In a Wikimedia blog post this week, Steven Walling shared news of an exciting partnership. JSTOR, that non-profit consortium-based database, beloved by high school and college students everywhere for its scholarly, authoritative content, will now provide the 100 most active Wikipedia editors with free access to the complete archive collections on JSTOR, including more than [...]
JSTOR is one of my students’ favorite databases. They are kinda JSTOR junkies. But not every high school can afford to subscribe to this not-for-profit full-text resource, offering access to scholarly content from more than 1300 journals and thousands of primary sources. And then, so many individual researchers and young scholars don’t happen to be [...]
I am getting ready to make two cases with my learners in the coming week. One is my usual advice about carefully selecting sources and making use of the riches we provide in terms of our subscription databases. The other will be the importance of new strategies for curation, both for school research and for [...]
My kiddos are true JSTOR junkies. They rely on the scholarly database for their research in many areas, but particularly in history and lit crit. Alas, not every high school can squeeze this subscription into their budgets. But cheer up, young historians and scholars . . . Earlier this week, JSTOR announced that they are [...]
I’ve been looking for a strategy to describe the value of curation strategies to other librarians, my own faculty, and to my students. Last year we established that notebooks just weren’t working for us. This school year I want to be better able to address How can we better manage our information lives and why [...]
While many of us weren’t watching, ERIC, the granddaddy of education research, has grown a lot more social. As we prepare for a fall filled with professional development, it might be a good idea to share some of ERIC’s new coolness with the faculty. In case you never had the pleasure . . . Sponsored [...]
This spring, I asked a few of my always game filmmakers to create a series of proof-of-concept films to promote the use of databases across industry and brand. Maya, who is looking forward to a marketing career, delivered one of their products just as the school year ended. It stars Matt as Mr. Database Man. [...]
At ISTE11 everyone is talking about powerful apps for learning. Apps for creating art and music and for publishing. Remarkable apps for special education. And apps for research. Educators here are discussing the powerful role mobile devices and apps can play in student research. But no one is talking about library apps. No one [...]
AASL just announced the launch of its Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Lesson Plan Database, designed to be: a public, online database providing school librarians a fast and user-friendly way to create and share quality lesson plans with their peers. Building on the template provided in Standards for the 21st-Century Learner In Action, the Lesson [...]
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