I have a new ‘do! I never did pick a word for 2017, haven’t set any goals (well, except one) and haven’t made any resolutions. Yet, this year feels so new and so filled with possibilities! For the first time, I paid attention to the solstice, watching the shortness of those deep dark days of… Read More Perspectives
2011 spring workshop flyer Attached is information about the Indiana University African Studies Program spring workshop for teachers. The workshop is FREE, will last 3 1/2 hours on Saturday April 9th, and the topic is Teaching Contemporary Africa through Film. Over the years, I’ve done several workshops through IU’s African Studies Center and if you’re at all able to… Read More Study African Cinema This Spring
The Young Adult Library Services Association launched the inaugural issue of its open-access, peer-reviewed electronic research journal, the Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults athttp://yalsa.ala.org/jrlya. The journal will be published quarterly beginning in November 2010, with issues following in February, May and August. The first issue highlights paper presentations from YALSA’s Young Adult Literature… Read More New YALSA Journal
One thing I’ve learned is that it’s very easy to criticize the decisions of policy makes. What’s not so easy is to have a larger vision that takes in the needs of a wide range of people. Just as an example, it was easy for me to criticize decisions to not support Google products by… Read More A Computer Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Although the pain in my neck tells me I’m living online, I do take the time to do offline, informative reading as well. Sometimes the journals pile up and wait months before I get to them, but this month there have been very informative articles that couldn’t wait. I’ve already mentioned the current School Library… Read More A Print Read
Cotton Quilts 