The live webcast along with a live is scheduled for April 18, 2013 at 2pm Eastern/11am Pacific. It’s being organized by Connected Learning. Blurb An in-depth look at YOUmedia’s strengths as a space for connected learning, and broader considerations for application in other environments. Speaker Info Penny Bender Sebring is a founding co-director of the [...]
Upcoming Webcast: “Teens, Digital Media, and the Chicago Public Library: A Study of YOUmedia’s Progress”
By on April 12, 2013
Wisconsin: Public Schools Receive $30 Million in Library Aid
By on April 12, 2013
From Madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal: Wisconsin public schools have received $30.1 million from a state trust fund to help purchase materials for their libraries. School districts can spend the money awarded Monday on books, newspapers, periodicals, and some digital materials. A state trust fund set by the constitution uses loan interests generated on public lands to [...]
Publishing: Peter Workman, Founder of Workman Press, Has Died
By on April 9, 2013
Mr. Workman passed away on Sunday. He was 74. Here’s a roundup of coverage. Announcement from Workman Publishing Blog He was the founder, president and CEO of Workman Publishing Company, one of the largest independent publishers of nonfiction trade books and calendars. In addition to the Workman imprint, the company consists of Algonquin Books of [...]
“Wikipedia Editors Object to University of Toronto Student Contributions”
By on April 9, 2013
From The Canadian Press: A recent dust-up between Wikipedia and Canada’s largest university raises questions about how collaborative the popular website that bills itself as “the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit” truly is. The online information portal recently took a professor from the University of Toronto to task for one of his classroom assignments. [...]
Amazon.com Will Acquire Goodreads
By on March 28, 2013
Update: Read What Goodreads CEO, Otis Chandler has to say about the Amazon acquisition. From the Blog Post: It’s important to be clear that Goodreads and the awesome team behind it are not going away. Goodreads will continue to be the wonderful community that we all cherish. We plan to continue offering you everything that [...]
Brooklyn: “Kids’ iPads at Park Slope Library Get Cool Reception from Parents”
By on March 26, 2013
A library branch in Park Slope, Brooklyn, boasts a fleet of iPads, but some local parents aren’t all that enthused. For his three-year-old, parent Josh Skaller says, “there’s an immense opportunity to discover new things to read, and anything that’s pulling her away from that gets in the way of the purpose of the trip to the library.”
CA High School Students to Create 3-D Archive of Mission Santa Ines
By on March 22, 2013
Students at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School will participate in a 3-D scanning of Mission Santa Ines, part of the “El Camino Real” project to scan all of California’s 21 Spanish missions, four presidios and three pueblos over the next two to three years.
Smithsonian Institution Partnering with Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
By on March 21, 2013
Note: At the bottom of this post, after today’s DPLA news, make sure to look at a brief overview of the Smithsonian Collections Database. This searchable and browsable resource comes direct from the SI and is available today (free). From the DPLA Announcement: The Smithsonian Institution will join with the Digital Public Library of America [...]
Virginia: Arlington County Public Library Begins Lending American Girl Dolls
By on March 18, 2013
From The Washington Post: Saving for an American Girl doll might take months or even a year. But now there’s a way for local kids to bring one home without paying the $110 price tag. Beginning this month, anyone with an Arlington County library card can sign up to borrow one of eight dolls for [...]
So Long and Goodbye: Google Will Discontinue Google Reader This Summer
By on March 13, 2013
