K-12Librarians

"A few literary authors who created illustrations for their works, whether published or unpublished. Though The Hobbit is arguably a book for children (and The Lord of the Rings trilogy even more arguably so), it gets a pass as a classic, and for the rest of this list we've been committed to leaving out children's literature, picture books, and graphic novels - because that's just too easy. Click through to see our list of ten literary authors who illustrated their own works "

"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."

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."

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.

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. 

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.

Diigo stands for "Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff." It is a social bookmarking program that allows you to save your 'favourites' online, so that they can be accessible from any computer with an internet connection. However, Diigo does much more than this.

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..."

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"

If you are looking for new places where to go and promote your bran new ebook, here is a good collection.