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Practicing Freedom in the Digital Library | Reinventing Libraries 27 Aug 2013 | 02:50 am
Barbara Fister When we were creating our first strategic plan at my library, we held some focus groups with faculty. One of them said something that still resonates with me: “It’s not about technolog...
Balancing Privacy & Innovation | Reinventing Libraries 27 Aug 2013 | 02:49 am
By Joseph Janes Joseph Janes When I was a kid, I used to help out in my local public library. I spent a lot of time there, and my mom worked there, so I shelved and read the stacks. Over time they l...
Organize the Web with EduClipper | Test Drive 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Sure, the Web is a key resource for educators, but what’s the best way to share the good stuff you’ve collected with students and teachers and keep it all organized? EduClipper may be an answer. The ...
Nielsen To Acquire Bowker Business Intelligence and Commerce Solutions 22 Aug 2013 | 12:02 am
ProQuest affiliate R.R. Bowker, a bibliographic information provider, today signed a definitive agreement to sell its Bowker Business Intelligence and Commerce Solutions products to global information...
Life with Raspberry Pi: The hot $25 computer may just spark a coding revolution in schools 20 Aug 2013 | 12:24 am
Illustration by Harry Campbell By Chad Sansing Our classroom glows with activity. One kid drafts a how-to article in which he explains the steps involved in wiring a cardboard Minecraft controller. ...
Maker Summer: A global project offers DIY opportunities for creativity and sharing 19 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
During a maker party at the New York Hall of Science, kids used MaKey MaKey circuit boards and Scratch programming language. Photo courtesy NYSCI Tinkerers of all ages are flexing their creative musc...
NCSU Shares Open-Source Solution for Crowdsourcing Photos 16 Aug 2013 | 08:41 pm
On August 15, North Carolina State University Libraries (NCSU Libraries) in Raleigh released lentil, open-source software that supports the harvesting of images and image metadata from Instagram. It e...
Hachette, Mackin Partner to Distribute Ebooks 12 Aug 2013 | 09:49 pm
Mackin Educational Resources, national distributor of PreK–12 books, ebooks and digital resources, has announced a new partnership with Hachette Book Group (HBG), beginning this month. As part of the ...
Updated ClassDojo App Lets Teachers Collectively Respond to Student Behavior 9 Aug 2013 | 12:52 am
ClassDojo, the free application for recording and managing student behavior, has been updated. As of today, ClassDojo sports a new “Class Sharing” feature, allowing multiple teachers to communicate mo...
YALSA Updates Teen Book Finder App with 2013 Titles 8 Aug 2013 | 09:37 pm
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has just launched an updated version of its free Teen Book Finder app—which debuted in June, 2012—to include all of the books the association honor...
