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La arquitectura de las bibliotecas virtuales posee dos aspectos: la arquitectura del edificio de la biblioteca virtual (su sitio web) y la arquitectura de la información allí contenida. Cada uno de estos temas constituye hoy una especialización profesional. Cuando una universidad necesita crear una nueva biblioteca tradicional, existe cierto consenso internacional, y mucho se ha publicado sobre ello, respecto de los requerimientos arquitectónicos de un edificio destinado a una biblioteca universitaria y la forma recomendada de construir cada una de las secciones de ésta, así como las características de construcción de cada uno de los muebles para cada servicio y para los procesos técnicos.

"New SIGMS Article in Mar/April 11 "Learning & Leading" Magazine "Not Your Grandmother's Library" featuring Joyce Valenza, Keisa Williams, Wendy Stephens, and Chad Lehman"

From the site: The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). 

K-3 teachers guide to twitter

Worth looking at again. Not to miss if you haven't seen it before.

A resource guide for librarians about Twitter

Sign up for the second webinar - 31 August 8.00pm-9.00pm The link to the first webinar presentation is provided.

Interesting holiday viewing.  Carr introduces the idea that the constant distractions of the internet may be affecting our attention spans and points to research showing that hypertexted material is harder to comprehend due to the distraction and decision making required, which detracts from "deep reading".

According to Davidson (2011 p7) if we're frustrated at information overload then we should quit operating under twentieth century rules ... I'm currently reading "Now You See It". This is an article about the book.