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QR Codes in the Library Have you used QR Codes in your library at all? We haven't done it yet but we are looking to start soon. I found this great presentation all about how to use QR codes in your library. Thoughts? Comments?

List of library related programs & celecbrations by month

The importance of advocacy is evident to us during a crisis. When our libraries are threatened or our staff faces cuts, then we leap into motion. But we should be mindful of advocacy every day. With social media tools, we can plan and effectively communicate our messages creatively and consistently throughout the year. Before school begins this fall, take time to craft a strategy for how you will talk about your library projects through social media. Especially if you are a solo librarian, making a calendar can help keep you on track.

OverDrive Hopes So "Don't just think public libraries, which have had challenging times with the financial downturn and fiscally stretched municipalities. Add to the picture K-12 school libraries, colleges and universities libraries, corporations, and institutions such as the military. And think international."

How do libraries measure 'delight'? Challenges for the future.

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Test your knowledge of plagiarism and citation with these quirky videos from Rutgers University Library.

Jennifer LaGarde (Library Girl) on how and why to use QR codes in the library....EXCELLENT

I got this idea from another librarian in my district, and these signs are now on all my library shelves. She told me she found it in a book about library display ideas, but I do not know the title of that book. Where ever it came from originally, I cannot take credit for its simple brilliance; I am merely passing it along here.

This report provides a self-assessment tool and an assessment of museums and libraries against a continuum of 21st century skills. pdf

From Library to Learning Commons Printed books still play a critical role in supporting learners, but digital technologies offer additional pathways to learning and content acquisition. Students and teachers no longer need a library simply for access. Instead, they require a place that encourages participatory learning and allows for co-construction of understanding from a variety of sources. In other words, instead of being an archive, libraries are becoming a learning commons.

Excellent campaigning website to retain free libraries in the UK

To celebrate International School Libraries Day on Monday 25 October, the School Library Association of Victoria invites you to join in an Elluminate session at 11.00am (AEDST) where we will launch the 2012 National Year of Reading.

If you have any photos of the displays which you have created in your library, please share them here, and hopefully pick up a few ideas from other people.

Student comments made to the NYT article "Do school libraries need books"

whys and hows of using blogs in a school library media center - 1/1/2010 - School Library Journal

good ideas for ANY library!

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Advocacy for school library media programs and school library media specialists.

Description: Digital Preservation is a series of thought-provoking videos produced by the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program at the Library of Congress, highlighting its efforts to develop a national strategy to collect, preserve and make available significant digital content for current and future generations. Learn more about digital preservation at the Library of Congress by visiting http://www.digitalpreservation.gov