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"the act of reaching for that almanac, encyclopedia or dictionary in a local library may soon become a thing of the past, as several Toronto libraries move to reduce their print reference collections."

Let's face it: the library, as a place, is dead," said Suzanne E. Thorin, dean of libraries at Syracuse University. "Kaput. Finito.

"Old Spice Guy Celebrates Libraries

a wonderful video about information and the role of the library

library site for Good Spirit School Division - something to emulate.

A small collection of printed books no longer supports the type of research required by a 21st century curriculum. We wanted to create a library that reflected the reality of how students do research and fostered what they do, one that went beyond stacks and stacks of underutilized books.

The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community - who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge. The Foundation pursues its vision by building a digital library of outstanding children's books from around the world and supporting communities of children and adults in exploring and using this literature through innovative technology designed in close partnership with children for children.

Greater Victoria Regional Library provocative and engaging Freedom to Read Week display.

"Every year, libraries are asked to remove books from their shelves, because they are found to be inappropriate. These "challenges" can occur for any reason, and do not necessarily result in a book's removal from libraries. But the list of the 10 most challenged books in 2009 does show which books some parents find objectionable, and why they feel their kids shouldn't be reading them"

keep this mind while planning activities in the library

Link to the GBI library through the U of R.

examples of school library web sites and who they demonstrate effective practice in a school library program

Some cool ideas for the holiday season in the library

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excellent source to use as we build our online collections available through our school libraries

a hilarious plug for libraries based on the Old Spice commercial

some good responses in the comments to the question posed

Great photos of school library displays - all grades

library t'shirts

some ways to organize books both in the classroom and in the library