Welcome to the Show The Library of Congress (LC) has launched a crackerjack of a site for baseball aficionados—and students of the game, too—that went live last month. Featuring treasures from the library’s vast trove, the multimedia site includes highlights such as rare images of baseball games and even the original sheet music to the classic anthem “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
Like other multimedia pages sponsored by our nation’s library, the baseball site features educational tools. Lesson plans include “Jackie Steals Home,” which explores the history of racism through the story of famed Dodger Jackie Robinson. Other online resources for teachers and students help bring the sport and its history to vivid life. read more...
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BOOKS Will Sheila Share? by Elivia Savadier
From SLJ 4/1/2008 PreS-K–On the cover of this picture book, a red-faced redhead clutches a bag of candies while looking around in wide-eyed panic.
VIDEO/DVD Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents: John Adams, Second President Gr 1-5–Based on the book written and illustrated by Mike Venezia (Children’s Press, 2004), this DVD uses a similar lighthearted approach to present the life of our second president, a man whose courage and intelligence helped lead the colonies to independence.
AUDIO Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports Gr 6-10–James Patterson’s third installment (Little, Brown, 2007) in the “Maximum Ride” series soars in the capable hands of narrators Nancy Wu and James Jenner.
Conference-goers spent five days in Minneapolis learning about all the initiatives taking place to enhance library services and ensure that users are kept up to speed with today’s fast-paced technology.
Four Virginia and Arizona high school students hoping to score a legal hit against Turnitin have been rebuffed: a federal district court judge in Virginia recently threw out their lawsuit, ruling that the plagiarism detection company does not violate the copyright of students, even though it stores digital copies of their essays to check future submissions for academic dishonesty.
The suit began in October 2006 when students belonging to a self-styled "Committee for Students' Rights" at McLean High School in Virginia argued that when Turnitin's parent, iParadigms, retained their assigned papers in its databases, that practice constituted copyright infringement. read more...
Watch and Read: Spotlight on Media Tie-ins
Countdown to Caspian
Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures follow up their blockbuster hit, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), with the second installment in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. Prince Caspian (not yet rated), based on C. S. Lewis’s book of the same title (1951), is scheduled for release on May 16, 2008 and reunites the cast with director Andrew Adamson. It’s been a year since the Pevensie siblings returned to England and they are thrilled to find themselves transported back to Narnia for another adventure. Almost 1300 years have passed in the magical realm, which is now under the control of the cruel King Miraz (Sergio Castellitto), who has rested power from his nephew, Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes), the rightful heir to the throne. The Pevensies,
with the assistance of the creatures of Narnia, vow to help Caspian defeat the tyrant and restore order—and freedom—to the kingdom. read more...
As Assistant Library Director for Public Services, you will be the customer service leader for an award-winning library system that includes a Central Library, 22 branch libraries and a public school/library partnership. This is your opportunity to strategize, champion and implement cutting-edge public service initiatives. read more...
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PreS-K–On the cover of this picture book, a red-faced redhead clutches a bag of candies while looking around in wide-eyed panic.
