I might embarrass Sybil with this message, but I wanted to recognize her because
she has been on the cutting edge for SO long! She was part of the original
KidsConnect K-12 question/answer team (along with several hundred LM_NET veterans)
which ran from 1995-1998, and then she did K-12 digital reference for the former
Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) project from 1999-2005 (also with many LM_NET
veterans). These two services were WAY out in front of the curve for digital
reference in the K-12 setting, and Sybil has been there all along the way. When she
started working with the original LII, I was thrilled to have her keep me in the
loop with cool new sites, and I really appreciate her keeping us updated in LM_NET.
I think it is important to recognize that school librarians were out in the virtual
reference playground before almost any academic or public library was, 15 years
ago.
IPL (also started in 1995) and LII are both outstanding projects and I'm glad they
have a home.
Blythe
Blythe Allison Bennett
Assistant Director, School Media Program
Director Summer Institute
School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
114 Hinds Hall
babennet@syr.edu
(315) 443-5445
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Kaun
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:25 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: GEN: IPL.Org
Thanks for this update, Karen.
I did some work for LII early on and I know our Sybil Feinmel has provided
us links for years which I believe she also adds to LII. I'm sorry to see it
go away (It was started here in California by the KnowledgePeople project)
but I'm glad to see it's been adopted by the very well-respected IPL and
Drexell U.
I had a link to LII (as well as to IPL) on my home page which I just
deleted. ;<(
Thanks again.
Tom Kaun
Thomas T. Kaun, Teacher Librarian
Bessie Chin Library @ Redwood High School
395 Doherty Drive, Larkspur, CA 94939
tomkaun@gmail.com | Library Web site: http://rhslibrary.org | Twitter:
besschinlibrary
President: CSLA - NS
All California students need strong school libraries.
Information doesn't deserve to be free. It is an abstract tool; a useful
fantasy, a nothing. It is nonexistent until and unless a person experiences
it in a useful way. --Jaron Lanier
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:29 AM, DeFrank, Karen <kdefrank@glassboroschools.us
> wrote:
> My dad sent me this and I thought I would share:
>
> An interesting merger of two websites this week.
>
> ipl2 is the result of a merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the
> Librarians' Internet Index (LII).
>
> Drexel University is the host of this site.
>
> http://www.ipl.org/index.html
>
>
>
>
> Karen DeFrank, LMS
> Dorothy L. Bullock Elementary School
> Glassboro Intermediate School
> Glassboro NJ
> k d e f r a n k @ g l a s s b o r o s c h o o l s . u s
> "A person's a person, no matter how small." Horton the Elephant
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