NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. The folks we interviewed across library land curated in several different ways and we used the term curation differently depending on current community needs or where they were in any particular project.

OER 46

OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I will structure this post similarly to the aforementioned article with suggestions for action and research embedded for each group so that you could, feasibly, only read the section referring to you and be enabled to face your context. Maybe you think removing upsetting books from school libraries is the best thing for your child.

Libraries 93

Libraries Handbook Policies Study 93

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

As anyone who has tried to check out a popular book at the library knows, sharing books with others can be a frustrating experience. This is because books are what economists refer to as private goods, meaning they have two specific characteristics: they are rivalrous and excludable. References. Creative Commons (2015).

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Samuels/The Hechinger Report Virginia’s rewrite of its history curriculum started off with heat and discord. The standards refer to the “indelible stain” of slavery and require that in fourth grade students be taught that slavery was the cause of the Civil War, along with secondary factors. Credit: Christina A. Credit: Christina A.

Policies 73

Policies Outcomes Elementary Study 73