February 16, 2013

Librarians Use Social Networking Professionally More than Teachers and Principals, According to Report

Librarians Use Social Networking Professionally More than Teachers and Principals, According to Report

A recent report conducted by MMS Education reveals that librarians use social networking more than other educators.

INFOdocket: Top Resources for K–12

From a linguistic search technique to Wikipedia’s questionable coverage of Hurricane Sandy, the latest online resources selected by Gary Price, industry analyst librarian and editor of LJ’s INFOdocket (@INFOdocket).

KidLitCon 2012: Critical Reviewing in the Age of Twitter

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Facebook, Twitter, and blogs have made authors and book reviewers more visible—but have they also suppressed genuine literary criticism? Several book bloggers gathered at the New York Public Library September 29 for a KidLitCon 2012 panel discussion entitled “How Nice is Too Nice?: Critical Book Reviewing in the Age of Twitter” to explore the impact of social media on the book industry.