Each year books are challenged, restricted, removed or
banned in public and school libraries throughout the country. Banned Books Week begins on Saturday, Sept. 27.
Take a QUICK survey about 5 books. Learn why they were banned or challenged and weigh in with your opinion.
Librarians across the country are raving about the NMH Library’s Reading Room Blog.
However, we don’t know whether NMH students, faculty and staff actually look at it. Please help us figure this out!
Please go to the link below and complete the short survey.
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Thanks for your help!
Alison Ernst
Director of Library and Academic Resources
The number of people who visit Facebook has been leveling off over the
past few months in the U.S., and even dipped by about 800,000
individuals in January. According to the latest stats from comScore,
Facebook attracted 33.9 million unique visitors in January, 2008, down
2 percent from 34.7 million in December, 2007. Maybe all that friend spam has something to do with the decline. Will the Facebook fatigue get worse, or is this just a temporary dip?
– Tech Crunch, Feb.22, 2008
Read about Facebook fatigue. Recognize yourself? What do you think?
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A few years ago, I was browsing in a bookshop in Paris when my eye was caught by a quote on the cover of a paperback:
"To be psychologically alive means either being in love, or in psychoanalysis, or in the spell of literature." (continue reading…)
Homework, sports, workjob, DL meeting, clubs, all-school meetings, SLC… NMH students are BUSY!!! Do you find time to fall under "the spell of literature"?
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From School Library Journal…
Café Society: Do school libraries need a double shot of espresso? Do school libraries need a double shot of espresso? By Debra Lau Whelan — School Library Journal, 1/1/2008
When Jim Chadwell, the former principal of Northwest High School in Texas, renovated his media center four years ago, he had two things in mind: Starbucks and Barnes & Noble.
“He wanted a place where students could read, do research, and work on classroom assignments, but also socialize,” says Media Specialist Naomi Bates. And that’s exactly what he got—a Java City that sells coffees, lattes, cappuccinos, and smoothies, as well as soups, salads, panini, and wraps—right inside the media center. “It’s like a magnet,” says Bates, explaining that her circulation has more than tripled since the coffeehouse opened.
Finish reading the article @ www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6515244.html
1. Anyone can add or edit wikipedia articles. Is that a good thing?
- No. The information may not be accurate. (4 responses) 12.5%
- Yes. Collaboration allows the best thinking to emerge. (28 responses) 87.5%
2. After reading the posted article, would you use wikipedia as a resource for a research project?
- Yes. (15 responses) 46.9%
- No. (3 responses) 9.4%
- Yes, but only to get an initial overview of my topic. (14 responses) 43.8%
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If you’ve ‘Googled’ any topic recently, you’ve probably found links to a website called Wikipedia
near the top of your results list. Wikipedia is a free online
encyclopedia that differs from other encyclopedias in a significant
way: along with reading the articles in Wikipedia, anyone can add or
edit articles however they like. According to their website, Wikipedia
was created in 2001 and has since grown to be one of the largest sites
on the web, passing one million entries
in the English-language version of the encyclopedia in March of 2006.
It is a collaborative effort with articles written by individuals from
around the world using wiki software that allows content to be added or changed by anyone. As a result, Wikipedia is a dynamic work that is always growing, always changing.
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