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July 23, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
It may be hard to believe, but for me ALA wasn’t all research presentations and smackdowns and committee meetings. I wanted to share just a little more of my other ALA experience, especially those experiences relating to books. So here’s a little video taste. Here’s Neil Gaiman on why writers write, as he accepted the […]
July 23, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
25 Tools: A Tool Box for Learning Professionals is simply too good to miss. This third annual list was compiled by Jane Hart who also maintains the E-Learning Tip of the Day Blog, one of my favorite resource blogs. If you are a learning tool junkie like me, it is a must-subscribe. 25 Tools: A […]
July 21, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
As a member of OITP’s America’s Libraries for the 21st Century Subcommittee, I want to urge you amazing school (and public and academic) librarians, you cutting-edge practitioners, to consider completing this form! Youth services should be well represented this new award. The Committee’s press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for […]
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July 17, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
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!) The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning honors websites, tools, and resources of […]
July 17, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
#followfriday on Twitter is a tradition (if you can call anything around for a relatively short time a tradition). Each Friday, this little tradition allows Tweeters to recommend favorite folks to follow. I make all sorts of discoveries on Fridays. Today (or yesterday) someone started #followalibrarian. (I think it was Andy Woodworth @wawoodworth.) If you […]
July 15, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
I spent a little time today playing around with Compfight. This amazingly simple and flexible image search tool makes a great addition to my post on Creative Commons: Happier Image Searching. Of course, I’ve added it to my Copyright Friendly Pathfinder. Users can search for the various Creative Commons licenses, search by text or tags, […]
July 14, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
Sometimes cool ideas crystalize at cocktail parties. At the ABC-CLIO reception on Saturday night, publisher Becky Snyder and I built what might be a long overdue concept. It all started when Becky asked if I knew what portion of the cost of publishing of book went into marketing, specifically catalog production and direct mail. I […]
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