What do teens think about...?

Good post today on dana boyd's Apophenia blog. Answers Twitterers' (Tweeters'?) suggestions for what to ask teens about their usage of SNS (social network services) such as Facebook. Also delves into teens' perceptions of knowledge acquisition practices. I found this post insightful.

In the news: pilot reads library book

I'm always keeping an eye out for news bites that mention library use. Here's a good one:
"Hero pilot Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger sweats lost book" Read more about it!

NPR library has new blog

"As a Matter of Fact" is the National Public Radio library's blog. Looks like the blog has been around since November 2008. At least, that was the first entry.

According the NPR site:
"As A Matter of Fact is a blog by and for the audio-loving, fact-finding, truth-seeking, pop-culture-fiending, news-addicted librarians of the world. Of course, you don't need to be a librarian to read it. But we're pretty sure you may secretly want to be one after you do."

Are you audio-loving? Fact-finding? Truth-seeking? Pop-culture-fiending? News-addicted? Then, this might be the blog for you!

Celebrate Your Library Workers

Happy National Library Workers Day!!!

Librarians at work (probably book binding) in the Newburyport Free Library.
Location: Newburyport, MA, US
Date taken: 1943
Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt
Size: 1280 x 1055 pixels (17.8 x 14.7 inches)
© Time Inc. For personal non-commercial use only Source

636.7

You know this number, don't you? Well, here's a new spin on the classification system:


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Día de los niños / Día de los libros - Children's Day / Book Day

A compendium of resources to celebrate children and bilingual literacy on April 30th and every day:

Web site and resources for El día de los niños / El día de los libros - hosted by ALSC and ALA; very thorough; register your event

Founder and advocate Pat Mora's site - great resources, helpful background info on Día; email her...she might send your library a personal message!

Celebration information - Colorín Colorado - more great resources, ideas, activities

Día activities and resources - Presented by REFORMA

Join ALSC and REFORMA in celebrating Día 2009 - press release by ALA


I apologize in advance if any of these link addresses change before I have a chance to correct them.

Oh, the things a librarian can do!

Dorothy and Herb lived off of her librarian salary and used his postal clerk salary to amass an amazing art collection. Now, that's lifetime achievement! Read somebody else's blog with more information.