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A fun library guide.

"Findings: Softlink's Australian School Library Survey In March 2011, Softlink conducted a follow-up survey to the 2010 Australian School Library Survey, which looked into Australian school library budgets, qualified staffing levels and NAPLAN literacy results. This follow-up survey has allowed Softlink to compare and report the findings from both surveys."

Libraries have done a world of good for schools. They provide a self-directed learning environment and a quiet place to work and study - not to mention the wealth of carefully organized stories, articles, reference materials and other information for students to use whenever they need it. It's no secret that the library is essentially a campus warehouse for media products. Trouble is, media is changing....

I heard that a lot of school libraries closed recently. That's too bad. Maybe this could help school libraries alive.

Library Curriculum for grades K-12.

"People no longer have to come to a library to get information ...so the library has to get people coming in for different reasons. Students need somewhere to socialize, create things and collaborate."

School Library Staffing & PSSA Reading & Writing Scores From Assessing the Infrastructure Needs of 21st Century School Library Programs A National Leadership Grant research project

Excellent post with suggested scripts to use in responding to patrons when they ask why the library does not have a certain ebook title. Also gives a sample script to provide to patrons to use in contacting the big publishers (and contact information).

A slideshare from Wendy Stephens on building transliteracy skills in her high school library.

We just wrapped up our popular workshop Integrating iPads and Tablet Computers into Library Services. Today's workshop was particularly noteworthy in light of Apple's recent rollout of the iPad 3.

" a little macro that pulls the cost figure from each item's record, adds them all up, and provides a total. We present it in kind of a cutesy context, but the intent is to show people how much they save by using the library. Check it out:"

Mobilary is a project of the Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries & Information Services. Its purpose is to provide recommendation for the implementation of mobile technologies in our district's school library programs to successfully impact teaching and learning. Through the collective experiences of our librarians combined with action research and data collection, we will develop a body of best practices and knowledge related to these technologies.

provocative thinking for libraries!!

"Many of the best libraries are becoming town squares."

by Karen Bonanno Promotion is about saying who you are, what you do, for whom, when and how. It tends to be a one-way communication that includes activities to promote the school library and teacher-librarian to the school community members.