Each year books are challenged, restricted, removed or banned in public and school libraries throughout the country. Banned Books Week begins on Saturday, Sept. 27.
Take a QUICK survey about 5 books. Learn why they were banned or challenged and weigh in with your opinion.
The number of people who visit Facebook has been leveling off over the
past few months in the U.S., and even dipped by about 800,000
individuals in January. According to the latest stats from comScore,
Facebook attracted 33.9 million unique visitors in January, 2008, down
2 percent from 34.7 million in December, 2007. Maybe all that friend spam has something to do with the decline. Will the Facebook fatigue get worse, or is this just a temporary dip?
-- Tech Crunch, Feb.22, 2008
Read about Facebook fatigue. Recognize yourself? What do you think?
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A few years ago, I was browsing in a bookshop in Paris when my eye was caught by a quote on the cover of a paperback:
"To be psychologically alive means either being in love, or in psychoanalysis, or in the spell of literature." (continue reading...)
Homework, sports, workjob, DL meeting, clubs, all-school meetings, SLC... NMH students are BUSY!!! Do you find time to fall under "the spell of literature"?
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From School Library Journal...
Café Society: Do school libraries need a double shot of espresso? Do school libraries need a double shot of espresso? By Debra Lau Whelan -- School Library Journal, 1/1/2008
When Jim Chadwell, the former principal of Northwest High School in Texas, renovated his media center four years ago, he had two things in mind: Starbucks and Barnes & Noble.
“He wanted a place where students could read, do research, and work on classroom assignments, but also socialize,” says Media Specialist Naomi Bates. And that’s exactly what he got—a Java City that sells coffees, lattes, cappuccinos, and smoothies, as well as soups, salads, panini, and wraps—right inside the media center. “It’s like a magnet,” says Bates, explaining that her circulation has more than tripled since the coffeehouse opened.
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