Do you feel like a bowl of alphabet soup?
The other day, I was in a meeting and it seemed like every other word was an acronym. There was NCLB, EETT, SIF, SIFA, EIMS, USDOE, DOE, OET, and host of others. And don’t forget that we in the...
View ArticleWhat have I told you about thinking?
I have been reading about critical thinking skills in preparation for the summer workshops and one of the more intriging discussions is centered on at what age does the critical thinking process...
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LLAA is Back!
After an extended absence, the Linking Libraries and Academic Achievement Blog is BACK! At the recent VEMA conference, I was installed as the Future Trends and Issues committee chair and I was...
View ArticleWhich Is It? Selection, Censorship, or Collection Development
The recent discussion on the listserv has prompted this posting. What is your definition of selection, censorship or collection development? Last year, Gail Dickinson from ODU wrote a wonderful...
View ArticleCopyright Issues
Question? How do you deal with copyright as related to multimedia,specifically using music in multimedia projects.
View ArticleThis and That….
Your chance to respond: I recently received an email from a librarian from a small conservative area of the state who was concerned about the growing number of young adult novels that contain language...
View ArticleALA Mid-Winter
I just returned from ALA Mid-Winter along with Gail Dickinson, Kathy Lehman, Ann Martin, Dee Griffith and Laurel Morgan. The Mid-Winter is not about concurrent sessions, and presentations but more...
View ArticleInternet Safety and YOU!
Kathy Lehman writes that the Department of Education, Library Services group will be updating the Linking Libraries web pages to include the topic of Internet Safety. I think it is an excellent...
View ArticleFive Things You Don’t Know About VEMA
At the recent ALA mid-winter, there was a discussion on why should people join the professional organization. It made several of stop and think, “Why did we join?” . Of course the first answer was to...
View ArticleStandardizing the Standards
In this month’s issue of LMC, editor Carol Simpson poses a question that really gets to the heart of libraianship in the 21st Century. She speaks to the issue of others outside of the library...
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