Re: [LM_NET] all digital prep school

[K Perry <perrykm5@YAHOO.COM>]

Read the 400+ comments about this story on the Boston Globe web site.  Most emailed 
of the day for Friday 9/4/09 as well.  Lots of discussion, as well there should be!

 
Karen Perry 
Media Coordinator, NBCT        
R.J. Reynolds High School
301 North Hawthorne Rd.              
Winston-Salem, NC 27104 
email: perrykm5@yahoo.com
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Date:    Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:22:28 -0400
From:    gary price <gary@RESOURCESHELF.COM>
Subject: The All-Digital Prep School Library

Two words: So Sad!

From the Boston Globe Article:
http://bit.ly/YVRsE

[Snip]

Cushing Academy has all the hallmarks of a New England prep school, =20
with one exception.

This year, after having amassed a collection of more than 20,000 =20
books, officials at the pristine campus about 90 minutes west of =20
Boston have decided the 144-year-old school no longer needs a =20
traditional library. The academy?s administrators have decided to =20
discard all their books and have given away half of what stocked their =20
sprawling stacks - the classics, novels, poetry, biographies, tomes on =20
every subject from the humanities to the sciences. The future, they =20
believe, is digital.

[Snip]

And to replace those old pulpy devices that have transmitted =20
information since Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in =20
the 1400s, they have spent $10,000 to buy 18 electronic readers made =20
by Amazon.com and Sony. Administrators plan to distribute the readers, =20
which they?re stocking with digital material, to students looking to =20
spend more time with literature.

Those who don?t have access to the electronic readers will be expected =20
to do their research and peruse many assigned texts on their computers.

?Instead of a traditional library with 20,000 books, we?re building a =20
virtual library where students will have access to millions of =20
books,?? said Tracy, whose office shelves remain lined with books. ?We =20
see this as a model for the 21st-century school.??

Source: Boston Globe
Hat Tip: Net-Gold

--=20
Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Editor, ResourceShelf and DocuTicker
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Date:    Fri, 4 Sep 2009 16:37:32 -0500
From:    "Nelson, Vicki" <Vicki.Nelson@ECTORCOUNTYISD.ORG>
Subject: Target:  What Are Your 5 Best High School Databases

Wise Ones, we have been fortunate enough to have an increased budget this y=
ear, and I would like to add to our online databases.  We currently subscri=
be to Gale Group.  In addition, last year we tried Ferguson's Careers onlin=
e, and we were very pleased, so I intend to add it.  We also have access to=
WorldBook online through our district and EBSCO Host through the state.

I would love to hear from you about what you would choose as your 5 top dat=
abases for high school libraries.

Many thanks in advance,

Vicki Nelson
vicki.nelson@ectorcountyisd.org<mailto:vicki.nelson@ectorcountyisd.org>
Odessa High School
Odessa, Texas



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Date:    Fri, 4 Sep 2009 16:44:46 -0500
From:    Loretta Arnold <larnold@USD366.NET>
Subject: H1N1 for Educators

Hello All,



My teachers are asking for books/ materials about the Swine Flu,
specifically as it relates to educators and school settings.  



Suggestions are much appreciated.



Have a great Labor Day Weekend!

Loretta Arnold

Library & Media Specialist

Yates Center, Kansas

larnold@usd366.net






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Date:    Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:49:57 -0400
From:    Heidi Landskroener <h.landskroener@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: CNN on Libraries and Librarianship

Did this article crash anyone else's IE window/tab? I'll try it in Firefox
tomorrow and hope for the best.

Thanks,
Heidi

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:22 AM, gary price <gary@resourceshelf.com> wrote:

> CNN is running a lengthy post today about the current state/future of
> libraries and librarianship including a section titled Library 2.0. We've
> posted highlights and a link to the full text on ResourceShelf.
>
> See:
> http://bit.ly/12kFbt
>
> cheers,
> gary
>
> p.s. ResourceShelf now has a Twitter feed.
> http://twitter.com/resourceshelf
>
> --
> Gary D. Price, MLIS
> Librarian
> Editor, ResourceShelf and DocuTicker
> Visit ResourceShelf and Docuticker
> http://www.resourceshelf.com
> http://www.docuticker.com
>
>
> --
Heidi Landskroener
H.Landskroener@gmail.com

Librarian, St. John Lutheran School
South Euclid OH

Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant
www.marykay.com/hlandskroener

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Date:    Sat, 5 Sep 2009 07:54:45 +1000
From:    Barbara Braxton <barbara.288@BIGPOND.COM>
Subject: TARGET: Photos of school libraries

Dear Everyone
I am going to be offering a slideshow presentation at the upcoming Your School 
Library online
conference called Landscaping your Library in which I will look at the pedagogical 
reasons for
developing an attractive and stimulating library environment and supporting this 
with ideas to do
this on a shoestring, suggestions for displays and photos of exciting library 
environments.

I first presented this in 2006 at the SLANZA national conference but I would like 
to update this
presentation with new photos, so if you have photos either as jpgs or on a website 
I would really
appreciate it if you could send them (or the link) to me for use.  I know there 
have been several
posted lately as Australia has celebrated Children's Book Week but if you can send 
me things of
yours offlist this will mean that I have your permission to use them.  They will be 
credited in the
acknowledgments.

For more information about the conference - the theme is Designing the Future - 
please go to
http://yourschoollibrary.org 

Thank you
Barbara

Barbara Braxton
Teacher Librarian
COOMA NSW 2630
AUSTRALIA

E. barbara.288@bigpond.com
Together we learn from each other 

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