Archive for December, 2008

New Year Wishes for School Librarians Everywhere!

December 31, 2008

Many thanks to Gerald Brown, of the International Association of School Librarianship, for sharing this list of wishes for the new year. I added a few of my own – and please feel free to add yours (comment!)
“I wish you a day of ordinary (library) miracles and little things to rejoice in.
Eight hands that go [...]

ALA Midwinter Conference

December 10, 2008

The 2009 ALA Midwinter Meeting will be held in Denver, CO from Jan 23–28, 2009
http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/midwinter/2009/registration.cfm
 

The exhibits will be held at the Colorado Convention Center and the rest of the conference will be taking place at the Hyatt Regency Denver and Sheraton Denver Hotels. This is a wonderful opportunity to attend this conference, right in our [...]

Books kids want to read!

December 9, 2008

Have you ever thought about what we can to do get things in the hands of kids that they really want to read? If you haven’t already seen it look at the National Public Radio story about Jon Scieszka of Stinky Cheese Man fame. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95104334

Bibliography – Standards for the 21st Century Learner

December 1, 2008

On behalf of Nance Nassar:
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