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Welcome | Library Quotes - 1 views

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    Good source for library quotes. " Library Quotes - a searchable database of quotes about libraries, reading, books, literacy, and more. So many well-known people have articulated their love for the library. This collection of quotes enables libraries and advocates to use those words to help them make the case for libraries in their communities."
Rhondda Powling

Canada | BiS - 0 views

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    A number of Canadian public libraries are pioneering a new service delivery model, which emphasizes collaborative service development and delivery, with library staff and the communities the library serves. Through this community-led service framework, library staff work with communities to understand their needs and deliver services that meet those needs, often devoting significant time outside the library walls. This article highlights two Canadian urban libraries which have embraced the community-led service approach, in order to remain relevant in our ever-changing environment.
Rhondda Powling

This Library E-Book Will Self-Destruct After 26 Check Outs - 1 views

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    @RWW "imagine, if you will, a publishing company - oh, let's say HarperCollins - telling libraries that after checking out a book a certain number of times - oh, let's say 26 - that they've reached the cap on loans. The book can no longer be shared, and libraries need to return the copy or buy the book again. Sound crazy? Well, that actually is the new policy for HarperCollins, reports Library Journal, detailing the new terms for its e-book loans via OverDrive, the main e-book distributor for libraries.
Rhondda Powling

Ebooks & Digital Content | Transforming Libraries - 2 views

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    To help meet a growing need, the ALA's Digital Content & Libraries Working Group was formed in Fall 2011 to implement the recommendations and to continue the work of ALA's Task Force on Equitable Access to Digital Content. Working Group members were selected by the ALA President based on their high level of expertise and range of experience regarding libraries and digital content, and are broadly representative of the various constituencies within the Association and library community. This website is meant to be a resource to support libraries in their transformation from print to digital content
Rhondda Powling

Internet Archive Partners With 150 Libraries to Launch an E-Book Lending Program - 2 views

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    The Internet Archive, in conjunction with 150 libraries, has rolled out a new 80,000 e-book lending collection today on OpenLibrary.org. This means that library patrons with an OpenLibrary account can check out any of these e-books. The hope is that this effort will help libraries make the move to digital book lending. "As readers go digital, so are our libraries," says Brewster Kahle, founder and Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive
Rhondda Powling

MoversandShakers 2011 - 1 views

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    For ten years now, LJ's Movers & Shakers has been spotlighting librarians and others in the library field who are doing extraordinary work to serve their users and to move libraries of all types and library services forward. They hail from all corners of the library world and several nations. Nominated by their colleagues, friends, bosses, and just plain admirers, they are just the tip of the iceberg. We know there are many more Movers out there, making libraries better and taking them into the future.
Cathy Oxley

Flip This Library: School Libraries Need a Revolution - 11/1/2008 - School Library Journal - 1 views

  • We’ve created and invested in library media centers—and, in recent years, their Web sites—with the expectation that our students will come to these places. Sorry folks, but the old paradigm is broken. It’s time to become part of the Google generation. If we polled our students, we’d probably discover that they’re busy searching online, and maybe IMing or texting each other. Our school libraries and Web sites are the last things on most kids’ minds. At some point, we have to admit that our creations have become irrelevant to today’s students. There isn’t time for business as usual.
  • We don’t need a revision. We need a reinvention.
  • If we want to connect with the latest generation of learners and teachers, we have to totally redesign the library from the vantage point of our users—our thinking has to do a 180-degree flip.
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  • What we’re proposing is bold. Gone are the days when we can afford to exist on the periphery. The new learning commons is at the very center of teaching and learning. No longer will the library be something that students and teachers need to remember to come to—instead it will be integrated into their lives. Finally, the library will become the hub of teaching and learning—a place that everyone owns and contributes to—one giant conversation that’s both a social and a learning network. Face it, folks. We’re at a crossroads. Doing nothing, trying to shore up the status quo, or attempting to resuscitate a dead model aren’t feasible choices. It’s like mom saying, “Either eat your spinach or go to bed.” We may not like it, but let’s start eating.
Rhondda Powling

