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Libraries Have A Bright Future In The Digital World - 2 views

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    John Birmingham talks about how libraries are changing. He highlights a new app from the British Library, and proposes that Google and Wikipedia will never really replace libraries because they exist to make a profit, unlike libraries.
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State Library of Victoria - 1 views

  • ergo Student WebsiteLearn research skills and explore resources online.
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      Great for student research
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    The State Library of Victoria is the major reference and research library in Victoria, responsible for collecting and preserving Victoria's documentary heritage and making it available through a range of services and programs. Our website provides information about the Library and its history, our collections and services, programs and events, and gives access to our catalogue and online shop.
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New Year, New Resolution | Bright Ideas - 3 views

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    In the first post of new regular series about advocating for the importance of the school library and library staff, Catherine Hainstock takes a look at the value of writing a library mission statement.
Cally Black

YouTube Audio Library Features Tons of Free Music to Use in Classroom Multimedia Projec... - 5 views

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    Some good news today from YouTube. I just learned about this gigantic step YouTube took by allowing people to download music for free from its new service called YouTube Audio Library. This is not a comprehensive library and don't expect to find every piece of music you want there but still it is a very good start and is one of the best platforms we can use with our students to access free music downloads.
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2011 National Simultaneous Storytime at Mt Gambier Library - Feathers for Phoebe - 5 views

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    Have a look at this YouTube video of what the Mt Gambier Library staff put together for this year's National Simultaneous Storytime. Well done to the library staff on a great video!
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25 Libraries We Most Love on Pinterest | OEDb - 8 views

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    Some great examples of libraries using Pinterest.
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International School Library Month (ISLM) - 2 views

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    October is International School Library Month. The theme for 2010 is Diversity, Challenge, Resilience: School libraries have it all.
Tania Sheko

Do I Really Have to Leave the Role of School Librarian To Do the Work of a School Libra... - 2 views

  • We’ve wondered about the future of the profession and the challenges of becoming more immersed as an instructional leader and pedagogy specialist in a current model of school librarianship that is physically limiting in the sense that one person, two at best in most places, is expected to excel in multiple roles for student populations that might vary from 850 to 2500 students and up to 100+ faculty in a building; in some cases, school librarians are being asked to be a teacher, program administrator, information specialist, leader, and instructional partner with no planning period and no clerical assistance.
  •  Like Braun, we’ve dared to wonder if we would be better positioned to accomplish the kind of change we envision in our learning ecosystems in another role, perhaps back in the classroom or some other educational role; at times, it’s felt rather blasphemous to even articulate such wonderings.    However, I think such questioning and the interrogation of our beliefs, of what we’ve held sacred both personally and as a profession, are healthy so that we can reflect thoughtfully on what we value.
  • At times, I’ve felt very disconnected from other conversations in “library land” that feel removed from my struggle to implement a vision of librarianship that has been participatory and learning focused for the last six years, a vision that I’ve tried to transparently share through this blog, presentations, published articles, webinars, and my library’s online presence, including my multimedia monthly and annual reports and research guides, I’ve been hopeful that sharing the work that I’ve done through my library program with students and teachers has shown a glimpse of what IS possible through school libraries.
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  • Participating as a co-partner in the instructional design process, which is essential for creating meaningful, rich learning experiences, and participating in all phases of the learning experiences, including formative and summative assessments,  requires a tremendous amount of care, energy, and time commitment.  Nurturing and tending to these relationships require constant care much like a garden—you can’t plant the seeds and then just assume they will grow with minimum care or attention.
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The Glamis Hub - 7 views

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    Strathmore Secondary College library have recently set up their own library blog.
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YouTube - "I'll Fight You For The Library" performed by Taylor Mali - 4 views

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    It is rather funny and quite true! It certainly shows how passionate some people are about the school library and I'm sure that many teachers would identify with it
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Book Week 2010 @ Whitefriars College | Bright ideas - 3 views

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    Thanks to Rhondda Powling, Head of Library at Whitefriars College and School Library Association of Victoria President for allowing a parallel post from her blog about the success of their Book Week activities this year.
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National Year of Reading 2012 launch | Bright ideas - 2 views

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    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.
Bronwen Ch'ng

Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog - 2 views

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    OCLC librarian blogging about libraries and issues
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monarchlibrary - BookSuggestions - 1 views

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    I really love the way that Monarch Academy Elementary (Primary) Librarian Keisa Williams has incorporated Google forms into her already excellent library wiki. Students get involved in the library and get experience using web 2.0 tools such as Google Docs, while Keisa gets an organised documents with records of all student requests, along with names, date of request and so on.
Kate Love

ALIA home - 0 views

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    Australian and Library Information Association
Tania Sheko

Breaking the barriers of time and space: the dawning of the great age of librarians - 4 views

  • We connect people to knowledge. We bring people together with the intellectual content of the past and present so that new knowledge can be created. We provide the ways and means for people to find entertainment and solace and enlightenment and joy and delight in the intellectual, scientific and creative work of other people. This is what we have always been about. [7]
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      This could be a good 'manifesto' for our role description as teacher librarians. 
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    Purpose: This lecture, reflecting on future roles, posits the potential dawning of a "great age of librarians," if librarians make the conceptual shift of focusing on their own skills and activities rather than on their libraries.
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i.read - 5 views

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    A funky new lit blog from Christian College Geelong (SC) library staff.
Gemma Walsh

Connecting librarian blog - 5 views

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    I'm sure many of you are familiar with this blog but I found her last post particularly relevant to this course. It's an overview of a VALA presentation by Hugh Rundle from Boroondara Libraries entitled Technolust and Libraries. An interesting read!
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