Province: 2009 August 10
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Google+must+better/1877235/story.html
"What is Google Book Search? A library? A bookstore? Or something else altogether?"
Monday, August 10, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Library signs up literature's k.d. lang
Vancouver Sun: 2009 August 8
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Library+signs+literature+lang/1872549/story.html
"Ivan E. Coyote, who has been called the k.d. lang of Canadian literature, will be the Vancouver Public Library's 2009 writer in residence.
Starting next month, she will spend four months giving writers one-on-one help, leading memoir-writing sessions for seniors and teaching storytelling to parent/child and grandparent/grandchild pairs."
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Library+signs+literature+lang/1872549/story.html
"Ivan E. Coyote, who has been called the k.d. lang of Canadian literature, will be the Vancouver Public Library's 2009 writer in residence.
Starting next month, she will spend four months giving writers one-on-one help, leading memoir-writing sessions for seniors and teaching storytelling to parent/child and grandparent/grandchild pairs."
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Copyright: Let's take ownership
Globe and Mail: 2009 August 4
http://tinyurl.com/oqbtg3
"Canada is badly in need of copyright law reform. It is an issue that Canadians should care about deeply, and in which we should be engaged."
http://tinyurl.com/oqbtg3
"Canada is badly in need of copyright law reform. It is an issue that Canadians should care about deeply, and in which we should be engaged."
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Budget cuts leave Marin's school librarians in the lurch
ContraCostaTimes.com: 2009 August 1
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_12976949?nclick_check=1
"This fall, school librarian Jane Ritter will guide a group of fourth- and fifth-graders through a Web site devoted to the preservation of the endangered Pacific Northwest tree octopus.
The site is well-crafted, with ample links to scientific and environmental groups, photos and descriptions of tree octopus sightings, and posters and cartoons detailing the creature's history."
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_12976949?nclick_check=1
"This fall, school librarian Jane Ritter will guide a group of fourth- and fifth-graders through a Web site devoted to the preservation of the endangered Pacific Northwest tree octopus.
The site is well-crafted, with ample links to scientific and environmental groups, photos and descriptions of tree octopus sightings, and posters and cartoons detailing the creature's history."
Monday, July 27, 2009
By the book
National Post: 2009 July 27
"Dan Clancy makes librarians nervous. When the Google Books engineering director participated in a panel discussion at the Boston Public Library last week, his opening remarks focused on the search engine’s efforts to enable access for “every kid in Arkansas” to Harvardsize digital libraries. But soon afterward, he was hearing from librarians on the panel that they felt “queasy” about Google Books."
"Dan Clancy makes librarians nervous. When the Google Books engineering director participated in a panel discussion at the Boston Public Library last week, his opening remarks focused on the search engine’s efforts to enable access for “every kid in Arkansas” to Harvardsize digital libraries. But soon afterward, he was hearing from librarians on the panel that they felt “queasy” about Google Books."
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Copyright Consultations
http://copyright.econsultation.ca/
"The Government of Canada is hosting a nationwide consultation on copyright modernization."
Saturday, July 18, 2009
AASL's Best Websites for Teaching and Learning
NeverEndingSearch - Blog on School Library Journal: 2009 July 17
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1970046797.html?nid=3714
"One of the most exciting revelations at ALA last week was the Sunday panel that unveiled the inaugural AASL's Best Websites for Teaching and Learning. (If there was a Newbery kinda ceremony for the techie in many of us, this was it!)"
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1970046797.html?nid=3714
"One of the most exciting revelations at ALA last week was the Sunday panel that unveiled the inaugural AASL's Best Websites for Teaching and Learning. (If there was a Newbery kinda ceremony for the techie in many of us, this was it!)"
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