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E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages Via Nik Peachey
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Some really interesting research into how students read, what their text format preferences are, and why. May help us to be more informed in focusing our collection development. May be that print formats support learning strategies - worth pondering? 
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May 16, 8:53 AM
I have been using text to speech almost exclusively for reading articles on the web, newspapers, and courese reading for a course in Leadership I am taking at Case Western Reserve University. I love the e-readers ( Read and Write Gold; Kindle, and Audio books) because I can jack up the speed and read with my ears as fast as non dyslexics who are fluent readers read with their eyes. We need to understand the 'cost' of eye reading to dyslexic students even when they "graduate" from OG or Wilson: the burden of phonological processing is too high in terms of fatigue. If we don't make the technology more available and acceptable in schools we will deny intelligent students with print challenges the opportunity to study in college, graduate or professional schools. I still read paper books. Right now I am reading A light in August by Faulkner. It is on my night stand and it is a wonderful if slow experience for me. For some, print will never 'fall away' and allow for effortless decoding and pholonological recoding.--Lou
Excerpt: "Understanding how reading on paper is different from reading on screens requires some explanation of how the brain interprets written language. We often think of reading as a cerebral activity concerned with the abstract—with thoughts and ideas, tone and themes, metaphors and motifs. As far as our brains are concerned, however, text is a tangible part of the physical world we inhabit. In fact, the brain essentially regards letters as physical objects because it does not really have another way of understanding them. As Wolf explains in her book Proust and the Squid, we are not born with brain circuits dedicated to reading. After all, we did not invent writing until relatively recently in our evolutionary history, around the fourth millennium B.C. So the human brain improvises a brand-new circuit for reading by weaving together various regions of neural tissue devoted to other abilities, such as spoken language, motor coordination and vision..." 
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May 20, 7:37 PM
NEW Marketing and Camapigning mind opening article (click) http://www.tumblr.com/blog/robbuser
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Get a sneak peek at Powerful Learning Practice's Web 2.0 tools eCourse and learn how to master them as a powerful learning strategy...
Free webinar - you can also register for a course of 5 seminars called "21st Century-ize your curriculum eCourse". Delete the scoop?
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“Learn how to develop or reinvigorate new and existing teen book clubs at you library. By incorporating additional supporting media, relevant activities, and social networking, you can transform the traditional book club into a ... Delete the scoop?
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"What is the role of the academic librarian in the modern institution? The consequences of the web have been enormous, and the pace of change shows little sign of slowing. But, fundamentally, our role remains what it always has been - to support our institutions in the delivery of their research and learning strategies. What we need to do to achieve this, though, is radically different from what it was before the explosion in networked digital information. If we don't recognise that, we will become less and less relevant to our academic colleagues and our students."
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Libraries Thriving... Links to upcoming webinars: The future is coming! What does that mean for public libraries? When the archives get social: the Joe McDonald and Leola Lewis project Information literacy and eResources: moving beyond the chalkboard Timing schedule and links for registration on the website. Delete the scoop?
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Academic librarians and others working with students in, or headed for tertiary study will be interested in the results of this research, if not surprised. DW Delete the scoop?
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"As mentioned in my last post, I recently presented at the online Library 2.011 conference. Talking a little about how we scan the net for mentions of my library , the results of such scans and how, when we actually respond and reactions of users." Aaron Tay.
DW: It's all very well to have a Twitter feed for 'broadcasting purposes", but how are you using it to impact your customer service outcomes? Aaron Tay outlines a relatively new service: IFTTT. Delete the scoop?
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Bringing business, marketing, creativity, and education thinking to the library table... Here is where I'm scooping 'other' thinking that might be applied to the world of libraries. Can we use the thinking of marketing gurus, creatives, business moguls (and others) to open doors to other ways of seeing, doing, innovating? Send me your suggestions for content - the wider the net, the better. Delete the scoop?
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"In one of the clearest statements yet from the Library of Congress that MARC has outlived its usefulness, the Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative has released an initial plan for their work that is quite revealing. Some quotes: “…the Library of Congress is committed to developing, in collaboration with librarians, standards experts, and technologists a new bibliographic framework that will serve the associated communities well into the future.” (from Deanna Marcum’s cover note) “The new environment should be agnostic to cataloging rules…” “The new bibliographic framework project will be focused on the Web environmet, Linked Data principles and mechanisms, and the Resource Description Framework (RDF) as a basic data model.” Delete the scoop?
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"As a daily writer and reader, I can't live without Twitter: I get story ideas there, I drum up freelance work there, I get inspired and educated there. But man, that 140-character limit is a bitch sometimes. And let's face it--in Twitter's big tent, there's a helluva lot of noise. What if there were something like Twitter, but populated solely with unabridged snippets of interesting books, articles, and essays? Findings.com is exactly that: Instead of exchanging hashtagged brain farts and link-shortened headlines, users can post full-length quotations from whatever literary source they like (provided it's electronic).
How can libraries leverage this kind of technology to encourage and support reading and promote their collections and interests? DW Delete the scoop?
