Last week many of us had the opportunity to attend the free, online, global conference, Library 2.011. But if school or sleep or life in general prevented you from attending a few sessions, the good news is they are all archived as a rich legacy of this inaugural event. (Thank you Steve Hargadon and San José
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Library 2.011: Not live, but very much alive and free
Sunday, November 6th, 2011Child of the Library: Sing out and share!
Friday, September 2nd, 2011Piers Cawley (programmer, photographer, singer, cook, geek) presented this moving protest song about the importance of reading and libraries in childhood at the OSCON 2011 conference back in July. He wrote it back in February when he discovered his own public library was under threat of closure and had only a few months left.
When I discovered it this morning, it flooded me with… Read More
On library mashups
Sunday, July 31st, 2011Don’t you just love it when we build on each others’ good work?
Here’s what happened. Jennifer LaGarde, aka Library Girl, inspired by the work of Carl Harvey, created her Are You Ready? poster/infographic.
Around the same time, a number of us discovered and were playing around with Thinglink. (I think I first discovered it on Richard… Read More
Tell me, what do you teach?
Thursday, May 26th, 2011In It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey was forced to consider what would happen to Bedford Falls had he never lived.
Perhaps, like George, it is time for us to seriously consider our full impact on those around us. Perhaps, it is time to explain exactly what our own Pottervilles might look like should short-sighted Potter-types prevail in our own towns and districts.
(For recent evidence of… Read More
Salem Press 2011 Library Blog Awards
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011At a time when so many folks don’t have a clear enough picture of what libraries look like, or where libraries are going, or who librarians are, we need to point to vision. The Salem Press 2011 Library Blog Awards literally does that kind of pointing with its nominated library bloggers. It presents a cross-section of professionals who regularly contribute to our notion of what libraries are and what… Read More
Persecution of Teacher-Librarians (guest post by Rob Darrow)
Monday, May 16th, 2011Perhaps, no one expected a library inquisition.
Just in case you haven’t been following the situation in California, I asked California colleague, Rob Darrow to describe the frightening situation in a guest post.
(May 18th update: LAUSD librarians, fighting for their jobs, get a grilling | 89.3 KPCC Listen to this call in show from Southern California Public Radio and check out the passionate
Why I need my library: Check out these videos!
Thursday, May 5th, 2011It may be too late to enter, but it’s not too late to enjoy and share some of the fabulous submissions in ALA’s Why I Need My Library Video Contest.
Here’s just one of the many true gems. Check out this professional produced music video from New Canaan High School. (Directed by Nicola Scandiffio. Production Manager: Nick Howard)
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Guide for TLs (and on curating digital content)
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
Lately I’ve been reading a bit about digital content curation, also referred to as human editorial curation or aggregation. I think we’ve been doing this type of work for a long time in the form of widget-based pathfinders, but now folks seem to be talking about it.
In a recent Mashable post, blogger, author, and NYU professor Clay Shirky
It’s about the people: Spread the words!
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011I discovered this little promotional video on Dave Lankes blog. In an excellent example of branding, the Edmonton Public Library demonstrates how it sells what it does best.
Can we do one of these for school libraries? I want all parents, teachers, administrators, stakeholders to know who we are, what we do, how we can help! Great work, Edmonton!
Thanks for the videos, Mike!
Saturday, January 15th, 2011Mike Eisenberg, Dean Emeritus and Professor at the University of Washington iSchool and co-founder of Big6, shares a growing series of video conversations that should provoke both understanding and discussion of topics and issues near and dear to the hearts of teacher librarians, topics and issues that should matter to everyone involved in learning.
