Wow - guess who has a secret longing to be a librarian!

I knew this was a cool profession. He even talks about the Dewey Decimal System!


Read all about it here.

Biblioburro - The Library Donkey

If you haven't seen this video, check out Luis Soriano from La Gloria, Colombia, as he brings books to children on his donkey. The second video shows the progress he's made with donations from the first video. The power of Web 2.0!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuTswmx9TQU

Gotta Keep Reading

Since the embedded youtube video, below, is blocked at school, here's the teachertube version.


Gotta Keep Reading

Happy National Library Week!

I've been sharing this video with classes as part of a 'Just Right Book' lesson this last week. You've probably seen it going around the internet. Apparently it was on Oprah...


There's also a copy of this on Teachertube.com, for those days when youtube is blocked. I put a link to the teachertube video on our Destiny homepage.

Did You Know 4.0

Take a look at this latest "Shift Happens" video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

What I'm Reading Now

Thanks, Carolyn, for the spring break read, This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save us All, by Marilyn Johnson. As usual, I'm very much behind my planned goal of finishing the book by the time we get back to school tomorrow. But I'm at the chapter entitled 'The Blog People' which documents the prolific creation of blogs by a new generation of tech-savvy, irreverant librarians. And it seemed an appropriate time to practice blogging and inserting a book cover!

Some of the blog titles that Marylin mentions and which I'm definitely going to check out (just based on the fun name):

Miss Information

The Obnoxious Librarian from Hades

Free Range Librarian

Librarian's Rant

Info Babe

Wow, I'm feeling really boring with this name - should have been a little more creative?

greetings from SL

Do I sign into blogger to get into this blog? All info re: this blog is being sent to my home e-mail instead of my Commack account. This will allow me the opportunity to post info that I'd rather not post via the Commack e-mail. I will continue to send info via the Commack e-mail that is of interest. Got to go...I have company coming tomorrow and I have to prepare.
Regards.