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A crowdsourced collection of over 100 essays from around the world about trends in school libraries written by librarians, teachers, publishers, and library vendors. Edited by Kristin Fontichiaro and Buffy Hamilton. Via Joyce Valenza Delete the scoop?
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I am honored to announce that starting next Monday October 17th, the National eXtension Virtual Conference will launch online showcasing a series of presentations plus open discussion from Howard Rheingold, Clay Shirky, Paulette Robinson and yours truly. Via Robin Good, Howard Rheingold 
LuAnn Phillips's comment,
October 10, 2011 7:48 PM
Got an avatar? The event is also available live at eXtension in Second Life http://bit.ly/qqZCa8
janlgordon's comment,
October 18, 2011 12:03 PM
Bravo Robin!! This was one of the best talks I've heard in a long time - You are so right on target, you continually help me to hone and fine tune what I'm doing to be of better service to others - thank you so much
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October 19, 2011 6:03 PM
Absolutely brilliant talk the other day, thank you so much!! This is a topic that is going to be huge. I love the connection between infotention and curation, lots to absorb, exciting and challenging at the same time.
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The official website for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) went live on Tuesday, October 4, 2011. Read about this exciting project, and listen to Robert Darnton, director of Harvard University's library and one of the ... Delete the scoop?
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Tweet In the wake of the horrible bullying and the national headlines–from Matthew Shephard 14 years ago, to the Boy Scouts’ recent denial of an Eagle Scout Honors to a brilliant young man because of his sexual orientation, to the sickening...
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And, with respect to this particular post, it needed saying. And deserves support in spreading the sentiment. Thank you Sarah. DW Delete the scoop?
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"So What For Libraries? Obviously, this information can be useful for anyone who might find themselves teaching and wanting to make sure the information they share sticks. However, there are benefits beyond just our own teaching. Behaviorism could be useful when thinking about how to get students to follow rules or norms in the library building. Libraries could play critical roles in courses built using Cognitivism. In a class that has made intentional use of spaced learning, the library could act as a bridge between the times the content is used in class. If a course is built around problem solving, the library can provide resources and tools to enable student groups to solve the problems they’re presented with. If a campus is focusing on Social Cognitivism, the library could use that as an opportunity to offer workshops to help students identify how they learn and how the library can fit into their individual processes. And a Constructivist environment, the library can provide the resources necessary to a class that is built around students building their own understandings. And, most obviously, a library is a key component in any Connectivist PLNs. When people are self-motivated and interested in learning, they’ll seek out material to help them in their quest, and the library is here to provide that walled-garden information they can’t find on the open web."
In NZ, the land of no-longer for Teacher Librarian training, we often bemoan the fact that as school librarians (and I believe this applies to public librarians who work with learners, too) we cannot access training in teaching theory and techniques. This post is part of a series which aims to share some teaching and learning theory and its practical applications with librarians. Well worth a read. DW Delete the scoop?
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Library of Congress resources for teachers. "On your own for professional development? Earn a certificate of completion by taking the Library's self-paced interactive modules. Each multimedia-rich program delivers approximately one hour of staff development."
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"In a world where we now communicate and collaborate mainly via the Internet, it’s important to have the right tool available. Not only do you need something that is dependable and works properly, but you also want a tool that is easy for all of your collaborators to use. Having a lot of features is nice, but if the people you’re trying to communicate with can’t figure out how to join you, more than likely you’ll end up alone!"
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Open access eJournal from ualberta.ca - search for a research and commentary from the luminaries in the library world, including, for school libraries Todd, Gordon, Loertscher and more. Fully searchable, articles download as pdfs for your professional learning and development pleasure. DW
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"You’ll hear a lot of talk about the “death of the public library” these days. It isn’t simply the perpetual budget crises that many face either. It’s the move to digital literature, and the idea that once there are no more print books (or rather if there are no more print books), the library as an institution will cease to exist.Librarians will remind you, of course, that a library is much more than a book repository. It’s an information center (free and open information, I should add). It’s an educational center. It’s a digital access center. It’s a community center. It’s fairly clear when you describe the library like this that none of these roles are going away (nor should they), no matter what format our reading habits may move to. But these new formats will indeed change libraries — how they operate as well as how they look. As our books become digitized, there may be less need for row upon ofbookshelves. And as such, that’s a great opportunity for libraries to re-think how to use that space."
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Increasingly, we are reading commentary that point to the negative effects of technology use on our ability to read deeply and reflectively, and on our ability to maintain sustained periods of conc... Delete the scoop?
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Are books just packages for ideas, or physical souvenirs designed to market an author, or can they become social in the same way the news is becoming social? Delete the scoop?
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The Library 2.011 Worldwide Virtual Conference, November 2 - 4, 2011, is a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. Subject strands includ... Delete the scoop?
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Curated by College@Home An amazing selection of free webinars, presentations and tutorials on everything from getting started, usefulness,social libraries, communication, data, online learning, specific tools, collaboration and distribution, improving appeal and service, and more. Worth mining, bookmarking, sharing.
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The dramatic changes in society, exponential advances in technology and globalization of ‘everything’ are easily recognizable one decade into the 21st Century. Delete the scoop?
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