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This page offers aan annotated list of web sitesthat you can use to help with citing Internet resources

"Published on 22 Oct 2014 by Capstone Publishers. Support over 50,000 school librarians making a difference every day in our schools. #SchoolLibrariesMatter"

The role of the school librarian is to guide students and fellow educators through the intersection of formal and informal learning. The instruction the school librarian offers is integral to a well-rounded education. As educators and instructional partners school librarians are critical to teaching and learning in the school community. The school librarian plays a prominent role in instructing students, faculty, and administrators in a range of literacies, including information, digital, print, visual, and textual literacies. As leaders in literacy and technology, school librarians are perfectly positioned to instruct every student in the school community through both traditional and blended learning.

Libguide that offers advice on how to identify Fake News. The ability to tell accurate news from fake news is an important skill that you'll use for the rest of your life.  This LibGuide will give you valuable insight in telling fact from fiction online, plus a chance to exercise your newfound skills. 

"Project Information Literacy is a national study about early adults and their information-seeking behaviors, competencies, and the challenges they face when conducting research in the digital age. The large-scale and collaborative research initiative investigates how early adults from different college campuses conduct research for coursework and how they conduct "everyday research" for use in their daily lives"

A brief article that looks at the how and why of the makerspace activities are moving into schools and education. it also includes 4 links to some useful digital resources for anyone interested in following up.

"It's about preserving our digital history, which as we know now, is as easy to delete as 15 years of GeoCities.We can't expect for-profit corporations to care about the past, but we can support the independent, nonprofit organizations that do."

This site has good advice about how to go about evaluating web resources. It is updated by a librarian, Nicole J. Auer, at Virginia Tech on a regular basis.

An app that may be useful or parents or educators when they first come across a title. Level It Books is an app that tells you the DRA, gre, lexlile, and guided reading level just by scanning it!