November 2009 Blog Posts (3)

The 21st Century Librarian

While completing my elementary internship at Leawood Elementary, I wanted to create a marketing plan for librarians to use to promote the library as the hub of the school. In doing so, I ended up creating a document that provided clarity on what exactly it is that librarians do and are involved with in a school. When I tell my friends that I want to become a school librarian, they typically ask what I will be doing other than checking out books. Before creating this document, my answer was… Continue

Added by Kim Kennedy on November 30, 2009 at 12:40pm — No Comments

No More Blog Updates

Due to the recent changes at Ning, we no longer will be posting blog updates. FREE access via email or RSS subscription remains via our website, http://www.privatelibrary.typepad.com , and you now also can subscribe to our daily posts via your Kindle by clicking on http://tinyurl.com/ygbt7cw

Added by L. D. Mitchell on November 17, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Video: 10 years of school libraries in Greece

An anniversary movie celebrating the first 10 years of School Libraries in public schools in Greece.

It is the joint work of various school libraries from all over Greece.

In this short video you can see snapshots of the diverse work that has been done

the last few years of this new institution:

lessons using the rich materials of our collection and new technologies,

speeches by famous Greek authors, theatrical performances,… Continue

Added by Emmanuel Ninos on November 2, 2009 at 5:49am — No Comments