The alarming 2006 ABS statistic that just under half (46%) of adult Australians cannot confidently read newspapers, follow a recipe, make sense of timetables, or understand the instructions on a medicine bottle, was a motivator for Australian libraries to found the National Year of Reading.
Via Karen Bonanno 
The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. These cultural treasures include, but are not limited to, manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings. Items on the WDL may easily be browsed by place, time, topic, type of item, and contributing institution, or can be located by an open-ended search, in several languages. Special features include interactive geographic clusters, a timeline, advanced image-viewing and interpretive capabilities. Item-level descriptions and interviews with curators about featured items provide additional information.
The principal objectives of the WDL are to: •Promote international and intercultural understanding; •Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the •Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general Via Anne Whaits, Dennis T OConnor 
Yahoo has joined the browser wars with Axis, its very own tool designed to enhance its search with a clear eye toward the rapidly expanding mobile Web. Via Dennis T OConnor 
... our collective knowledge of information literacy 
Search and find specific words and phrases within a video. Great tool for finding examples of pronunciation or finding videos for quotes. Via Nik Peachey, Dennis T OConnor Guides for practicing Teacher Librarians and TL wannabes! A presentation used at a principals conference on the ideas connected to 21st Century Learning (http://t.co/lqBxgogA - updated my prezi on the topic of 'Why 21st Century Skills in schools'.)... ![[FAR Scholarships]: Mathevosian Students Enrich School Libraries ... | School Libraries around the world | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/vajzGbx36O6B4TwwVoek9jl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
By Rima Sargsyan. Several of FAR's Anoosh Mathevosian Scholarship Program beneficiaries took the initiative to begin a small library for several schools in the Kashatagh region in Nagorno-Karabakh. The students collected ... 
The veteran technology commentator argues that a better understanding of how we connect our attention and intentions online can help individuals and society. Via Dennis T OConnor |
There have been many articles and blog posts lately debating the future of libraries. It is hard to imagine a school without one of these learning centers (where else would faculty meetings, testing, and baby showers take place?), but this post focuses on busting the myth that librarians will become obsolete. Via Karen Bonanno, Rosa Martins 
This is the continuation of 10 Ways for Your Library to “Go Mobile”: Part I. Both of these posts are based on a talk I’m preparing for the LIBER 2012 Conference in Tartu, Estonia in June on Mobile Technologies and Libraries. Here are five more ways libraries can start participating in the mobile Web if they haven’t already: Via Rosa Martins Rutgers University Center for International scholarship in school libraries has released the second part of their research into the impact of school libraries on learning. Critical reading for school leaders Via L2_S2S, Anu Ojaranta, Karen Bonanno, Rosa Martins 
This report focuses on the development of reading proficiency during the transition from adolescence to early adulthood. The span of time between the ages of 15 and 24 is a critical period of development for young people. Once compulsory education is completed, individual decisions about post-secondary education, employment and other life choices have to be made with major consequences for future learning and employment outcomes. A good foundation in reading proficiency facilitates success in specialised education during higher education or during job-related training. Since reading proficiency is not the goal of such specialised or professional learning, reading skills may begin to atrophy. So both learning gains and losses need to be considered as human capital is developed. 
The report examines whether and how parents’ involvement is related to their child’s proficiency in and enjoyment of reading -- and it also offers comfort to parents who are concerned that they don’t have ... Via Rosa Martins The all-important literacy of determining the credibility of information found on the Internet. A companion to my blog post of the same title. (Voice-over in... Via Joyce Valenza, Dennis T OConnor 
It is well documented that the vast majority of learning in the workplace is informal. According to extensive research undertaken by the Center for Creative Leadership: • 70%... Via Rosa Martins Diana van Walsum (2012) Learning with and through technology in primary school: Creating a movie of my own hero’s quest myth, Centre for Information Technology in Education, Faculty of Education... Via Rosa Martins 
UK - Society of Authors letter urges the Schools Minister, Nick Gibb to support children's literacy by making school libraries a statuary requirement in both primary and secondary schools.
The letter is full of common sense suggestions – ideas that are absolutely achievable, that are not cost heavy, and that will make an immediate and noticeable impact. Via Karen Bonanno 
In 2011, the Office of Library Services launched the Critical Skills Learning program at LaGuardia Community College to teach students information literacy skills for the workplace. Information literacy is a complex set of critical ... 
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