Buffy Hamilton, the Unquiet Librarian, was recently asked to identify a list of recommended reads for media specialists. She quickly tuned to her personal learning network (PLN) to help her identify some of the most important reads for media specialists. The list of recommendations can be found here.
Category Archives: School Media Specialist
Normalia available through MN Reflections website
All 93 issues of “The Normalia,” St. Cloud State’s first newspaper, are now publicly available and keyword searchable online, through the Minnesota Reflections website. They provide readers a glimpse into life on campus and in St. Cloud from April 1892 to May 1904 through historical articles, photos and local business advertisements.
This project was funded in part by a grant from the Minnesota Historical Society, through its Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund award, which came from the state’s Clean Water, Land and Legacy amendment fund. It was made possible by Learning Resources & Technology Services and the Minnesota Digital Library Coalition.
For more information, contact:
Tom Steman
University Archivist
(320) 308-4753 or tdsteman@stcloudstate.edu
Marian Rengel
Minnesota Digital Library Coalition outreach coordinator
(320) 308-5625 or mrrengel@stcloudstate.edu
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shironekoeuro/4040697914/ by ShironekoEuro[away]
Love the smell of books?
How’s this for quirky? A Senior Library Assistant at the Museum of Modern Art Library in New York City began her performance of “Smelling the Books” in early 2010. She started with the first LC call number in their collection, and has now been recording the call number, title, and smell of each book she picks up. So far she’s smelled around 150 books out of MoMA’s collection of 300,000. Her intention “…is to foster a discussion of the future of print media, the ways we read, methods of classification, and the way in which smell is entwined with memory”. Check it out here http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2011/03/07/smelling-the-books/
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theogeo/2513621945/ by theogeo
Minnesota Book Awards Readers’ Choice Award
Voting for the Minnesota Book Awards Readers’ Choice Award is open now through the end of March! This is your chance to select your favorite book from the list of 32 finalists. Here’s the link to vote http://twincities.upickem.net/engine/Welcome.aspx?contestid=27674.
Free bookmarks listing all 32 finalist books can be ordered by contacting Ann Nelson, Minnesota Book Awards Coordinator, at mnbookawards@thefriends.org. Be sure to place your order soon since Readers’ Choice voting closes March 31.
When requesting bookmarks, please provide your mailing address and the number of bookmarks requested.
To learn more about the Minnesota Book Awards visit www.thefriends.org.
TED-Ed Brain Trust Online Forum
TED leaders recently announced the upcoming launch of a new initiative called the TED-Ed Brain Trust. The TED-Ed online forum will build upon the strengths of the traditional TED site and related content, but will have a focus on education. Anyone can join this forum, and short videos that are “catalytic to learning” will be accessible for free through the site. In addition, the previous 900+ TED talks will be available through the forum and organized with educators and their specific disciplines and uses in mind. According to the site, visionary educators, students, organizations, filmmakers and other creative professionals are also welcome to join the forum and possibly add their own educational videos, which will be “enhanced” by TED officials. The forum will be live soon, sans videos. The videos will be made available in the months following its launch. Read more here.
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/3251451369/ by Jurvetson