Views and news and trends in the school library industry. en-us http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285.html?nid=3366 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use November 9, 2009 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/1340030334.html?nid=3366 As I mentioned, I was out at Kent State the other week visitng Carolyn Brodie, Greg Byerly and some of the other folks in the SLIS program. Las... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/1740029774.html?nid=3366 God knows every other bookish editor has already held forth on the Kindle. So here's my belated take on Amazon's reading machine. This week I trav... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/1860029586.html?nid=3366 Have you heard of 23 Things, the self-guided program for learning about 2.0 web technology? It was developed by Helene Blowers a couple of years ag... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/550029455.html?nid=3366 OK, I'm back. Just couldn't find my password to get into this thing. One of the best parts of being an editor is the email. Seriously! You just ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/1640011964.html?nid=3366 How often have you heard that....or said it yourself? Well, a press release just crossed my desk that just might help solve the problem. Marsh... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/1020011102.html?nid=3366 Finally we are hearing from Rutgers' Marie Radford & OCLC's Lynn Connaway who are discussing their research on virtual reference. Among other... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/1010011101.html?nid=3366 Next up is Drexel's Laurie Bonnici & FSU's Lynne Watson who looked at other places where college students engage in research--the third place, ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/1000011100.html?nid=3366 I'm at ALA in Washington, where is it is a beautiful 80 degrees. I never thought of DC as "vacation-land" but it is just stunning here.... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/1060010906.html?nid=3366 Does anyone remember when we had just one blogger at SLJ: poor, lonely Amy? And bad enough that she was the only one, we stuck her off on some page... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/1810010781.html?nid=3366 While I love to hear from our readers, I'm not all that keen when they're just cursing me out. Which is what's been happening all this week, due to... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/590010659.html?nid=3366 I've really been hitting the road this month, travelling more than I normally like. But there have been some good opportunities and I hate to pass ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/370010237.html?nid=3366 Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate. It's the mantra in the school library community. The idea is that when school librarians and classroom t... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/10009401.html?nid=3366 No, not your Uncle Ira. I'm talking about the International Reading Association's Annual Convention in Toronto. I guess this year, with the... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/1760008976.html?nid=3366 Not to spoil the plot, but of course print still matters. But electronic content is certainly changing our expectations about reading and the way w... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/350008835.html?nid=3366 OK, I've been a bad blogger. But I was travelling, then when I got back we had to close the May issue....then I felt too guilty for not bloggin... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/760008476.html?nid=3366 Today is the eleventh anniversary of the National Day of Silence, an annual event held to bring attention to anti-LGBT bullying, harassment, and di... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/920008292.html?nid=3366 One of my goals for this year was to have a graphic artist create one of our features. After all, we write about graphic novels all the time, but h... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/1470008147.html?nid=3366 At times, learning to use these 2.0 tools can be a real drag, no matter what Chris Harris says. It can just feel like homework. Until that day... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/1480007948.html?nid=3366 Sue Shaver, one of our regular reviewers, writes that the use of nonfiction has declined in her library: "Personally, I am finding more and mor... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/900007690.html?nid=3366 Library Journal just released its Movers & Shakers supplement and I was very pleased to find a bumper crop of school and youth librarians.... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/740007674.html?nid=3366 Now that our new web site is live for a week or so I'm beginning to really love it. Yes, there are still bugs to work out (and when y... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/300007430.html?nid=3366 Photographer Brian Davis actually shot Susan in his LA studio. Then he went out to the desert to capture imagery that could be from the novel.... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/850000285/post/1360007336.html?nid=3366 I don’t know about you, but I’m finding it nice to have a week go by where we aren’t all talking about a dog’s scrotum. One...