It's Digital Citizenship Week, and what better way to celebrate it than to highlight a film on everybody's favourite pet peeve, passwords. In this TED talk, Lorrie Faith Cranor, a computer security expert gives the lowdown on password security by discussing a study that she did on that very subject.
If you've had a rough week in the library, here's something to make you laugh, especially if you don't have a bow tie and if you're interested in the new "breed of male librarians." Part 2 which pops up right after this video is funny as well. I hope that you enjoy it. If nothing
These are four very funny movies by the Howard B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. They are one minute promotional ads requesting that students protect books from leaky water bottles, dog-earring, marking up with notes and food. They could be a great model for any kind of promotional short video that you might encourage
While a few years old now, and aimed at users of academic libraries, this video still works as a very humourous example of what libraries have to offer their users. A very different video for library promotion. If you haven't seen it before, I suggest you take a look. Doing a school library version one
Leading Learning, the Canadian Library Association's publication of school library standards, states that, "Our school libraries should reflect our common values of equity, diversity, and cultural identity as well as best approaches in the educational and library professions." In several standards, it stipulates that print and digital collections are inclusive and support Canadian identity as well as the information needs of all
For several years now, Judith Munger, documentation technician at Alexander Galt Regional High School in Lennoxville, Quebec has encouraged reading with a fun reading challenge in which every student receives a prize. Judith spends an entire year approaching businesses and charities to contribute all kinds of small items that students would like. In the spring,
I'm ashamed to say that when dumping the Dewey Decimal System was suggested to me by an elementary school library volunteer, I huffed and puffed and continued to classify with those numbers. If I only knew then, what I know now! Going Dewey-Lite has many benefits in an elementary school library and if you're still
Big Heart of Art, qthosmasbower, cc Attribution by 2.0 Mashups are creative and fun to make, I hear. I don't know how to make one, but if I wanted to learn, I would check out the resources in Creating Video Mashups. This article reviews some handy tools such as Weavly, Youtube Doubler, Mozilla
Lists, lists, and more lists. I keep saying that we librarian love lists. Edutopia provides a hyperlinked annotated filmography of films that talks about the importance of school libraries in Five Minute Film Festival: Reimagining the Library. The article goes from the general to the specific in its coverage of school libraries, with all the
What a treat it was to visit the Mackay Centre School and see how library services can be developed to meet the needs of disabled children! When my colleague, Julian Taylor and I visited the library and chatted with Anne McNicholl-O'Connor, the doc-tech and with principal, Patrizia Ciccarelli, we hoped to create a film that
