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21st Century Library 2014 in Review

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Thank you to all of our readers and followers! It has been a fantastic year.  We are looking forward to next year and all the coming innovations in Libraries! As I told someone the other day, “Libraries are a fascinating place to work! There is always something new, something happening, new ideas, new challenges, and the constant sense of fulfillment you receive from serving others.  Not to mention….the endless source of amusement from those crazy moments that you just can’t make up!!”

So here is wishing you all a Happy New Year! See you next year!!

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 54,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 20 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

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KRLemmons digital literacy

Common Sense Media and Digital Literacy

Common Sense Media, https://www.commonsensemedia.org, rates, educates, and advocates for kids, families, and schools. One of the features of Common Sense Media is the digital literacy program.  The program includes curriculum content, lesson plans and activities for educators.  Educators must register in order to access the curriculum materials.  Registration is free and the curriculum is definitely worth using.  You can view the information here.

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Creative Commons

From time to time, educators and students will see Creative Commons on a website or image. What exactly is Creative Commons and how is it used in education?

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that helps people “share their knowledge and creativity with the world. “Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.”

On the about us page, Creative Commons provides free, easy-to-use copyright licenses. However, this is alongside copyright and not an alternative to copyright.

For more information on Creative Commons, visit their website: http://creativecommons.org

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Libraries need to decide their future before someone else does…!

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I was forwarded a very interesting article the other day.

“Clash in the Stacks”

by Carl Straumshein on Inside Higher Ed.

Several library directors at liberal arts institutions have lost their jobs as they clash with faculty and administrators over how much — and how fast — the academic library should change.

None of the dismissals, resignations or retirements are identical. Some have resulted from arguments over funding; others from debates about decision-making processes or ongoing personal strife. One common trend, however, is that several of the library directors who have left their jobs in recent years have done so after long-term disputes with other groups on campus about how the academic library should change to better serve students and faculty.

This is nothing new or revolutionary on its own. We have seen administrators and constituents disagree on vision, direction, or organizational mission and have a parting of the ways…

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Website Evaluation

With all the information available on the internet, how can the user discern the difference between a credible website and a hoax?

Fortunately there are website evaluation checklists and forms that ask specific questions about the website.  In addition, there are lesson plans available to teach students how to evaluate websites.

Website Evaluation forms:

Kathy Shrock: http://www.schrockguide.net/critical-evaluation.html

http://library.acphs.edu/PDFs/Website%20Evaluation%20Checklist.pdf

Lesson Plans:

ReadWriteThink: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/inquiry-internet-evaluating-pages-328.html

Dutchess County Board of Cooperative Education Services (Poughkeepsie, NY) Duchess BOCES

http://www.dcboces.org/saltpointcenter/library/classprojects/websiteevaluation

Pensacola Catholic High School: http://www.pensacolachs.org/webpages/capplications/index.cfm?subpage=417792