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'WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 10 TECH TOOL recommendations?' Sounds like an easy question, right? I came up with a list of 20--apps, websites, and devices that piqued my interest at [...]

Enumerates the best books chosen by the American Library Association for the year 2000. Notable children's books for younger, middle and older readers; Recommended nonfiction and fiction books for young adults; Popular paperbacks for young adults.

Poor reference publishers. In the pre-digital days, all they had to do was publish something accurate, maybe throw in a picture or two, and turn on the cash register (a [...]

Stephen Wolfram (right) is one smart guy. His book, A New Kind of Science (Wolfram Media, 2002), a scientific tome weighing in at more than five pounds, managed to draw [...]

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art presented its annual Carle Honors in September. The awards celebrate the work of individuals and organizations that 'enrich the world of children's [...]

Reports how library professionals and supporters are gearing up for the second White House Conference on Library and Information Services (WHCLIS), set for July 9-13, 1991. Effective use of the WHCLIS; History of WHCLIS; Limited success; Library Services to Youth will be included in WCHLIS II; WHCLIS redux; What youth librarians can do.

The Notable children's videos, recording, software, and online subscription services lists are compiled annually by committees of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American [...]

The Notable children's videos, recordings, software, and online subscription services lists are compiled annually by three committees of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the [...]

A children's librarian I once worked with came up with a simple yet effective program idea. She pasted a sheet of newsprint along the stairwell leading to the library's children's [...]

Presents a list of notable children's videos, recordings, software and subscription services compiled by committees of the Association for Library Service to Children. "Ella the Elegant Elephant"; "A Bear Called Paddington," by Michael Bond and read by Stephen Fry; Grolier Online.

Reports on the use of statistical abstract system as part of an integrated system that provides ready-reference statistics about the United States. Four major components of the statistical abstract system; Strengths of statistical abstract.

LitSite Alaska: litsite.alaska.edu Most of us down here in the Lower 48 don't usually think of literature first when we think of Alaska. But a visit to the e-zine LitSite [...]

'Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3' The creators of the popular public radio program This American Life are encouraging others to try the medium. Their comic booklet, Radio: An Illustrated Guide, [...]

It's fall-time to clear out the old, and fix up what's left T.S. ELIOT ASIDE, SEPTEMBER CAN BE THE CRUELEST month, particularly if you run the Web site for your [...]

Next time a student asks what bandwidth is, or how a router works, point him to TECHtionary.com (www.crosstouch. com/techtionary). The Web site is an animated technical dictionary providing definitions of [...]

Which U.S. President worked as a tailor before entering politics? What's the largest animal living on land? Which home-run slugger was drafted by the Montreal Expos as a pitcher? Those [...]

Authors4Teens.com. Greenwood Electronic Media, 88 Post Rd. West, Westport, CT 06881; 203/226-3571; www.authors4 teens.com. annual license (introductory offer): $75. Gr 7 Up--Donald Gallo, prolific editor of numerous anthologies of short [...]

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2000-01 Edition. stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. (Accessed 6/14/01). Gr 7 Up--This reference resource is easy to browse and will probably be preferred [...]

Military Career Guide Online. www.militarycareers.com. U.S.Government, Joint Recruiting Advertising Program. (Accessed 6/14/01). Gr 7 Up--Provided as a public service by joint offices of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps [...]

FutureScan: Careers for Teens. www.future scan.com/realworld.html. Valerie Lipow and Akropolis.net. (Accessed 6/14/01). Gr 7 Up--A series of essays by certified career counselor, Valerie Lipow, this site offers a unique guide [...]

BLS Career Info. www.bls.gov/k12/html/ edu_over.htm. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. (Accessed 6/14/01). Gr 3-6--It's rare to find a site about careers that is designed for younger students. [...]

Ranger Rick's Kids' Zone: Cool Tours: Our Public Lands. www.nwf.org/kids/ cool/public1.html National Wildlife Federation. (Accessed 6/15/01). Gr 3 Up--Here's an appealing and user-friendly Web site for intermediate and upper elementary [...]

Teach kids what's up with holding down a job When kids look for after-school jobs, there are lots of things they need to learn--for instance, how to apply for a [...]

MDX Health Digest Produced by Medical Data Exchange; www.mdxhealth.com Content & Searchability: Promoted as a 'consumer health database with authoritative answers' to general and complex medical questions, MDX Health Digest [...]

Leo Robert Klein tells how to bring audio to your library's web pages In the world of multimedia, audio comes up as something of a poor relation--destined always to play [...]

Walter Minkel finds that too few sites are currently addressing the needs of disabled young people Anyone who's been involved in the construction or renovation of a library building over [...]

Human Anatomy On-Line. www. inner body.com/htm/body.html. Intellimed International. (Accessed 4/14/01). Gr 7 Up--This site provides students and teachers with quality information about the human body without the need for a [...]

Resources for the teachers and parents of gifted children HOW DO YOU INSPIRE GIFTED children so that they don't become bored, or lose interest in learning? Here are some Web [...]

The Mobile Librarian: mainst, monterey.k12.ca.us/library/cart/ mobile.html Gayle Hodur, district librarian for the Soledad Unified School District in central California, loved her job but felt the isolation of her transient lifestyle-traveling [...]

Biography Resource Center Gale Group; www.galegroup.com Content & Searchability: The Biography Resource Center (BioRC) is a one-stop resource, containing biographical information on more than one million people 'from throughout history, [...]

Walter Minkel finds that not many libraries are publishing their web sites in Spanish--yet By 2050 almost a quarter of the people living in the United States will be Hispanic. [...]

Sounds of History, a new Web site from bigchalk.com (www.bigchalk.com/bc/soh), offers downloadable audio files from the archives of the Smithsonian Institution. The free site aims to encourage kids to learn [...]

African-American Children's Literature Blackberry Express is a new quarterly newsletter on African-American literature for children, launched by Toni Trent Parker, co-author of Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African-American Children's [...]

JSTOR makes academic journals available to high schools What do the following have in common? A letter from Ben Franklin about an electrical kite; an account by Sir Isaac Newton [...]

Calgary Public Library Teen Site: www.calgarypubliclibrary.com Betsy Fraser (Betsy.Fraser@calgarypubliclibrary.com), Internet development officer of Canada's Calgary Public Library (CPU, faced the challenging task of redesigning the library's successful kids' and teens' [...]

Telecommunications giant Worldcom is sponsoring a new education portal, MarcoPolo (marcopolo.worldcom.com). What makes it stand out from the more than two dozen educational portals on the Web? Worldcom points to [...]

The Non-Ageist Book Guide The Not Just for Children Anymore! catalog is back with a new selection of titles. This annual publication from the Children's Book Council was started in [...]

A school librarian makes the case for books first, the Internet second In the past five years or so, I've noticed a decline in students' research skills. I think the [...]

Bulletin Board Ideas for High School Media Specialists www.ccps.ga.net/bulletinboards Librarians with bulletin boards are continually challenged to make their displays compelling to students. Judy Serritella (jserritella@lhs.ccps.ga.net) of Lovejoy (GA) High [...]

It's hard to find what you want to know about libraries online THE BEATLES ONCE RECORDED A SILLY SONG FOR THE B side of a single that was never released [...]

Waking the Dead: Reviving your library's technology plan THESE DAYS, TECHNOLOGY UPDATES ITSELF FASTER THAN you can say 'automation.' Even if your library's technology plan is only two years old, [...]