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This is a widgetyou can add to your blog or webpage. It features a different author each month, and you can scroll through a list of quotes from different authors through history.

A list of those who do this for free. These authors are willing to participate in 20-minute Skype visits free of charge. (Many also offer more in-depth virtual visits for a fee.)

Over 100,000 votes were submitted to compile this list of favourite Australian authors.

New website offering book recommendations by genre and age level.

21st Century Classroom: Transforming the Textbook In 21st century classrooms, blackboard chalk is on the endangered list, the pop quiz has been replaced with clicker questions, and bowling alley technology (overhead projector transparencies) has disappeared, thanks to digital projectors and document cameras.

links for book Library Mashups by chapter. See also delicious.com/librarymashups n Library Mashups, Nicole C. Engard and 25 contributors from all over the world walk readers through definitions, summaries, and practical uses of mashups in libraries. Examples range from ways to allow those without programming skills to make simple website updates, to modifying the library OPAC, to using popular sites like Flickr, Yahoo!, LibraryThing, Google Maps, and Delicious to share and combine digital content.

Might be a good video to pass along with summer reading lists. I'm sharing it now with teachers and students.

Coming Fall 2013: A Nationwide Library Staff Picks List The top ten books published this month that librarians across the US love.

Riffle helps you discover great books and interesting people. Users share what they are reading and create lists of recommendations by category.

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