Infolink Librarians

The school library-and the job of the librarian-have both morphed into something that most adults these days would hardly recognize. Helping kids find books to read is only part of the job, say those on the profession's leading edge. Today, a major mission of the librarian, aka media specialist, is to teach students digital literacy by showing them how to use the Internet to efficiently find, organize, and share information with peers. Here are some of the tools librarians are using to make their jobs easier and more relevant to students as they address this expansion of their role.

Thousands of libraries across the United States offer digital lending for Kindle devices. Read on to see how you can enjoy the benefits of free library books on your Kindle. Just like you can check out physical books from your local library, at over 11,000 public libraries you can also check out ebooks for use on your Kindle. It's simple, free, and best of all there's no risk of late fees because the digital books simply expire the day they are due.

Great presentation on how you can use mobile phones in the library

This is also an example of a very successful use of power point - definitely not death by power point - so has a twofold use.

A great livebinder collection on ebooks, formats, readers etc. Great.

Andrew: "Hey guys-hope you are all doing well! I am just catching up with some mail and came across this awesome collection of "best practice" ideas from many school librarians on everything from growing readers to adapting the library to web 2.0 strategies and thinking."

Bookwink's mission is to inspire kids to read. Through podcasting and web video, they hope to connect kids in Grades 3 through 8 with books that will make them excited about reading. The videos are approximately 3 minutes long and are updated monthly. Each video booktalk is about a different topic, and additional read-alikes can be found on the Bookwink website. You can look for books by subject, grade level, author or title. They are constantly updating the book lists with our newest favorite books.

I love the way that this list has been structured. Will defintely go into my reference section! Let's say you have this idea for a visualization or application, or you're just curious about some trend. But you have a problem. You can't find the data, and without the data, you can't even start. This is a guide and a list of sources for where you can find that data you're looking for. There's a lot out there.

"Being constrained to exactly 140 characters will spark your creative juices and force you to focus stringently on word choice, sentence structure, and even punctuation,"

Search for an author and see other authors that you would propably like in a map visualisation.

"Reading Rants, a website featuring out of the ordinary booklists for teens, has been an online presence since 1998. Written by Jennifer Hubert and designed by Andrew Mutch, Reading Rants has become a popular book review source for teenagers as well as their grown-ups. In May 2007, Andrew transformed the original website into an interactive blog, where teens can not only respond to Jen's reviews but write their own. " (thanx Andrew for sharing this one)

Read all the novels you want, anywhere, anytime, on any device, for free. It has thousands of free e-books and we are growing every day! The site Bookmarks lets you mark any page in any book and return to the exact same spot later!

What if you weren't constrained by the old rules about textbooks? What if you could mix and match content for course packs from an ever-expanding content library along with your own materials and articles from the web? What if you could then distribute these new course materials in print or eBook, all while saving your students money? Well, now you can."

"Whether you are just starting out in college or are a more experience learner with years under your belt, there is always more knowledge waiting to be discovered. One great way to do that is to read. This list provides 100 books to expand your knowledge and help you keep learning. From literature to non-fiction to history to biographies to science and the social sciences, there are books in this list to help you keep learning for life."

Students in a two-year ethnographic study referred to Google more than any database when discussing their research habits. But ironically, say the study's authors, they weren't very good at using it.

Thanx Andrew for thsi link

"Find and share free childrens literature, lists of classic childrens books, and childrens literature that contains poetry and rhythm. Download activities on plots in childrens literature, childrens book guides, and much more."

"The internet catalogue for students, teachers, administrators & parents. Over 20,000 relevant links personally selected by an educator/author with over 30 years of experience."

LAK11 - is an open course that will be offered from January 10 - February 20, 2011. LAK11 serves as an introduction to the growing field of analytics in teaching, learning, training, development, and organizational knowledge. LAK11 will address the following topics: Week 1 (Jan 10-16): Introduction to Learning and Knowledge Analytics Week 2 (Jan 17-23): Rise of "Big Data" and Data Scientists Week 3 (Jan 24-30): Semantic Web, Linked Data, & Intelligent Curriculum Week 4 (Jan 31-Feb 6): Visualization: Tools for, and examples of, Analytics Week 5 (Feb 7-13): Organizational implementation Week 6 (Feb 14-20): What's next for Learning & Knowledge Analytics?

"It's time for school librarians to step out and enlighten their communities about all the ways their libraries impact students' education. "

This is a list of sites compiled by librarians to safe use internet sites