Joyce Valenza’s Neverending Search

Just wanted to alert those folks who don’t read my SLJ Blog to my latest post. One of my most popular pathfinders in our high school, where media projects are fairly commonplace, has been the one that leads learners to images and sounds they can use easily in Web publishing, podcasting, and broadcasting. As I [...]

SLJ just posted podcasts of our SIGMS panel at NECC. You can hear my 21st Century Librarian Manifesto, as well as David Warlick on 21st century literacies, Alice Yucht–who throws a lifeline to those drowning in an information ocean and suggests her new three Rs, and Lisa Perez–who urges us to explore the potential for [...]

In preparation for the Teachers Teaching Teachers webcast tonight, I put together a little VoiceThread called: Why I Love Databases. It’s a bit corny and it needs a little humor. I welcome your ideas! Please try to join us tonight at 9 PM Eastern for an EdTechTalk conversation about using State Online Virtual Library Click [...]

Paul Allison, of Teachers Teaching Teachers, posted this entry on Databases and Research on his blog last night. Listen to the audio. I think Paul’s comments honestly demonstrate the problems we have promoting databases. At one point Paul asks do students really need those old newspapers anyway? Paul’s right about much of the access stuff. [...]

I am back from Texas, from the UNT hooding ceremony and from visiting family in Houston. (Those of you who are already groaning, please keep reading, this post moves beyond the personal.) First, let me say that I am grateful to the UNT SLIS faculty for offering me a precious gift–the chance to pursue the [...]