CAL Legislative Meeting April 6, 2007

The April meeting of the CAL legislative committee was held at the Denver Public Library on April 6, 2007 at 10:00am. Ruben Valdez and Jerry Braden, CAL lobbyists, gave an overview of the legislative situation at this point in the current legislative session. The lobbyists explained the history of the cuts for libraries which occurred [...]

A Crisis in Colorado Libraries: Join Us for A Virtual Rally

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The CASL Board has designated April 18th, 2006, National Library Day, as a day to recognize and strategize solutions to what we see as a crisis in our school libraries.  Increasingly, we are noticing a disturbing trend of various districts eliminating or downgrading school library coordinators and teacher-librarian [...]

The Primary Source Librarian

The Primary Source Librarian is a friendly professional space for educators to find information, advice, and support for teaching with primary sources. Librarians, technology specialists, teachers, curriculum specialists, and all other enthusiastic K-16 educators are invited to participate by sharing their own primary source successes and real-world experiences.The Primary Source Librarian (aka Mary J. Johnson) [...]

Cogito: Connection Young Thinkers from Around the World

Cogito -from Merriam-Webster means “the philosophic principle that one’s existence is demonstrated by the fact that one thinks.” Thus the name given to the Johns Hopkins new Web site for advanced math and science kids at http://www.cogito.org/ which offers a virtual world of online resources and events. Created by JHU’s Center for Talented [...]

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Eragon crept slowly towards the herd of deer and prepared to fell one to provide food for his family. Just as he was ready to shoot his arrow, the herd bolted and Eragon felt a fiery wind surge past his cheek. The herd was gone but in its place, in the middle of a charred, [...]