What Can Libraries Learn from New User (and Non-User!) E-Reading Data from the Pew Inte... - 0 views

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    The Pew Research Center began studying how the role of public libraries, as well as the needs and expectations of their patrons and communities, are changing in the digital age. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, grounded by a Library Advisory Group, and conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the first set of reports focus on the rise of e-reading and e-books at libraries.
Rhondda Powling

Reconceptualising the School Library as Collaborative Makerspace | Services to Schools - 0 views

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    "It is essential that school leaders apply the same spirit of innovation and future focus to the re-imagination of their school library environments as they do to other aspects of both their built and virtual school environment. Library as creative collaborative makerspace is an exciting, transformative idea that warrants exploration."
Rhondda Powling

Latest Study: A full-time school librarian makes a critical difference in boosting stud... - 2 views

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    "This study adds to the evidence that all K-12 students need and deserve quality school library programs with full-time certified staff. Students are more likely to succeed when they have library programs that are well staffed, well funded, technologically well equipped, well stocked, and more accessible. And, the neediest learners may benefit the most from trained librarians and quality library programs."
Rhondda Powling

What To Do When Kids Aren't Allowed To Read Digital Books in School | Scales on Censors... - 0 views

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    Ebooks outlawed in class. The September issue of School Library Journal addressed not one, but two reader issues pertaining to digital access by K-12 students. Pat Scales, chair of the American Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee, has dealt with many a book challenge and attempts to ban library materials. In her column, "Scales on Censorship," she addresses situations faced by readers. But "this is the first I've encountered in which a book's format has been censored," she writes.
Rhondda Powling

TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics... - 1 views

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    The Teleread blog covers news related to e-books and online publishing. The blog also includes a section specific to libraries, so readers can easily find relevant library news and stories.
Rhondda Powling

The Results Are In and They Aren't Good | Library Marketing - 1 views

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    1st in a series of articles by Nancy Dowd examing results from survey. This marketing survey's purpose was to gain information about how public libraries market themselves, the effectiveness of marketing initiatives undertaken by the library, and the resulting engagement within their communities
Rhondda Powling

So Now What?: The Future for Librarians - 0 views

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    Article that looks at library services and the work of library staff. The article asks questions about what do the future trends mean for us who work in the library field. It is a positive artlce that concludes that libray skills and training are still very valid and are just as useful in the digital world as they were in the print era, if ew are willing to take our future into our own hands and not meekly hand everything over to commercial bodies.
Rhondda Powling

schoollibraries2011 - checklist for parents - 1 views

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    There are no facts and figures about the school library on the My Schools website, yet the library and the teacher librarian play a vital role in your child's education. So are Australian children and young people getting the best deal? ASLA research shows that a strong library program that is adequately staffed, resourced and funded can lead to higher student achievement regardless of the socioeconomic or educational levels of the adults in the community This is a 10-point checklist designed for parents to investigate if their school is investing where it counts.
Rhondda Powling

ASLA - School library policies and statements - 2 views

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    Policy Statement - School Library Bill of Rights. School libraries are concerned with generating understanding of freedom and with the preservation of this freedom through the development of informed and responsible citizens. The responsibility of the school library is .....
Fran Bullington

Looking to Ramp Up Your Library Web Site? Try a Blog. - 1/1/2010 - School Library Journal - 2 views

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    Carolyn Foote's article not only shares why you should consider a blog for your library website, but also offers many resources which include links to support using blogging and links to school library websites using a blogging platform.
Rhondda Powling

ALA President Molly Raphael releases report on e-book talks with e-book distributors | ... - 0 views

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    A report, released by American Library Association (ALA) President Molly Raphael, regarding meetings with e-book distributors during the Public Library Association (PLA) Conference, March 13 - 17.
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