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BiblioTech – the First Bookless Public Library in Texas
Come Fall 2013, a new library will be opened in Bexar County, Texas, providing visitors with a bank of e-Readers for borrowing e-books … obviously books of the traditional paper variety will be glaringly absent. This project marks the first … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century, Apple, Bexar County Texas, BiblioTech, E-book, Learning, library, Library Design, Nelson Wolff, Public library, Steve Job, Technology
A ‘toWer’ of bOOks . .
“The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library contains the principal rare books and literary manuscripts of Yale University. The library was a gift of three Yale graduates, the Beinecke Brothers. The modern library was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. … Continue reading
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Tagged American Literature, Beinecke Library, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Creativity, GNU Free Documentation License, Gordon Bunshaft, Learning, Library Design, Library promotion, Library Standards, Sterling Memorial Library, Wikimedia Commons, Yale University
“Facebook” in the 16th Century
According to recent research, the modern world’s penchant for social networking may not be exclusive to this century alone. Studies into the communication habits of 16th and 17th century Italian Academies, where scholars created their own nicknames, as well as emblems and mottos to signify those with … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century, general knowledge, Learning, Social Media, Technology
Professor Macksey’s Library – A book lover’s haven
Professor Richard Macksey is the Professor of Humanities and Co-founder and longtime Director of the Humanities Center at The Johns Hopkins University. An icon at Johns Hopkins, Professor Macksey has been honored in many ways for his outstanding teaching ability and … Continue reading
Infographic – Components of a 21st Century Classroom
Based on the findings from various research surveys in U.S. (check out the sources at the bottom right of the infographic), an Australian-based online course company Open Colleges developed this infographic, giving you with a pictorial understanding of where we are today in … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century, Education, Learning, Technology
Transliteracy : Constructing Knowledge and Networks
Librarians gathered together for a one-day conference on ARLD Day 2012 (27 April) in Minnesota to engage, discuss and connect on the theme “Transliteracy: Constructing Knowledge and Networks“. The conference, presented by the Academic and Research Libraries Division, covered a wide … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century, Conference, Education, Learning, Libraries, Transliteracy
The Broken iPad
This video clip was briefly shown at the recent iCTLT (“International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology” 2012 conference and I think it just hit the nail right on the head in defining what do we mean by the … Continue reading
Check out our ‘redesign your library’ comp for singapore secondary schools
I’ve recently had the pleasure of being involved in this competition which is underway for singapore secondary schools. I think that it’s fair to say that designing a new library is a work highlight for many librarians, so imagine how excited the … Continue reading
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Tagged Civica, Creativity, Education, Learning, Library Design, Library promotion
national gaming day Saturday Nov 12
most of you will/should know that our latest winner of the Civica Library & Learning Travel Grant recently took a junket journey to the US in search of libraries and games. he sure did find them, and many of us … Continue reading
