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Smart Parenting for Smart Kids:
Nurturing Your Child's True Potential
ISBN 978-0470640050
Publisher: Jossey-Bass/Wiley,
Author: Eileen Kennedy-Moore, http://www.EileenKennedyMoore.com
Music: Soft Orange Glow by Josh WoodwardSmart Parenting for Smart Kids:
Nurturing Your Child's True Potential
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What About Me? 12 Ways to Get Your Parents' Attention (Without Hitting Your Sister) ISBN 978-1884734861
Award-winning picture book for ages 3-8.
Publisher: Parenting Press, http://www.ParentingPress.com
Author: Eileen Kennedy-Moore, http://www.EileenKennedyMoore.com
Music: For Dixie by Perfect Solution MusicWhat About Me? 12 Ways to Get Your Parents' Attention (Without Hitting Your... more
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Librarians Protest in a Different Way
Librarians are "reading" for their jobs
By JOHN ADAMS
Updated 8:15 AM PDT, Sun, Apr 18, 2010
In an unusual protest that will include storytelling to children, librarians will be at Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's official residence on Sunday to protest against planned funding cuts to libraries.
The protest will begin at 11 a.m. outside the mayor's home in Hancock Park.
Storytelling will be provided by librarians to children on the grass outside the home to protest the mayor's planned firing of more than 160 library employees, including 20 librarians, on July 1, and his plans to fire dozens more and force further reductions in library services, according to organizers.
To close a massive budget deficit, Villaraigosa has proposed cutting at least 4,000 city jobs, with the first 1,000 job cuts to go into effect July 1.
"If the mayor is successful in his effort to slash the library budget, we will have hardly any library services available in any community," said Roy Stone, president of the Librarians' Guild, AFSCME Local 2626. "The mayor will single-handedly be the most destructive force in the history of the Los Angeles Public Library System."
City officials said the cuts are necessary to close a projected half- billion-dollar budget deficit.Librarians Protest in a Different Way
Librarians are "reading" for their... more
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Whether you’re learning from other library professionals, staying on top of news, or checking out resources, you can find what you need on Twitter. Read on, and you’ll find 100 of the best Twitter feeds for future librarians.Whether you’re learning from other library professionals, staying on top of... more
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Blogging is a valuable tool for cataloging library news, sharing research tips and book lists, and marketing your own library while highlighting special exhibits, new technology and special guests. Check out this list of 100 tips and tools.Blogging is a valuable tool for cataloging library news, sharing research tips and... more
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Mick Jones, lead guitarist of The Clash, has opened a "guerrilla rock'n'roll public library" in London. Jones has taken 10,000 of his personal items collected over three decades to create the library. Some of the items include a collection of records, pizza boxes from Clash tours, books, camouflage graffiti boots worn by the band on stage, and retro recording equipment.
Visitors will also be encouraged to scan the stickers, fliers, and other archival material in the library and copy them to memory sticks. Not only will fans be able to see relics from this legendary band but may also have an opportunity to see Jones himself, as he will be recording with up-and-coming bands in his studio next door.
Jones said, "It's a very personal collection but I don't want the library to be only for Clash fans. I hope it can be a resource and spark people's imaginations, create an idea of continual creativity.” The library will be open through the 25th of August and is free of charge.Mick Jones, lead guitarist of The Clash, has opened a "guerrilla... more
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If you thought that librarians were mild mannered, quiet people who just enjoyed stacking shelves, here's what they get up to at "Librarian Book Cart Drill Championships".
The winners danced to Wagner's Ride Of The Valkyries, where Metro's Ridiculant says "they showed off Viking helmets, ample bosoms and, at one point, something that appears to be a sex toy."
In second place was a Grease themed dance and some Elvis impersonators came third. Don't expect to see them in your local library any time soon.If you thought that librarians were mild mannered, quiet people who just enjoyed... more
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Whether you are just starting out with Twitter or are looking for ways to improve your existing Twitter experience, the following tips, tools, and resources will have you Twittering like a pro in no time.Whether you are just starting out with Twitter or are looking for ways to improve your... more
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Omaha's Action News 3 is running an exposé on some Nebraska Library Commission employees who posted a video of themselves setting up and playing Rock Band on company time. But did the workers do anything wrong? From the Action News report:
"Were some Nebraska state workers paid to play? A video that appeared on YouTube is creating a firestorm of reaction and suggests so... Employees at the Nebraska Library Commission are accused of wasting [taxpayer money] and then posting video and pictures of the whole thing on line."
Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley told Action News that a YouTube user spotted the video at left and made a complaint, leading to an investigation by Foley's office. However, Library Commission Director Rob Wagner has backed up his employees:
"In a phone interview... Wagner says the workers did nothing wrong. He says the library system is branching out into video games to bring more young people into the libraries. "
While library systems around the country are increasingly adopting video games in an effort to attract teens and stay culturally relevant, that word seems not to have filtered back to either Action News 3 or the Nebraska Auditor General's office.
