SLAVConnects

The Hunt Library has many interesting features and it poses much food for thought, not only for the direction of libraries in the future, but on how our current libraries might be re-thought to be more appealing/useful to our users.

"Some of the key pieces of research on literacy over the last decade." The Guardian newspaper (UK)

"A research project has found that teachers who read for pleasure have better book knowledge and feel more confident, calm and stress-free in the classroom"

A public library perspective but an interesting discussion on libraries generally which should be heeded by all in the industry

The infographic presents research highlights from all of Library Research Service's (LRS) school library impact studies. There are 2 versions available - one for digital viewing and one for printing.

Many different types of approaches to creating in libraries.

"Below is a curated bibliography, mirrored from the University of Minnesota Digital Video Collections Guide, consisting of quality licensed and open digital video collections that has been inspired largely with support from Arizona State University (deg farrely) and some resources culled from various institutions in the LibGuides Community.  This resource is being shared on ALA Connect as an Online Doc with the hope that a community of media interested professionals will contribute further links/descriptions of quality licensed or open digital video collections, and repurposed as they see fit to meet the needs of their constituents.  Attribution is greatly appreciated, but please repurpose regardless."

An interesting discussion of  Google search involving the Knowledge Graph  - semantic

"AC History Units presents 8 units developed by the History Teachers' Association of Australia to support teachers in the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: History "

Some on-line tools that can help you to keep track of your achievements, professional development, etc.

"Very often, our memories must distinguish not just what happened and where, but when an event occurred-and what came before and after. New research shows that a part of the brain called the hippocampus stores memories by their "temporal context."" We need to remember not just what happened, but when.

"After reading a novel, actual changes linger in the brain, at least for a few days, report researchers. Their findings, that reading a novel may cause changes in resting-state connectivity of the brain that persist, appear in the journal Brain Connectivity."

"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"

"Social media is another tool that you can use to make your classroom more engaging, relevant and culturally diverse."

Digital literacy looks beyond functional IT skills to describe a richer set of digital behaviours, practices and identities. What it means to be digitally literate changes over time and across contexts, so digital literacies are essentially a set of academic and professional situated practices supported by diverse and changing technologies. 

The way NOT to go! All the things that a library in today's world should not do.