Padlocked Libraries and Unstaffed Schools

[Jamie McKenzie <mckenzie@FROMNOWON.ORG>]

Announcing the February/March issue
of From Now On - the Educational Technology Journal
available free online at http://fromnowon.org

Three articles this month . . .

        A Brave New World of
        Padlocked Libraries and
        Unstaffed Schools?

        Foolhardy administrators and politicians
        with little notion of the weaknesses of the
        Internet have been cutting book budgets,
        eliminating the jobs of thousands of
        librarians and replacing them with aides
        and computer teachers or technicians. In
        some cases, the school library is
        padlocked most of the week and opened
        only a few hours now and again to allow
        for the circulation of books. The
        networking bandwagon is seriously
        damaging the knowledge resources
        available to our young.

        Networking for Daily Research

        While schools are quick to install
        networks, they rarely give student
        questioning and research the daily focus it
        deserves and requires to optimize use of
        the networks. This article offers three
        strategies to make research a daily
        ongoing constant of the school
        experience.


            Bookshelf Attacks
            Museums

            While schools are quick to install
            electronic reference materials,
            assuming quality, balance and
            reliability, acid content can
            sometimes surface through a
            lack of editorial "oversight."

Best wishes,
Jamie McKenzie







Jamie McKenzie
Editor - "From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal"

mckenzie@fromnowon.org            http://fromnowon.org

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"The question is the answer."  "Hits are not Truth."

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