School Library Journal, October 2012 Issue: Table of Contents

Cover Story

Are Dewey’s Days Numbered?: Libraries Nationwide Are Ditching the Old Classification System

By Tali Balas Kaplan, Andrea K. Dolloff, Sue Giffard, and Jennifer Still-Schiff

Pushing between snack time and reading group, Zack, a third-grade boy, ducks into our school library while another class is beginning to check out books. “Sue, do you have anything about making stuff with paper?” asks the third grader. More on the Dewey system›››

Features

Nail-biters: Gripping Tales | Focus On
By Anthony C. Doyle
Take the Plunge: It’s time to start using audiobooks to support the STEM initiative | Listen In
By Sharon Grover

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TechKnowledge

Lead Story

The Imperative for Change: Educators Pam Moran and Ira Socol lay it on the line for librarians at SLJ’s Summit The Digital Shift

Feature

iPads for Everyone: How a small library program became a runaway hit and reached more than 4,100 kids and teachers The Digital Shift

Test Drive

Ebook toolkit: Rosen Interactive Ebooks
By Jeffrey Hastings
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The Next Big Thing

Video Hosting Made Easy
By Christopher Harris
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Cool Tools

Augmented Reality Adds a Layer to Learning
By Richard Byrne
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Columns

Editorial

The Tension of Innovation: The bridges to the future must be built for the kids of today
By Rebecca T. Miller

Nonfiction Booktalker

The Secret Lives of Presidents: A behind-the-scenes look at the residents of the White House
By Kathleen Baxter

On Common Core

The Question of Text Complexity: Reader and task trump traditional measure
By Paige Jaeger

Under Cover

Touched by an Angel: Martine Leavitt’s ‘My Book of Life by Angel’ Is a Harrowing Tale of Redemption
By Rick Margolis

Letters to SLJ

Kill Dewey? It’s not necessary to demolish a system that works

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