Yes definitely! Hats off to Sybil for her dedicating searching and postings!
I share them routinely with my staff - they ask me, "Who is Sybil?" ;)
-- Ellen Taylor, LMS
Rossview High School
1237 Rossview Road
Clarksville, TN 37043
931.553.2070
ellen.taylor@cmcss.net
> From: Nedra Isbell <nisbell@FARWELLSCHOOLS.ORG>
> Reply-To: Nedra Isbell <nisbell@FARWELLSCHOOLS.ORG>
> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:01:07 -0600
> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: Re: [LM_NET] GEN: IPL.Org - Sybil
>
> I didn't know all the background on Sybil; I must heartily agree with your
> commendation. In the short 5 years that I have been connected with LM_NET, I
> have benefitted greatly, especially from Sybil, of course, and also from all
> of you.
> My thanks and sincere gratitude to everyone. I must also commend Sybil on
> her signature message about manners. Ah, if only all our manners were as
> good...
>
> With friendly greetings from the panhandle of Texas,
> Nedra Isbell Farwell (TX) High School Library
> nisbell@farwellschools.org 806.481.9505
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Blythe Allison Bennett" <babennet@SYR.EDU>
> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:11 AM
> Subject: Re: GEN: IPL.Org - Sybil
>
>
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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