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Archive of the 2013 ALA Annual Tech Wrapup 9 Jul 2013 | 12:07 am
The 2013 ALA TechSource Annual Tech Wrap-up was a huge success. We had great presentations from our panel, and great participation from our audience. If you missed the event, or want to experience it...
eContent Quarterly Preview Issue Ready for Download 3 Jul 2013 | 12:19 am
ALA TechSource has launched the new eContent Quarterly with a free preview issue announced at Annual Conference. Sue Polanka and Mirela Roncevic are coeditors. On the heels of the No Shelf Required 2...
Makerspace Programs at Conference 29 Jun 2013 | 08:49 am
Yvette Leigh, a branch manager at Chicago Public Library, shows off CNC Mill at the Harold Washington Library Makerspace at a preconference on Friday. Attendees got a tour of the makerspace, schedu...
ALA Annual Conference Tech Wrap-Up Webinar - July 8 28 Jun 2013 | 02:54 am
Once again, our team of Marshall Breeding, Sue Polanka, and Jason Griffey will present a free webinar on the technology that caught their eye at conference. Join us Monday, July 8, at 2:00 p.m. EDT. (...
Tools Are Us 20 Jun 2013 | 08:56 pm
I’ve been posting about a more logical, less emotional approach to working with technology. But Nina McHale’s recent post about leaving libraries has inspired me to come clean. I’m thinking a lot abo...
Common Sense Media's New App: Kids Media 21 May 2013 | 08:37 pm
Kids Media is Common Sense Media’s new app. Free and available for Android, iPhone, and iPad, it's a convenient way to access the content from the website offering parents and educators reviews of gam...
Books-to-Shorts Learning 14 May 2013 | 08:23 pm
One of the best parts of my job is sharing books with students. Sometimes, as a school librarian, I get so overwhelmed with research and technology instruction that I forget about books (it’s true!). ...
The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Memory and Technology 10 May 2013 | 06:51 pm
Last time, I said I’d talk about memory, but I just went back and checked the post to be sure. Our memories are dark, murky backwaters where events shift, timelines change, and we’re never really on s...
Sue Polanka and Jamie LaRue Discuss the Next Episode of American Libraries Live 16 Apr 2013 | 06:54 pm
We are very excited about our upcoming episode The Present and Future of E-Books, which is going to take place next Thursday, April 18th at 2pm Eastern. I had a chance to talk briefly with our moderat...
Skills We Can’t Teach: Facilitating Authentic Experiences with Digital Citizenship 19 Mar 2013 | 07:46 pm
Can students learn online skills from a teacher? More and more, I’m thinking the answer is no. Countless times, I see high school students watch a YouTube video to better understand a concept that wa...
