Group items tagged

Book Lending - Borrow and Lend Kindle Books for Free.

Imagine if every one of your kindergartners had received 1 book a month since they were born prior to entering your classroom.

Audiobook check outs from the library. Your mileage may vary if your library is an Overdrive member.

iPad app for eBooks is about to be announced. :-)

""Recession drives more Americans to libraries in search of employment resources; but funding lags demand.""

This year, after having amassed a collection of more than 20,000 books, officials at the pristine campus about 90 minutes west of Boston have decided the 144-year-old school no longer needs a traditional library. The academy's administrators have decided to discard all their books and have given away half of what stocked their sprawling stacks - the classics, novels, poetry, biographies, tomes on every subject from the humanities to the sciences. The future, they believe, is digital.

The key goals of The Commons on Flickr are to firstly show you hidden treasures in the world's public photography archives, and secondly to show how your input and knowledge can help make these collections even richer.

From Jennifer Dorman

Our mission is to bring users the best information on the Web for any topic, employing human insight and methodical review.


FindingDulcinea presents only credible, high-quality and trustworthy Web sites, saving time for the novice and the experienced user alike.

Each piece, whether a Web Guide, a Beyond the Headlines story or a Netcetera article, receives the same meticulous research. The Web sites included in each piece are connected through original narrative, providing users with information on each site before they even click on it.

TRAILS is a knowledge assessment with multiple-choice questions targeting a variety of information literacy skills based on sixth and ninth grade standards. This Web-based system was developed to provide an easily accessible and flexible tool for library media specialists and teachers to identify strengths and weaknesses in the information-seeking skills of their students.