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The dramatic changes in society, exponential advances in technology and globalization of 'everything' are easily recognizable one decade into the 21st Century.

Advocacy: How can you support your school library? Make sure your school has a state-certified school librarian. Some schools have replaced librarians with aides to keep the school library doors open, diminishing the level and quality of instruction and projects afforded to students. Make sure to be involved in the budget process of the school. Ensure that school board members and school administrators know that school libraries and school librarians are a critical part of the school ecosytem.

Library advocacy. I am honored to join you tonight to celebrate ten outstanding librarians and the thousands more that you represent. This award is truly significant because the nominations received from across the country show that libraries continue to play a critical role in our democracy, and that librarians are once-again on the front lines of a battle that will shape the future of our country. It is a battle that is fought out of view and the heroes are people who didn't seek a career of confrontation, but who live lives of principle and meaning - understanding that the gift of knowledge is the greatest gift we can give to each other.

Hope.

Advocacy.

eBook resources

Online books read by authors and celebrities. FREE BOOKS.

...create a quiz on this site, and print out the QR codes which provide students with the directions and the questions via a series of QR codes. You can cut them apart and have a treasure hunt or simply give the students the codes and allow them to answer the questions by scanning the QR code with their mobile device.

Internet safety- to use: scavenger hunt.

Evaluation of webpages, resources... good, plus many other worthy videos available.

Resource! Talk about a terrific primary source! In the summer of 1865, a former slave by the name of Jourdan Anderson sent a letter to his former master. And 147 years later, the document reads as richly as it must have back then.

Terrific copyright lesson! Purely by chance, Danita Cahill discovered she was a victim of a kind of theft.
A few weeks ago, the freelance writer and photographer in Lebanon was told by her daughter Alyssa St. Clair that one of her photographs was being used by someone. So Cahill turned detective to track down who pirated her work.

10 ways schools are teaching internet safety
Using third-party resources and having students act as investigators are some of the many ways educators are teaching about online safety and responsibility

How do I love this series by Cressida Cowell? I actually don't mind adding to the growing collection!

Wonderful website celebrating Roald Dahl.

Great article with some interesting author links at the end...

A site that you can use not only to create citations but search by topic the sources others have used in their citations. Social Research.

STOP. THINK. CONNECT.: Protect Your Personal Information

Every school library needs an Amy Hamrick. She works at Westerville Central High School in Westerville, Ohio. The educator who nominated this teacher-librarian as a "Down the Hall" candidate pointed out that she not only is an adept media specialist but also puts social-justice issues at the forefront of her work.