Styling Librarian

I believe that a book is your best accessory! http://thestylinglibrarian.com/ Thanks for the likes and follows, quite appreciated.

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(via Toronto library to roll out book-lending machine at Union Station | Toronto Star)

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Libraries Change Lives

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Net Neutrality - Explained by Common Craft

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5 myths about young children and screen media 

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Really good information!

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Such lovely vintage ads for libraries and reading

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Bangkok-based photographer Visarute Angkatavanich (previously featured here) continues to take breathtaking photos of Siamese fighting fish, also known as betta fish. His fascination with their splendid, flowing fins and brilliant coloring is apparent in the extraordinarily detailed portraits he creates. The photos are so perfectly clear and close-up that it’s easy to forget the fish are underwater and not floating in midair.

Angkatavanich recently told Popular Photography that he only started photographing the fish after encountering them for the first time three years ago at a fish show and has since become obsessed with the different species which vary greatly in size, shape, and color patterns.

Head over to Visarute Angkatavanich’s 500px gallery to view more of his gorgeous betta portraits. Limited edition prints of his photos are currently available through La Lanta Fine Art.

[via Colossal]

[librarianbyday]

School Librarians Transform Learning

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You tell ‘em, Wendell.

(Incidentally, I’m a children’s book author in my real life, and this is Wendell the iguana, from the Dragonbreath series.)

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Art by Grant Snider - http://bit.ly/1sUPjtL

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Banned Book by the Numbers Via (Huffington Post)

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You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn’t do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it.

Maya Angelou (via theremixkid)

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Librarian Gangs Are a Real Problem http://cheezburger.com/8295953664

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HILARIOUS!

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After 3 months of research I have reached the conclusion: People LOVE to fund little birdhouses filled with books but not actual libraries.

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xkcd, wry as ever, considers the oft-debated impact of texting on writing skills. The xkcd book, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, is out today and a must-read. 

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INFOGRAPHIC: Checking Out America’s Libraries (Via Electric Lit)

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7 Google Myths That Complicate Our Lives

1. Search is simple.

2. We can succeed without metadata because artificial intelligence will triumph (someday).

3. No one wants advanced searching.

4. Users like results to be personalized.

5. Algorithms do the evaluation for you.

6. Google is the universal library.

7. One click is the only way to go.

“Search is not simple. It has been given the illusion of simplicity by a search engine that has a vested interest in convincing you that it is simple.”

From an outstanding article from William Badke in the May/June issue of Online Searcher. Not available for free (which kind of proves many of his points) but OS is indexed in Academic Search Premier.

Don’t have any idea what Academic Search Premier is? Ask a librarian!

(Image from WOI Media. http://www.woimedia.com/technology/google-fails/)

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SO using this in my info literacy EVERYTHING this Fall.

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Just love this!!