Carnegie goes racy? The Carnegie Prize is awarded to the best children's book written in English. It's one of the more distinguished prizes for children's books, so imagine everyone's surprise when two of the shortlisted books for this year's award have been called "explicit." .... posted by Jessa Crispin      [Bookslut] 7:53:03 AM     [comment []];[]

Leading Book Discussions Book club facilitator? Getting paid? How do I get this job? posted by Jessa Crispin       [Bookslut] 7:49:57 AM     [comment []];[]

More on what's behind web addresses Librarian Greg Notess' On the Net columns in Online Magazine are required reading for serious searchers. In the May/June issue, Greg deconstructs web addresses, helping us understand basic conventions but also covering topics as web-address shortening tools, alternative URLs, how URLs can be altered for tracking purposes, and ways that spammers can cloak a URL so it can't easily be identified and reported as spam.... [SiteLines - Ideas About Web Searching] It's true that URLs are becoming longer and more complicated in general, and it sometimes makes it difficult to refer a student or a teacher to a specific page. This article helps somewhat. 7:13:18 AM     [comment []];[]