Monthly Archives: October 2013

New York Public Library’s Top Children’s Books

The children’s librarians at The New York Public Library have made a list of 100 Great Children’s Books – Great stories never grow old.  These 100 inspiring tales have thrilled generations of children and their parents—and are still flying off the library’s our shelves. So use this list and your library card to discover new worlds of wonder and adventure! http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/100_great_childrens_books.pdf  100 Great Children’s Books has been published on the occasion of The New York Public Library’s acclaimed exhibition The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter, on view at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Gottesman Hall, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, June 21, 2013–March 23, 2014.

U.S. Teen Read Week

Teen Read Week 2013 is less than two weeks away, beginning October 13th and going through October 19th. With the theme, “Seek the Unknown” be sure to register on the TRW Ning, order browse the YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association of ALA) Pinterest page for programming and display ideas. With TRW-themed articles in YALS and on the YALSABlog, you will find plenty to support your teens in “Seeking the Unknown” this October!

International Information Literacy Month

In October 2009, President Obama issued a proclamation recognizing the critical importance of information literacy and declared October as Information Literacy Awareness Month. One of the ways to celebrate this event is to improve your own information skills. This academic year all first-year students are reading the book Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? and many courses are incorporating aspects of this text  through discussions involving complex moral and ethical decisions. This month is a good time to think about issues related to the use of information. As we incorporate information sources into our work, we need to make sure we do the right thing. How do we know what is the right thing to do? What guides us in our decisions?

Digital Learning Day

The Alliance for Excellent Education is planning a high-profile national Digital Learning Day celebration on February 5, 2014 in Washington, DC. The day-long series of activities is the hottest ticket in town; it’s jam-packed with high-profile dignitaries, policymakers, and educational leaders who are passionate about the potential for digital learning in the nation’s public schools. The day’s agenda includes an exciting “Digital Learning Fair” and “Making It Personal” kiosks that feature hands-on activities and lessons to demonstrate digital learning in action and real-life stories of students and teachers who have already realized this potential and are flourishing through the use of digital learning. The national event will also include perspectives from district-level experts who have already successfully navigated the digital learning shift, and they will be on hand to answer questions from educators across the country. Lots of resources and opportunities to participate are available at http://digitallearningday.org/events/national-event/