21st Century Skills in Libraries
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2011The ALA Public Programs Office, in partnership with the National Center for Interactive Learning at Space Science Institute, the Lunar and Planetary Institute and the National Girls Collaborative Project, is accepting applications for a new traveling exhibition opportunity for public libraries. Online applications must be submitted to ALA by September 2. The Discover Earth exhibition […]
BookCheck with Mobile Devices
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011It wasn’t too long ago when cell phone usage was considered a disruptive nuisance in libraries. Not any more! With the implementation of QR codes and services such as “Text a Librarian”, cell phone has elevated from a novelty to being a norm in many libraries. A relative new mobile application in the library world […]
Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums
Friday, June 17th, 2011June 17, 2011 The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced the availability of application guidelines for the “Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums” project, funded jointly by IMLS and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. This funding initiative is part of President Obama’s “Educate to Innovate” campaign, a nationwide effort to […]
Using Blogs to keep up with the Library World
Friday, April 29th, 2011Blogs are an easy way to keep up with the library world. I follow blogs on various library-related topics to stay abreast of hot issues and emerging trends, and I have found that there is a wealth of information from our colleagues all over the nation available on the internet. Here are some of my […]
Health Literacy: a 20th Century Skill
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011Are you interested in health literacy? Are you a health professional or from a community group and interested in collaborating with libraries to improve health literacy? Then, this webinar is for you. The NN/LM NER will facilitate a Healthy Literacy “Community of Interest” (COI) for our next contract (May 2011-2016). We hope you might join. […]
Computers in Libraries, Washington DC
Sunday, March 27th, 2011Day 3 I’ve been fascinated with the idea of tagging within the library catalog since I took my cataloging class in library school- in fact, so fascinated that I wrote my final research paper on it. At first I was deeply suspicious, but found that tags can be a wonderful compliment to Library of Congress […]
Computers in Libraries Conference, Washington DC
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011Day 2 One point here that keeps coming up is the idea of “buzz” and digital usage in the 21st century library. Who is talking about our library? What are they saying? Where are they coming from? Where do they go? How do we find out? In a session entitled, “Cool Tools: Measuring, Visualizing, and […]
Computers in Libraries Conference, Washington DC
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011Day 1 Yesterday I attended several great sessions here at the Computers in Libraries conference, but I’d like to highlight one in particular to share. Cindy Hart is the Virtual Librarian at the Virginia Beach Public Library. Besides working on web-based projects, she also closely monitors the engagement of their patrons in the digital environment. […]
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