Macleans.ca: 2009 June 22
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/newsmakers-of-the-week-june-11/2/
"A heated email exchange between N.B. Education Minister Kelly Lamrock and Brandon Pike, a middle-schooler with a bone to pick, was made public last week after it turned up on Facebook and was later published on the CBC’s website."
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/06/05/nb-lamrock-student-email-556.html
Monday, June 15, 2009
'Assistants' are the only workers in libraries
Telegraph Journal, NB: 2009 June 15
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/699321
"The government of New Brunswick has decided to eliminate a number of school library positions throughout the province. This letter is meant to clarify certain key points regarding our duties and responsibilities."
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/699321
"The government of New Brunswick has decided to eliminate a number of school library positions throughout the province. This letter is meant to clarify certain key points regarding our duties and responsibilities."
Friday, June 12, 2009
Annual Report on (Ontario) Schools
People for Education: 2009 June
http://www.peopleforeducation.com/annualreport09
"School libraries have an impact on students’ reading habits,
enjoyment and skill."
http://www.peopleforeducation.com/annualreport09
"School libraries have an impact on students’ reading habits,
enjoyment and skill."
Online dictionary is lexicography's answer to the Swiss Army knife
Vancouver Sun: 2009 June 12
http://tinyurl.com/nxb6es
"In what's predicted to become the Google of digital dictionaries, a new website marries the definitions of 1.7 million words with relevant information, images and multimedia plumbed from Web 2.0."
http://www.wordnik.com/
http://tinyurl.com/nxb6es
"In what's predicted to become the Google of digital dictionaries, a new website marries the definitions of 1.7 million words with relevant information, images and multimedia plumbed from Web 2.0."
http://www.wordnik.com/
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Database widgets are here: My dream comes true
NeverEndingSearch - Blog on School Library Journal: 2009 June 9
http://tinyurl.com/nplnqc
"I am in love with the convenience of widgets and I have been not-so-quietly lobbying our database vendors to provide them. I want to put little database options in the faces of my students and teachers wherever they go online. I want my lovely databases to be as easy to get to and as handy as Google."
http://tinyurl.com/nplnqc
"I am in love with the convenience of widgets and I have been not-so-quietly lobbying our database vendors to provide them. I want to put little database options in the faces of my students and teachers wherever they go online. I want my lovely databases to be as easy to get to and as handy as Google."
ALA | ALSC announces exceptional Web sites for children
ALA: 2009 June 8
http://tinyurl.com/nurfu5
"The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, has added more recommended Web sites to Great Web Sites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites), its online resource containing hundreds of links to commendable Web sites for children."
http://tinyurl.com/nurfu5
"The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, has added more recommended Web sites to Great Web Sites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites), its online resource containing hundreds of links to commendable Web sites for children."
Washington School District Eliminates Middle, High School Librarians
School Library Journal: 2009 June 8
http://tinyurl.com/ltjf59
"The Bellevue School District in Medina, WA—home to Bill Gates and other affluent families—is saying good-bye to all middle and high school librarians, yet another result of the ongoing recession."
http://tinyurl.com/ltjf59
"The Bellevue School District in Medina, WA—home to Bill Gates and other affluent families—is saying good-bye to all middle and high school librarians, yet another result of the ongoing recession."
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