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Gale * Apps * AccessMyLibrary iPhone App * School Library

The Bessie Chin Library subscribes to several databases and ebooks from Gale. They now have a free iPhone app called AccessMyLibrary School Edition which can be downloaded though iTunes.
After a simple, one-time log-in using our library's Gale password, the mobile app will give you free, unlimited access to the library's reputable, authoritative Gale online resources — anytime, anywhere! For password ask library staff or access all passwords through the library's website.

Iinternet Public Library 15 Things

In honor of their 15th anniversary, the Internet Public Library launched the IPL 15 Things – introducing 15 of their favorite online technologies, with background information, best practices, related readings, examples of how the IPL is using the technology, and hands-on exercises.
Check out the links on the site and take the 15 Things Challenge!

Get Ready for Teen Read Week!

The Bessie Chin Library is celebrating Teen Read Week this year (October 17-24, 2010) with an "App Opt Out" Book Festival.

This week will provide an opportunity for students and staff to share with others what they are reading and why at lunch sometime that week in the library.

If you'd be interested in sharing a book that's fascinated, scared, informed or otherwise entertained you recently text your name and the title of the book to Jessica (a parent volunteer) at 203.6476. 

You'll be entered in a drawing for a gift certificate to a local bookstore.


We'll also have other special surprises to share during that week. Mark your calendars!

Mashable's Back-to-School Top Ten iPhone apps

"As August nights get cooler, we begin begrudgingly counting down the remaining summer days. Once Labor Day passes, it’s back to school time for millions."

Well, here at Redwood school has already been in session for more than a week but you get the idea.

"The best part of going back to school is clearly the shopping. Even though a new notebook can go a long way in preparing you for the new year, the iPhone [& iPod Touch] also has a ton of apps that will help to get you organized and in the right mind-space to focus and learn.
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From the college-bound to those who are still lucky enough to enjoy recess, here is a list of the best back to school apps.

It's a Book!

Welcome back to school.
And remember... "It's a Book!"

Project Information Literacy

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Got this message via the Infolit listserv today: Debra C. Rollins <drollins@lsua.edu> found an interesting article on Library Babel Fish and thought you might enjoy it too.

The article, by a college librarian, discusses how college professors often spend more time in assignments telling student the mechanics of a paper rather than helping them find good resources for the assignment.

Project Information Literacy is a study being conducted by the Information School at the University of Washington, "a national study about early adults and their information-seeking behaviors, competencies, and the challenges they face when conducting research in the digital age."

This is definitely a problem at the high school level as well where students are even less prepared to make good choices about what resources are best employed to complete research assignments. More often than not teachers seem to think kids should already know how t find the best resources rather than spending some time, along with the librarian, teaching kids how to determine the best resources for an assignment.

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