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 community not being aware that librarians already have standards for information literacy.
Last year, the Educational Testing Service reported that most [...]
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 foster our professional growth. But why else would you join? To meet people, to travel, to obtain several magazines??? The list [...]
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 project and I know that everyone will be excited to learn what role the library plays in this important topic.
Just to review, the [...]
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 about making sure that the organizations that make up the American Library Association have an opportunity to focus on the vision and misson and to [...]
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 and topics that are often graphic and explicit. She wants to offer a well-rounded collection of titles to meet the needs of [...]
Question?
How do you deal with copyright as related to multimedia,specifically using music in multimedia projects.
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 explanation of the difference. I am going to ask her for permission to reprint it. And Carrie Gardner from Catholic University serves on the Intellectual Freedom committee [...]
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 asked to resume posting on this blog. I will be posting ideas and information but more importantly, requesting feedback on issues that affect our [...]
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 begin and at what age is it developmental approriate to assume that students are ready to think critically.
My problem is this..I [...]
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 library have our own set of initials–LLAA, OPAC, to name a couple. Why do we insist [...]
