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Dennis OConnor

ALA | Interview with Keith Curry Lance - 1 views

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  • A series of studies that have had a great deal of influence on the research and decision-making discussions concerning school library media programs have grown from the work of a team in Colorado—Keith Curry Lance, Marcia J. Rodney, and Christine Hamilton-Pennell (2000).
  • Recent school library impact studies have also identified, and generated some evidence about, potential "interventions" that could be studied. The questions might at first appear rather familiar: How much, and how, are achievement and learning improved when . . . librarians collaborate more fully with other educators? libraries are more flexibly scheduled? administrators choose to support stronger library programs (in a specific way)? library spending (for something specific) increases?
  • high priority should be given to reaching teachers, administrators, and public officials as well as school librarians and school library advocates.
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  • Perhaps the most strategic option, albeit a long-term one, is to infiltrate schools and colleges of education. Most school administrators and teachers never had to take a course, or even part of a course, that introduced them to what constitutes a high-quality school library program.
  • Three factors are working against successful advocacy for school libraries: (1) the age demographic of librarians, (2) the lack of institutionalization of librarianship in K–12 schools, and (3) the lack of support from educators due to their lack of education or training about libraries and good experiences with libraries and librarians.
  • These vacant positions are highly vulnerable to being downgraded or eliminated in these times of tight budgets, not merely because there is less money to go around, but because superintendents, principals, teachers, and other education decision-makers do not understand the role a school librarian can and should play.
  • If we want the school library to be regarded as a central player in fostering academic success, we must do whatever we can to ensure that school library research is not marginalized by other interests.    
  • Dennis OConnor on 11 Jan 11
     
    A great overview of Lance's research into the effectiveness of libraries.  He answers the question: Do school libraries or librarians make a difference?  His answer (A HUGE YES!) is back by 14 years of remarkable research.  The point is proved.  But this information remains unknown to many principals and superintendents.  Anyone interested in 21st century teaching and learning will find this interview fascinating.
Vicki Davis

Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web - New York Times - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 05 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Open Content Alliance
  • , a nonprofit effort aimed at making their materials broadly available.
  • Libraries that agree to work with Google must agree to a set of terms, which include making the material unavailable to other commercial search services. Microsoft places a similar restriction on the books it converts to electronic form. The Open Content Alliance, by contrast, is making the material available to any search service.
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  • many in the academic and nonprofit world are intent on pursuing a vision of the Web as a global repository of knowledge that is free of business interests or restrictions.
  • Many prominent libraries have accepted Google’s offer — including the New York Public Library and libraries at the University of Michigan, Harvard, Stanford and Oxford. Google expects to scan 15 million books from those collections over the next decade.
  • libraries and researchers worry that if any one company comes to dominate the digital conversion of these works, it could exploit that dominance for commercial gain.
  • “One is shaped by commercial concerns, the other by a commitment to openness, and which one will win is not clear.”
  • The Open Content Alliance is the brainchild of Brewster Kahle, the founder and director of the Internet Archive, which was created in 1996 with the aim of preserving copies of Web sites and other material.
  • Vicki Davis on 05 Apr 08
     
    This New York Times article on the Open Content Alliance is an essential article for librarians and media specialists to read. It is also important for those following the fight for information and control of that information. In this case, the Open Content Alliance wants to make books that they scan available to any search engine while Microsoft and google are aggressively approaching libraries for exclusive access to their content. (which could be rescanned by another later, possibly.) Librarians and media specialists should understand this... when will people approach schools to scan annuals or student produced works? Maybe that is a while off, but for now, be aware that it is probably inevitable.
  • Vicki Davis on 05 Apr 08
     
    An overview of the Open Content Alliance versus Google and Microsoft battling to take control of the content housed in libraries.
Dennis OConnor

The Keyword Blog: Innovations and Opportunities for Media Specialists - 0 views

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  • Dennis OConnor on 14 Aug 09
     
    Taught by noted library media specialist Mary Alice Anderson In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." With the beginning of each new school year, media specialists have a chance to start fresh.
Vicki Davis

Things That Keep Us Up at Night - 10/1/2009 - School Library Journal - 5 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 12 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Dave Truss on 12 Oct 09
     
    The library, as we once knew it, may no longer be relevant. School librarians, as we once knew them, may no longer be relevant. And, yet, this is undoubtedly the most exciting time in history to be a librarian.
  • Vicki Davis on 22 Oct 09
     
    Must read article that is tearing through the blogs of librarians and media specialists like wildfire this October. If you work with libaries and media centers this is a must read and must pass along if only to spark conversation (and oh, it has.)
Fred Delventhal

TRAILS: Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills - 0 views

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shared by Fred Delventhal on 14 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Fred Delventhal on 14 Dec 08
     
    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.
Deb Henkes

WebTools4u2use - home - 1 views

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shared by Deb Henkes on 28 Apr 08 - Cached
  • cory plough on 28 Apr 08
     
    Huge list of Web 2.0 tools
  • Alison Hall on 30 Apr 08
     
    A wiki for school friendly media.
  • Deb Henkes on 19 Oct 11
     
    A wiki not just for school library media specialists but for all teachers to learn about cool new web tools, see how they can be used in school programs, and share ideas & success stories. 
anonymous

NECC 2008 | National Educational Computing Conference - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 04 May 08
     
    NECC is the place for hands-on, interactive learning about how technology and the latest Web 2.0 innovations can transform teaching and learning. Join more than 18,000 teachers, technology coordinators, library media specialists, teacher educators, administrators, policy makers, industry representatives, and students from all over the world.
Dennis OConnor

Information Fluency - ISTE 2010 Conference Ning - 13 views

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shared by Dennis OConnor on 24 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Join US! Library Media Specialists, Ed-Technologists, any educator interested in 21st Century Skills
  • Dennis OConnor on 24 Oct 09
     
    Get an early Start on ISTE 2010 in Denver!
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