official website can be found at this link: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

Response by Paul Volponi

Posted by bj neary on March 5, 2009 at 1:02pm

Paul Volponi's latest novel, Response, takes on the dilemma of a hate crime in a racially divided community. Three African American teens go into Hillsboro, mostly white and Italian, to steal a car and make quick money. The car theft never happens, but as the boys walk home, they are chased by three white teens in a black Land Rover. Asa and Bonds, run for their lives, never looking back. If they did, they would have seen that their friend, Noah, tripped, and fell flat on the sidewalk. With a metal bat, Nick Scat, one of the teens, beats Noah about the head while his friends, Tommy and Joey, steal his sneakers and rip his diamond stud from his ear. Laughing, they get into their Land Rover and race away. Noah calls his friends about the beating and they summon 911. In the hospital, surrounded by his family, Noah is questioned by the police, while his friends in a police car, finger the perpetrators, who claim they were protecting themselves from a robbery. The police investigate the crime to Noah as a hate crime. Volponi uses many different characters' voices to give their own viewpoint and the result is chilling as racial prejudice, stereotyping and bias abound. Noah is a young father and his love for his daughter, Destiny Love, is unquestioned. But Noah is not perfect; he has been arrested before, he is in his fifth year of high school, and is not sure how much he loves DeShawna, Destiny Loves' mother. The reader struggles along with Noah as the court's justice system promises results, his high school and teachers are divided over the hate crime, and life keeps throwing curve balls. It is only with his inner strength, goals for his future, and the love of his family, that Noah waits for the final court judgment. This book is a sure winner, young adult readers will devour it, talk about it, and pass it around. It is a hard fight from the first look at the dark silhouetted figures on the cover to the final bang of the judge's gavel. Also recommended for reluctant readers, grades 9 through 12.

Accerated Reader at Windsor Oaks

Posted by Norene Skiles on March 5, 2009 at 6:40am

The next AR Awards will take place the week of March 9th. Due to testing and DARE Graduation, we postponed AR Awards.April Awards will take place the first week of April.

AASL Longitudinal Study, "School Libraries Count!" Deadline, March 12th

Posted by Michelle on March 2, 2009 at 8:00am

Dear Colleagues,You may be aware of the AASL longitudinal study, "School Libraries Count!" Just doing my part to support school libraries by posting a reminder that the deadline to participate is March 12th! Please pass along.For more information visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/researchandstatistics/slcsurvey/slcsurvey.cfmTo participate in the survey, visit: http://www.aaslsurvey.org/

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