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** Searching for Better Research Habits **
@http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/09/29/search

From Seth Godin's Blog: The Future of Libraries
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/

=From SLJ: Seth Godin and Mike Eisenberg and me on the Future of the Library= @http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/600051860.html?nid=3714

From Robin Cicchetti, Concord Carlisle Library Learning Commons
@http://concordcarlislelibrary.blogspot.com/2009/12/2010.html Posted by Donna Baratta, 1/9/10

From Tech & Learning Top 25 Stories of the Year [] [|The Ideal School Library - By Darren Draper] Lots of curcual questions and postings in response. The discussion continues. A MUST read....where does your program fit in? Will you contribute to the discussion? posted by Donna Baratta 12/18/09

THE Journal Top 5 Technology Trends for 2010 No surprises here! @http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/12/10/5-k12-technology-trends-for-2010.aspx posted by Donna Baratta 12/12/09 EdWeek: =Reimagining the Textbook=

The Risks and Rewards of Electronic Reading Devices
By Michael L. Miles & Bruce S. Cooper @http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/11/11/11cooper.h29.html

Editorial: =E-Readers Coming to a School Near You?= By [|Kathleen Kennedy Manzo] on November 13, 2009 3:19 PM @http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2009/11/e-readers-coming-to-a-school-n.html

What do you anticipate in your school? How will this impact your library program? Discussion? Posted by Donna Baratta 11/13/09

@http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/10/30/from-washington-house-re-introduces-skills-act-emphasizing-role-of-school-librarians/
Posted by Donna Baratta 10/30/09

==Posted on the Technology and Learning website from **Check out the Top 10 Most Read Stories on** [|**TechLearning.com**]:==

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THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___ For Immediate Release October 1, 2009 NATIONAL INFORMATION LITERACY AWARENESS MONTH, 2009 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Every day, we are inundated with vast amounts of information. A 24-hour news cycle and thousands of global television and radio networks, coupled with an immense array of online resources, have challenged our long-held perceptions of information management. Rather than merely possessing data, we must also learn the skills necessary to acquire, collate, and evaluate information for any situation. This new type of literacy also requires competency with communication technologies, including computers and mobile devices that can help in our day-to-day decisionmaking. National Information Literacy Awareness Month highlights the need for all Americans to be adept in the skills necessary to effectively navigate the Information Age. Though we may know how to find the information we need, we must also know how to evaluate it. Over the past decade, we have seen a crisis of authenticity emerge. We now live in a world where anyone can publish an opinion or perspective, whether true or not, and have that opinion amplified within the information marketplace. At the same time, Americans have unprecedented access to the diverse and independent sources of information, as well as institutions such as libraries and universities, that can help separate truth from fiction and signal from noise. Our Nation's educators and institutions of learning must be aware of -- and adjust to -- these new realities. In addition to the basic skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic, it is equally important that our students are given the tools required to take advantage of the information available to them. The ability to seek, find, and decipher information can be applied to countless life decisions, whether financial, medical, educational, or technical. This month, we dedicate ourselves to increasing information literacy awareness so that all citizens understand its vital importance. An informed and educated citizenry is essential to the functioning of our modern democratic society, and I encourage educational and community institutions across the country to help Americans find and evaluate the information they seek, in all its forms. NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2009 as National Information Literacy Awareness Month. I call upon the people of the United States to recognize the important role information plays in our daily lives, and appreciate the need for a greater understanding of its impact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth. BARACK OBAMA http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-National-Information-Literacy-Awareness-Month/======