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ALA urged the Department of Education in an October 8 letter (PDF file) to include public libraries as early learning partners in the Proposed Requirements for School Improvement Grants (SIG). The Association specifically asks that the Department of Education include public libraries as eligible entities and allowable partners under the new intervention model that focuses on improving early learning educational outcomes....
District Dispatch, Oct. 9
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Emily Calkins writes: “Intellectual freedom and equal access to information are central to libraries’ mission, but libraries often fail to consider the intellectual freedom needs of teenage patrons, or lump teen patrons in with children in conversations of intellectual freedom. However, adolescence is developmentally distinct from childhood, and the freedom to access information of all kinds is vital for teen patrons.”...
In the Library with the Lead Pipe, Oct. 8
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The state of Hawaii, the city of Washington, D.C., and Oakland County, Michigan, are home to the best government websites in the nation. These sites topped the 2014 Best of the Web awards, a joint project of Government Technology and e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government, which highlights the public sector’s evolving capabilities on the web. Winners were announced October 7....
Government Technology, Oct. 7
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Eric Hellman writes: “We’ve learned quite a lot about Adobe Digital Editions version 4 (ADE4) since Nate Hoffelder broke the story that ‘Adobe is spying on users, collecting data on their ebook libraries.’ Unfortunately, there’s also been some bad information generated along with the furor. It’s clear that our worst fears about ADE4—that it was hunting down all the ebooks on a user’s computer on installation and reporting them to Adobe—are not true.”...
Go to Hellman, Oct. 9; The Digital Reader, Oct. 6
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More than 60 education and library research studies have produced clear evidence that school library programs staffed by qualified school librarians have a positive impact on student academic achievement. Yet many students are returning to school without a resource essential for success: a strong school library program led by a certified school librarian. Certified school librarians make the whole school more effective....
I Love Libraries.org
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Officials of the Carnegie Free Library in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, opened a time capsule on October 7 that had been sealed in the building’s cornerstone since 1901, two years before the library opened. The cache included newspapers, minutes of the town council, advertising, coins, and military decorations from the Spanish-American War. Although the library had known there was a time capsule, its location was unknown until it was rediscovered in 2013....
Uniontown (Pa.) Herald-Standard, Oct. 8
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Amy Koester writes: “I recently returned from the 2014 ALSC Institute in Oakland. It was a great conference, with tons of thoughtful presentations, insightful ideas, and engaging conversations with colleagues. In my experience, a successful conference comes down to my willingness to introduce myself and join a conversation. Everyone starts off as the person who feels like an outsider, but once you've talked to people, you are never that outsider again. You have a network.”...
The Show Me Librarian, Sept. 25, Oct. 8
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Emm Barnes Johnstone writes: “Royal Holloway, a college of the University of London, sits just two miles from Runnymede. Our college is home to some of the world’s experts on Magna Carta in its 13th-century context and on its reinterpretation and reinvigoration in the 17th century. We wanted to share our expertise by hosting a MOOC to help us connect with people interested in Magna Carta wherever they live. The course will be offered for the first time in January 2015 and is open to everyone free of charge.”...
In Custodia Legis, Oct. 9
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