Library Ties

Yesterday I read the reports that Randy Pausch the famed professor who delivered the Last Lecture at Carnegie Mellon had passed away. I’ve had the book The Last Lecture in my to be read pile for a month or so, but reading the reports yesterday online, I took the time to move it to the […]

Ok, so far I’ve 2 for 2 with this project. I’ve had an account in Google Reader for quite a while and try to scan it at least once or twice a day, so I was able to check off our 2nd task as part of SLJ Learning 2.0 activities. Sometimes I read every post […]

I just signed up to participate in SLJ Learning 2.0. You can find the blog at All Together Now. Led by Michael Stephens, we’ll get the chance to explore some of Read/Write web tools out there. Should be fun because librarians of all type will be exploring and learning together! I know I’ve played with […]

This was a wonderful book is the adventures of Eben as he searches his small town in Missouri trying to find seven wonders. If he reaches his goal, he will earn a trip on the train to Colorado to see the mountains. He is just certain this will be an impossible task; there can’t possibly […]

While my final day in Anaheim was on Tuesday, it has taken me a few days of adjustment back home to get time to write. On the last day at ALA, we began early with a connection with NECC in San Diego. It was a great opportunity to connect with our library media colleagues at […]

Today, I spent more time in the exhibit hall and attended the AASL Awards Luncheon. I had the pleasure of serving on the National School Library Media Program of the Year Award (SLMPY) committee this year, so it was so exciting to see the winning schools receive their award. Simsbury High School in Simsbury, CT […]