Professional Journals

As you know, one of my addictions is to professional journals where I am amazed by the gems of helpful hints, resources, and plain old good ideas that are shared. The April/May edition of LMC (Library Media Collection) is full of articles that 1) spur thinking or 2) confirm that we are on the right track. At our next meeting, I'll share some with you. Of special mention is Joyce Valenza's "A Few New Things" (not to us--we're doing so much!) and "'Old School Meet' School Library 2.0: Bump Your Media Program Into an Innovative Model for Teaching and Learning". Classroom Connect's April issue includes great ideas for livening up literature lessons and an assortment of other tips and treasures. It's available online at http://connectednewsletter.metapress.com/content/111m23380v2utvxu/fulltext.pdf.

I might have shared the article, "The Power of RSS" from Multimedia & Internet@Schools (January/February 2008) with you already. It's an easy-to-understand overview of RSS feeds and their use in the library setting. You have to set up an account to view it: http://www.mmischools.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=13387. I was especially intrigued by the idea of beginning a research dialogue with a student and setting him or her up with a mechanism to receive additional articles and resources as they become available.