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Top Downloads « EasyBib - 0 views

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    From EasyBib posters to use throughout your library. 'Post the creative flyers around your library, print out some stickers or bookmarks to share with your students, or mix it up and share these resources on your own web site. We also have information handouts that serve as a useful ready reference tool."
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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.
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The Brave New Librarian - 1 views

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    This article builds a case for a shift in the job definition of school librarians that will increase their importance, optimize their impact on student learning and require proper funding and staffing. 
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Create infographics | infogr.am - 2 views

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    This is an online tool for creating interactive charts and graphs.There are four basic chart types that you can create on Infogr.am; bar, pie, line, and matrix. Each chart type can be edited to use any spreadsheet information that you want to upload to your Infogr.am account. The information in that spreadsheet will be displayed in your customized chart. When you place your cursor over your completed chart the spreadsheet information will appear in small pop-up window. The charts can then be embedded into your blog, website, or wiki.
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"In March, Read the Books You've Always Meant to Read": Gorgeous Vintage PSA Posters, 1... - 0 views

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    From Maria Popova @brainpicker "In 1935, in an effort to elevate the nation from the grip of The Great Depression, President Roosevelt launched the Works Progress Administration - a New Deal agency enlisting millions of ordinary citizens and unskilled workers in carrying out public space and service projects as diverse as art murals.... Among the WPA's design output were a number of gorgeous vintage posters for various literacy projects..."
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Vintage Ads for Libraries and Reading | Brain Pickings - 2 views

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    Post from Maria Popova @brainpicker "Some vintage ads and posters for all books? Delightfully colorful and brimming with endearingly bad copywriting, these mid-century gems exude the same charming literary enthusiasm we've previously seen in the reading PSA posters of the WPA era"
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Free Sites to Promote Your eBook - GalleyCat - 0 views

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    If you are looking for new places where to go and promote your bran new ebook, here is a good collection.
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What defines a modern library? Exciting conversations emerging from the Inter... - 1 views

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    "From August 27th through the 30th, 2012 , young librarians from ten countries are convening in Latvia to inspire each other, solve common issues, and develop skillsets related to advocacy, communications, and service/project design."
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