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Grab Them with IM
100 Questions that Might Otherwise Have Gone Unanswered. numbers
"Today I received my 100th question via AIM. Obviously I was a believer in the program to begin with, but I must say that it has exceeded my expectations....
For no cost not only have we become more available, but I've helped patrons that otherwise wouldn't have been helped. I've done more Young Adult Readers' Advisory in the past 2 months than I have in the previous 2 years. YAs have sent me messages asking about the library's hours, and prizes for... [The Shifted Librarian]
This entry comes through Jenny, one of my favorite librarian bloggers. The originator of the entry sounds as though he is looking at just the kind of issue I have been trying to talk with my colleagues about ever since before I started this blog, i.e. the attraction of new technologies for young people and how we in libraries and education need to respond and take advantage of that attraction. Kids will listen if the right medium is used. Television is no longer a cutting edge way to get kids to pay attention, it is to be expected. IM is the new TV in this regard. It is interesting and funny to me that a "hot" medium like TV or film is perhaps no longer as captivating to young people as simple text is. It is the interactive nature of this special text, I'm sure.
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Summer Reading
Poynter Online Summer Reading Lists. An Anonymous Patron writes to tell us about this article on summer reading lists. "Summer reading lists are in season on the Internet. Here's a sample, Readers all over the Web tell what books are on their nightstands this summer." [LISNews.com]
Last spring I started to put together an article on summer reading lists for students, from a school librarian's perspective. Like many of my projects, it remains unfinished, but this article inspires me again. Maybe an aritcle on how to put together a personal reading list? I know there are already some out there, but perhaps a new perspective would help someone (like me)? Anyone have a comment?
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