http://lib.surruralist.net Libraries, Technology, No Cell Service Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:32:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just in case I'm not the most ill-informed librarian on the planet, I thought I'd post a link to this series for anyone who hasn't seen them yet. Harper Collins Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science. These are just the early readers I've been looking for (of course they've been around for years, who knew ... http://lib.surruralist.net/2008/07/22/super-non-fiction-for-early-readers/ Just back from swimming lessons where I sat by the side of the pool and thoroughly enjoyed an article by Jill Lapore in the July 21st New Yorker on Stuart Little, the history of children's libraries & children's literary criticism. To top it off, there's a podcast about the piece with ... http://lib.surruralist.net/2008/07/21/oh-pooh-tonstant-weader-fwowed-up/ As previously mentioned, my old hard drive has met its maker, so I am currently trying to recreate my life with a new slate. All was going well until I had to install the Flash player. (Have you tried to do anything without Flash these days? It's impossible. The world ... http://lib.surruralist.net/2008/07/21/command-line-tech-solutions-online/ Last year's  I Remembered My Library Books stickers were a huge hit with the kids. So much so that I decided to get a little crazier with them and make new subject spine labels. I've never been a big fan of those labels. The types available from the vendors are ... http://lib.surruralist.net/2008/07/20/more-fun-with-stickers/ Brief note - it's been a while since I last posted, what with end of the year madness & lovely vacation travel. Tragically, while away, my hard drive died - passive aggressive behavior for not bringing it to the beach, no doubt. It was a great wake-up call when I ... http://lib.surruralist.net/2008/07/20/a-longer-vacation-than-planned/ Librarians Escape Being Turned into Teachers in FL District That's the headline I just received in my inbox via the SLJ Extra Helping. What?! Man, I work my tail off so everyone in my building thinks of me as a teacher. What are they thinking with a headline like this? I'm sure my ... http://lib.surruralist.net/2008/05/20/librarians-escape-fate-worse-than-death/ It's the time of year when I start getting very excited about next year's book budget. I try to get the bulk of my collection development done before September, because I simply get too busy after that. Now I'm diving into my stacks of torn & annotated SLJs, notes from ... http://lib.surruralist.net/2008/05/19/ode-to-childrens-book-review-bloggers/ Cory Doctorow (of BoingBoing) has a brand-spanking-new YA Sci Fi novel out called Little Brother. Cool guy that he is, he's posted electronic copies of the book online for free. Instead of accepting offers of donations from grateful readers, he's set up a site where potential donors can send ... http://lib.surruralist.net/2008/05/09/author-facilitates-donation-of-book-to-libraries-schools/ I've made a new page (see above) with links to materials from some of the presentations I've given recently. The latest is the DCF Conference session I did yesterday in Stowe. "Using Fun Technology to Promote Student Engagement" As usual I talked far too much and for too long, but the audience ... http://lib.surruralist.net/2008/05/03/presentations-new-newer/ Last week I went to a talk in Second Life by Doug Johnson on copyright (you all should have been there, great talk.) I've been playing around with 2nd Life just a bit - in fact, I even held a class in there for my graduate students one night. I ... http://lib.surruralist.net/2008/04/25/save-the-earth-hold-meetings-in-second-life/