Biblioteca Santiago in Chile
A student filmed and produced this wordless musical video (3:58) that showcases the many types of services and activities available at the public library in Santiago, Chile. The art gallery, reading rooms, storytime, internet terminals, martial arts class, the graphic novel collection, the café, even the restrooms are featured....YouTube, June 1 What a great library!
Friday, July 6, 2007
Job Skills of the Future
Job Skills of the Future in Researchers' Crystal Ball
Views split over guidance to schools on workplace realities down the road.
By Scott J. Cech
Washington
Economists, researchers, and educators from all over the country recently took turns here looking into a crystal ball with two urgent questions: No. 1, what job skills will employers need in the decades ahead? And, No. 2, are students getting the education they’ll need to be employable?
As with most prognostications, the answers at a research workshop hosted by the prestigious National Academies depended on whom you consulted.
Ask Dixie Sommers, an assistant commissioner for occupational statistics and employment projections at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and she would tell you that, for example, from 2004 to 2014, the employment sector composed of library, training, and teaching jobs is anticipated to add nearly 2 million jobs—a jump of 20 percent.
Take a look at the entire article from Education Week here.
Views split over guidance to schools on workplace realities down the road.
By Scott J. Cech
Washington
Economists, researchers, and educators from all over the country recently took turns here looking into a crystal ball with two urgent questions: No. 1, what job skills will employers need in the decades ahead? And, No. 2, are students getting the education they’ll need to be employable?
As with most prognostications, the answers at a research workshop hosted by the prestigious National Academies depended on whom you consulted.
Ask Dixie Sommers, an assistant commissioner for occupational statistics and employment projections at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and she would tell you that, for example, from 2004 to 2014, the employment sector composed of library, training, and teaching jobs is anticipated to add nearly 2 million jobs—a jump of 20 percent.
Take a look at the entire article from Education Week here.
Secrets of Harry's Success (Penn State News)
From Penn State in University Park, Pennsylvania.
The primary component of the Harry Potter series, Steven Herb said, is independent characters. By sending them away to boarding school, the children are on their own. Many successful children's novels separate the kids from the parents, giving them more freedom. Plus, the magic in the wizarding world -- games of Quidditch played on brooms, curses and spells, good versus evil -- adds an exciting element of imagination for the readers.
Penn State librarian Steven Herb, author of two children's literature textbooks, can't think of any other book as wholeheartedly anticipated by cultures throughout the world.
Read the rest of the article here.
The primary component of the Harry Potter series, Steven Herb said, is independent characters. By sending them away to boarding school, the children are on their own. Many successful children's novels separate the kids from the parents, giving them more freedom. Plus, the magic in the wizarding world -- games of Quidditch played on brooms, curses and spells, good versus evil -- adds an exciting element of imagination for the readers.
Penn State librarian Steven Herb, author of two children's literature textbooks, can't think of any other book as wholeheartedly anticipated by cultures throughout the world.
Read the rest of the article here.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
52 Questions, #5 Reader Lists for Best Sellers.
Reader's are always looking for new authors or titles that satisfy their reading needs. Searching for a great book can cost time browsing the aisles of the library. Instead of only judging by the cover you might consult a best seller list to find what new books and authors are being judged as good by others. 
List are put together based on the rate of sales at particular bookstores or online retailers. The New York Times' list may be the best known and most consulted. It has split into categories allowing more books to claim a New York Times bestseller distinction. Separate categories include hardcover and soft cover fiction, non-fiction and advice. NYT Children's books claims another list.
Book Sense has similar categories but uses statistics from independent book sellers across the country. More localized readers might benefit from the Los Angeles Times Best sellers (based on reader choices in southern California) and the San Fransico Chronicle represents readers in the Bay area. If the midwestern section of the country is more your taste take a look at the Chicago Sun Times' best sellers.
Amazon.com is fun to watch as they list bestseller's which are updated on the hour. Do you watch a best seller list?
List are put together based on the rate of sales at particular bookstores or online retailers. The New York Times' list may be the best known and most consulted. It has split into categories allowing more books to claim a New York Times bestseller distinction. Separate categories include hardcover and soft cover fiction, non-fiction and advice. NYT Children's books claims another list.
Book Sense has similar categories but uses statistics from independent book sellers across the country. More localized readers might benefit from the Los Angeles Times Best sellers (based on reader choices in southern California) and the San Fransico Chronicle represents readers in the Bay area. If the midwestern section of the country is more your taste take a look at the Chicago Sun Times' best sellers.
Amazon.com is fun to watch as they list bestseller's which are updated on the hour. Do you watch a best seller list?
Sunday, July 1, 2007
I couldn't say it better!
Thomson Gale sponsored a contest for the best library video and Dozier Middle School and Main Street Libraries in Virginia won $10,000 for the best "I love my library" production. The two minute video shows students following a homework assignment starting with an Internet search and winding up at the library. A new contest starts July 16!
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