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Ten minute tutorial on evaluating sources.

Fun, interactive tutorials about the research process

"The Apple iPad may be one of the biggest updates to the modern classroom in recent memory, but what good is a new tablet without any content? How do you turn the tried-and-tested (and loathed?) textbooks that you're accustomed to using into a digital eBook? A new visual guide lets you in on the 'behind the scenes' of how a standard printed book becomes an interactive eBook."

"Paper books were supposed to be dead by now. For years, information theorists, marketers, and early adopters have told us their demise was imminent. Ikea even redesigned a bookshelf to hold something other than books. Yet in a world of screen ubiquity, many people still prefer to do their serious reading on paper." And this: "People tended to read slowly and somewhat inaccurately on early screens. The technology, particularly e-paper, has improved dramatically, to the point where speed and accuracy aren't now problems, but deeper issues of memory and comprehension are not yet well-characterized."

Contains links to presentations and other info on topics of interest to librarians, including reorganizing non-fiction without DDC.

Reading is essential, indispensable and crucial. It bears immense impact on your child's emotional and intellectual development. Parents also have a huge role on how swiftly their child learns to read.