Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Book banning

A Newbery winning book uses the word "scrotum" and is banned in some school libraries.

With One Word, Children's Book Sets Off Uproar

Monday, February 12, 2007

Web 2.0 - The Machine is Us/ing Us

This video is extraordinary.

It really gets you thinking about our world and how it's changing. Watch it, share it ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Database Trial

The library has an on-campus trial to the Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective database, with historical information from 1905-1983.

"H.W. Wilson offers new reference retrospective index.
(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)." Information Today 24.1 (Jan 2007): 37(2). Expanded Academic ASAP. Thomson Gale. Long Island University Libraries. 7 Feb. 2007.

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Wikis in library science

LIS Wiki

Library Success

Library Instruction Wiki

IAwiki - the Information Architect's Wiki