A Photo Story: The evolution of a library

This is my photostory on the evolution of technology at LIU's B. Davis Schwartz Library. Photostory is another great tool that I learned this summer in LIS 629.

Social Networking Tools in The Media Center

To Tweet or not to Tweet....

Social networking tools are an integral part of the future of school libraries. These valuable resource tools are integral methods of organizing, cataloging and retrieving information.

Twitter is a useful networking tool that can be used to obtain information on the latest technology in the field, learn about upcoming events, useful websites and new books. Delicious can be used to organize popular and commonly used sites for easier access to information. LibraryThing and Shelfari are exceptional networking and organizational tools which allow you to
tag, organize and review books. These sites can be used in a school library to provide teachers with previews of new books in your collection or books on a specific unit of study. Nings can be used to combine all of the social networking tools to create student projects or library websites.

All of these innovative tools used solely or together are librarian's organizational tools of the future.

Blogs in the Media Center

Blogging is a useful social interactive tool for the school library media center. Librarians can use blogs to post reading lists, booktalks, book reviews and to discuss books from discussion groups. Students can comment on these blogs or post their own views about books.

Students can design their own blogs to discuss their opinions about books they read on their own, assignments or to create their own suggested reading lists. Blogging is a method of teaching children digital literacy. It enables them to develop reading and writing skills as well as providing them with the opportunities to access, process and evaluate information.