If libraries are going to offer games like Rock Band, wouldn't it make sense for the employees to at least know how to set them up and be able to explain them to library users?
It's too bad that the local media and the state bureaucracy is screwing them over for their efforts at innovation.
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This is ridiculous! They were trying to get teens to come to the library and what's more free than a YouTube video? I say this is just another incident of the media spinning a story that is totally meaningless for the sake of ratings.
Do you agree?Omaha's Action News 3 is running an exposé on some Nebraska Library... more
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Ms. Rosalia, the school librarian at Public School 225, a combined elementary and middle school in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, urged caution. “Don’t answer your questions with the first piece of information that you find,” she warned.
Most of the students ignored her, as she knew they would. But Nozimakon Omonullaeva, 11, noticed something odd on a page about Christopher Columbus.
“It says the Indians enjoyed the cellphones and computers brought by Columbus!” Nozimakon exclaimed, pointing at the screen. “That’s wrong.”
It was an essential discovery in a lesson about the reliability — or lack thereof — of information on the Internet, one of many Ms. Rosalia teaches in her role as a new kind of school librarian.
Ms. Rosalia, 54, is part of a growing cadre of 21st-century multimedia specialists who help guide students through the digital ocean of information that confronts them on a daily basis. These new librarians believe that literacy includes, but also exceeds, books.
“The days of just reshelving a book are over,” said Ms. Rosalia, who came to P.S. 225 nearly six years ago after graduating at the top of her class at the Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. “Now it is the information age, and that technology has brought out a whole new generation of practices.”
Some of these new librarians teach children how to develop PowerPoint presentations or create online videos. Others get students to use social networking sites to debate topics from history or comment on classmates’ creative writing. Yet as school librarians increasingly teach students crucial skills needed not only in school, but also on the job and in daily life, they are often the first casualties of school budget crunches.
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interesting article about the "new" school librarian and some of the challenges they faceMs. Rosalia, the school librarian at Public School 225, a combined elementary and... more
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Librarians love Sully! This guy just keeps getting better and better!
Sully for President 2012Librarians love Sully! This guy just keeps getting better and better!
Sully for... more
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Have you ever wondered the past life or secret dreams of your local librarian as they helped you find research paper resources and swiped the bar code on your books? Read out this list that includes famous authors and legendary philosophers and scholars.Have you ever wondered the past life or secret dreams of your local librarian as they... more
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Laura Kathleen Cantrell, A 40-year-old married mother of two, is accused of engaging in sex with a 15-year-old boy at her home in 2006.
Cantrell came to the attention of authorities in January when she told a school resource officer a student was trying to extort money from her. Court papers indicate that the boy threatened to tell police they had been sleeping together if she didn’t give him $50.
It is alleged in an affidavit by a Harrah police officer that Cantrell admitted to having sex with the boy four or five times last year.
The teen, now 17, testified that Cantrell, 40, also performed oral sex on him in her car that summer.
Cantrell's defense attorney, Mickey Homsey, questioned the credibility of her alleged victim. Homsey says the teenager has provided authorities with several different accounts of his relationship with Cantrell.Laura Kathleen Cantrell, A 40-year-old married mother of two, is accused of engaging... more
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John McCain's surprise choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on the Republican ticket has led journalists and bloggers to the clip and web files, and a library connection--suggesting but hardly proving dubious behavior by Palin as mayor of Wasilla--has emerged.
Some commentators, like Atlantic blogger Andrew Sullivan, have made a big deal of Palin's 1997 move to fire Wasilla Public Library director Mary Ellen Emmons, who supported Palin's rival during the mayoral campaign. (We don't know exactly what "support" means--a small contribution, or active campaigning?) As the Anchorage Daily News reported 2/1/97, Palin gave letters of dismissal to both Emmons and the police chief, but relented when Emmons assured her she supported efforts to merge library and museum operations. (They apparently did not merge, as the city web site shows them as separate institutions.)
Is it legitimate for a mayor to fire a library director who supported her opponent? Well, libraries, in the ideal world, should not be partisan institutions and library directors should be judged on the way they run the library. Also, librarians do not take a vow of political neutrality as individuals. But we do know that small-town politics can get ugly. I'd steer clear from passing judgment until we know more about what exactly happened.
Then there's another report, from the local Frontiersman, as cited on Politico and then by Sullivan: "According to the Frontiersman newspaper, Wasilla’s library director Mary Ellen Emmons said that 'Palin asked her outright if she could live with censorship of library books.' Palin later dismissed the conversation as a 'rhetorical' exercise."
That drew a response from American Library Association critic Dan Kleinman, who asserted on his SafeLibraries blog that "it didn't take long for Mary Ellen Emmons, Past President of the Alaska Library Association, and Wasilla Public Library director to strike the first blow."
However, that quote from Emmons is several years old, she's no longer the director, and she hasn't been quoted since. It's not illegitimate for the press to dig up old quotes, but we'd be much better served if Emmons and others in Alaska elaborate on situations that, from my perspective, remain murky.John McCain's surprise choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on... more
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