National Library Week

Happy National Library Week!  Come down to the library for the annual Jelly Bean Counting contest, tell us about your Favorite Book, and try your hand at our daily scavenger hunt question.

Unity Junior High School Library Adapts the GBS Library Information Literacy Game 2.0

I'm really excited that our GBS Library Information Literacy Game has been adapted by Librarian Kathy Wickline of Unity Junior High School for her school's information literacy curriculum.

It's a testament to the awesomeness of creative commons licensing and library culture that junior high and high school librarians have been able to take a game that was designed for college students and been able to adapt it to our unique needs.

Check out Kathy's game here: http://ujhs.com/mediacenter/gamefiles2010/gamefiles2010/index.html

20 Ways to Teach About the Disaster in Japan Across the Curriculum (New York Times)

The folks at the NYT have a developed a comprehensive guide to teaching students about the disaster in Japan.

Here's the link: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/20-ways-to-teach-about-the-disaster-in-japan-across-the-curriculum/