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What Is in the Pipeline? Really! Part 1
MY wife, Stephanie, will be teaching grade four again next year. In a career spanning 30 years, she has taught every grade from fourth through 13th...
Multimedia & Internet@Schools, 09/01/09 by Abram, Stephen · More from publication -
Future of School Libraries: Can School Boards Get On Board?, The
If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. - Albert Einstein IT'S clearly reinvention time. Every conference, seminar,...
Multimedia & Internet@Schools, 07/01/09 by Abram, Stephen · More from publication -
Committing to innovation: no excuses: there are plenty of excuses not to innovate, and no good reasons not to. All it takes is commitment, resourcefulness, and a willingness to accept discomfort
I had the opportunity to present the luncheon speech to the Leadership and Management Division at our awesome SLA Centennial Conference in...
Information Outlook, 07/01/09 by Stephen Abram · More from publication -
Blogging as a special librarian: blogging can be part of an effective communication strategy—if you can figure out what to blog about and how to do it effectively
Are you a blogging newbie? Been blogging for a while, and now you're feeling stuck? Has the dreaded "writer's block virus" hit you? Feeling...
Information Outlook, 06/01/09 by Stephen Abram · More from publication -
Tricks for Kids and Information Literacy
AS I write this column a school librarian, Stephanie Rosalia, is on the front page of The New York Times, Yes, THAT New York Tïmesl How...
Multimedia & Internet@Schools, 05/01/09 by Abram, Stephen · More from publication -
Start now: prepare for your next position: by following one simple tip each day for the next 30 days, you'll be in much better position to land a new job if you lose your current one
The economy is the talk of the street. Everywhere you look you see news of layoffs and restructuring. Every conversation you have or overhear is...
Information Outlook, 03/01/09 by Stephen Abram · More from publication -
Preparing for the New Media Literacies
When we think about our learners' and our communities' ability to receive and filter news on a local, national, and international scale, are we...
Multimedia & Internet@Schools, 03/01/09 by Abram, Stephen · More from publication -
We are a profession that makes a difference: thousands of your colleagues toil every day to save lives, improve public policy, support creativity and research … and shine the light of information and knowledge everywhere
As we celebrate our 100th year, it seems fitting to talk about beginnings as well as the foundations of our success as a profession. We are on the...
Information Outlook, 01/01/09 by Stephen Abram · More from publication -
Talking Tech With Leaders: Getting Buy-In and Understanding
HOW well are you faring with getting your technology agenda endorsed and funded by your management team or district? Is everything going...
Multimedia & Internet@Schools, 01/01/09 by Abram, Stephen · More from publication -
Finding our voices in an Internet world: although it might change, at this point search engines and electronic information do a very poor job of sensing the end user's specific context
We're still hearing that hackneyed old comment, "Almost everything's available on the Web now, so exactly why do we need librarians?" It's coming...
Information Outlook, 12/01/08 by Stephen Abram · More from publication
