from Librarians' Internet Index: New This Week
These links from Back to School "provide resources for students, parents, and educators in preparation for returning to school in the fall." Includes links to sites on how to calculate a grade point average (GPA), school and library locations, financial assistance, school bus safety, immunization schedules for children and adolescents, and more. From USA.gov, the U.S. government's official web portal.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Can it be simpler than that?
From the page Something's waiting for Sean Connery way out there - washingtonpost.com:
As reported from the Edinburgh International Book Festival, when asked what his first big break was, Sean Connery responded.
"I realized after 70 years that my first big break was when I was five: I learned to read and write ... so that for me was the break."
Who know how many people you have inspired along the way! good job!
As reported from the Edinburgh International Book Festival, when asked what his first big break was, Sean Connery responded.
"I realized after 70 years that my first big break was when I was five: I learned to read and write ... so that for me was the break."
Who know how many people you have inspired along the way! good job!
Monday, August 25, 2008
What if LATI were set up like Leadership Maryland?
A series of bi-monthly overnight meetings held throughout the state. Starting in September and ending in April, with the Showcase being Track of LATI presentations at the annual MLA Conference.
Day 1 could start at 2 PM and include the instructional portion (reference material review or policy review) (that way attendees could arrive before lunch and meet in small groups before class convened)
Day 2 could be a speaker or more instruction over at 1pm
Instructors and content can come from or be facilitated by the 3 Jennifer’s and the individual central Maryland library system staff development personnel.
Each LATI event should be assigned a CEU Value and after getting so many CEUs the person is a LA. If you attend all the events in the (it emphasizes the need to track and accumulate CEUs, for their post-LATI life)
Bi-monthly-events could include working a shift on AskUsNow, Night Owl, SLRC Maryland Room Ref desk.
Between bi-monthly events, LATI Participants would expand their horizon locally by attending a Local Library Board meeting, a Local School Board meeting and County Commissioners meeting.
Perhaps a speaker at the immediate following bi-monthly events could be someone from MANO talking about Board excellence
Day 1 could start at 2 PM and include the instructional portion (reference material review or policy review) (that way attendees could arrive before lunch and meet in small groups before class convened)
Day 2 could be a speaker or more instruction over at 1pm
Instructors and content can come from or be facilitated by the 3 Jennifer’s and the individual central Maryland library system staff development personnel.
Each LATI event should be assigned a CEU Value and after getting so many CEUs the person is a LA. If you attend all the events in the (it emphasizes the need to track and accumulate CEUs, for their post-LATI life)
Bi-monthly-events could include working a shift on AskUsNow, Night Owl, SLRC Maryland Room Ref desk.
Between bi-monthly events, LATI Participants would expand their horizon locally by attending a Local Library Board meeting, a Local School Board meeting and County Commissioners meeting.
Perhaps a speaker at the immediate following bi-monthly events could be someone from MANO talking about Board excellence
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Community Services Locator: An Online Directory for Finding Community Services for Children and Families
from ResourceShelf by
Most communities have education, health, mental health, family support, parenting, child care, and other services that can help support children and families. However, locating those services or even knowing which services to look for is often difficult. The Community Services Locator is designed to help service providers and families find available national, state, and local resources that can address child and family needs.
Service providers can use the locator with Where to seek help: A Bright Futures referral tool for providers (2006) to help build a customized directory of community-based resources. The tool is also available in Spanish.
Source: Maternal and Child Health Library, National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (via Child Welfare Information Gateway)
Productivity refresher
Merlin Mann of 43folders posted this nice refresher on getting things done.
take a look at Who Moved My Brain? Revaluing Time & Attention
take a look at Who Moved My Brain? Revaluing Time & Attention
Friday, August 8, 2008
the latest Olympic news, events, and schedules.
Did you know that you can find scheduled events and results using google?
In the google search box, type in the word "olympics" and your event to get a direct link.
In the google search box, type in the word "olympics" and your event to get a direct link.
DVD advisory tool
Amazon has a new series of pages that suggest "essential" DVD titles. They are organized by decade, genre, actor, actress, directors, sequels, biopics, as well as sliced 6 more ways to Sunday.
From the website: "What are Essentials?
Essentials, chosen by Amazon editors and writers, are the most significant DVDs from a genre, actor or director. They may not always be "the best," but rather a representative sampling. If you're interested in diving into a particular genre, or would like to explore the diverse career of someone you admire, then Essentials is for you. "
From the website: "What are Essentials?
Essentials, chosen by Amazon editors and writers, are the most significant DVDs from a genre, actor or director. They may not always be "the best," but rather a representative sampling. If you're interested in diving into a particular genre, or would like to explore the diverse career of someone you admire, then Essentials is for you. "
Consumer Reports adds blogs to their product reviews
Did you know that Consumer Reports magazine now has blogs for major categories of products like Cars, electronics, money, health, babies, etc. You can sign up for their respective RSS feeds as well so you don't miss a thing. At this point you don't have to be a subscriber to read these blogs.
Given the tight economy who wouldn't want to get the most for their money by consulting these product reviews first.
Given the tight economy who wouldn't want to get the most for their money by consulting these product reviews first.
Another list of top Readers Advisory sites
iLibrarian reports on 25 Online Readers Advisory Tools
"The LibrarianinBlack has put together an annotated reference list of her favorite readers advisory spots on the Web with Sarah’s Reference Warehouse: Readers Advisory. This stellar resource provides many out-of-the-way destinations that may otherwise be missed, each with detailed descriptions. Here are her top five suggestions:
1. AllReaders.com
2. Bettendorf Public Library’s Young Adult Books in Series and Sequels
3. Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Picture Book Index
4. Database of Award Winning Children’s Literature
5. Downer’s Grove Public Library Author Read-Alikes
"The LibrarianinBlack has put together an annotated reference list of her favorite readers advisory spots on the Web with Sarah’s Reference Warehouse: Readers Advisory. This stellar resource provides many out-of-the-way destinations that may otherwise be missed, each with detailed descriptions. Here are her top five suggestions:
1. AllReaders.com
2. Bettendorf Public Library’s Young Adult Books in Series and Sequels
3. Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Picture Book Index
4. Database of Award Winning Children’s Literature
5. Downer’s Grove Public Library Author Read-Alikes
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