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Teen Librarian Toolbox
by Amanda MacGregor
April 19, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
Holy image replacement! Sadly, the response to my TL action hero meme has been a bit underwhelming. Nevertheless, it inspired my good buddy Daring Library, Gwyneth Jones to create this prototype–Super Daring Librarian. Fierce, no? Love it, Gwyneth, especially those fabulous pearls (of wisdom?). I also discovered that NJ already had its own Super Librarian […]
April 17, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
Compiled at the Penn Libraries, Historical Newspapers Online is a table listing free online newspaper archives. And, you are going to want to share this list with your history teachers and your serious young historians. Arranged by state, the list is curated by Research and Instructional Services Librarian Nick Okrent, who shares his strategy aggregating […]
April 16, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
We’re getting a little fussier about the way our stuff looks. My students and I are coming to the realization that this read/write web thing makes us all not only writers, but designers as well. I am collecting a full range of tools on our New Tools Guide, but I thought I share just a […]
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April 15, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
YouTube recently posted a video and short quiz designed to help young people better understand use of intellectual property relating to reposting and remixing. In the video, young pirate Russell copies a music video on his cell phone and posts in on YouTube. He is warned that he could loose his booty and get banned […]
April 12, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
I know the Nancy Pearl Library Action Figure is meant to be tongue in cheek. I have three in my office–representing both the deluxe and basic variety. I absolutely admire Nancy and her work, but after years of watching visitors try her amazing push-button shushing action, the joke’s worn thin. I know that the folks […]
April 10, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
If your language arts (media/social studies/science/health) colleagues are growing tired of their usual bag of writing prompt tricks, share these ideas with them. TeachHUB offers a wide variety of provocative prompts that are designed to inspire critical thinking and either written or verbal response. Among the goodies on the pages of prompts, with differentiated questions […]
April 6, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
Even small academic libraries can be confusing for students. And so, the librarians at the Miller Library at McPherson College developed the super-cool, zombie-rich graphic novel, Library of the Living Dead, as a vehicle for introducing student users to their resources and services. The authors explain their mission, one designed to combat zombie-style research on […]
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