Archive for January, 2006

To Fine or Not To Fine

Monday, January 30th, 2006

Recently I was asked my opinion on students paying fines and being denied from checking out materials because they owed fines or had yet to return books.  What is your opinion on this?

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Thoughts on Information Literacy

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Recently there has been a wonderful discussion on what is and who is responsible for teaching information literacy skills.  I have been following the discussion with much interest and wanted to share with you one of the postings.  I want to thank John for allowing me to reprint his thoughts on the subject and invite [...]

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Virginia Standards of Accreditation

Friday, January 6th, 2006

PUBLIC HEARING:  STANDARDS OF ACCREDITATIONThe Board of Education has scheduled five public hearings on Standards of Accreditation for the evening of January 17, 2006 to begin at 7 p.m. at the following locations:  Richmond, Loudoun County, Chesapeake, Waynesboro, and Wytheville.  Specific locations will be announced at a later date.
Contact: Margaret Roberts, executive assistant to the Board ofEducation, [...]

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