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- Answer: Why are there contour lines there? Questions come from everywhere... ... in this case, I was just staring out the window and wondering "how did all of this landscape come to be?" As I said, when I looked into the Sierra foothills just northeast of San Francisco, it seemed as though some giant hand had drawn contour lines on the hills below. That struck me as very surprising. How […]
- SearchResearch Challenge (10/9/19): Why are there contour lines here?As I was flying to Seattle... ... I had the window seat that faced east as we flew north. Not long after we left SFO, I was staring out the window (because looking out an airplane window when you fly over wilderness is just the best thing you can do), and I saw the most remarkable thing. It looked like some giant hand had drawn all of the contour lines on […]
- Answer: Why are palm trees so tall? Palm trees are wonderful, but very strange... As you might suspect, they're not ordinary trees, but something very, very different. They're generally super-tall, able to remain standing in hurricane force winds. If you cut one down, you'll see a very strange and wonderful composite structure that looks nothing like an ordinary tree. There a […]
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Category Archives: Information Science
That All May Read: What IS a print disability? An answer + resources
Libraries are commonly understood to be the repositories of the human experience, storehouses which take that human experience and, from it, create opportunities for library consumers to “learn, grow, and know”. But what if someone you know has a print … Continue reading
Book suggestions from TechRepublic — 7 Leadership titles to read in 2015
I enjoy opening my Daily Digests from Tech Republic — there’s always something that’s useful or interesting to read, even though I’m not a programmer or high-level IT guru, I just like working with technology and learning about what’s out … Continue reading
Coursera – high-quality online CE courses…and they’re FREE!
While serving on the Washington Library Association’s Marketing & Communication Committee, my task — because the subject is something I’m very passionate about — was writing articles in the WLA’s eConnections newsletter about continuing education opportunities for library staff and for library customers. I informed readers about very library-staff-specific resources … Continue reading
What is Connected Learning?
What is Connected Learning | Connected Learning. I was fortunate enough to attend a CAYAS training (CAYAS is WA state’s youth services special interest group) on “Connected Training on Nov 1st. Although Connected Learning is applicable to all ages, the … Continue reading
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October = Teen Read Month
I love that YALSA devotes an entire month to Teen Reading – it offers a great opportunity for going to schools and discussing book titles as well as some great homework help services offered by libraries (like Brainfuse’s daily one-on-one … Continue reading
Youth-run Design and Research at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Summer 2012 | YOUmedia
Two great ideas: ask teens what resources are available in their community and have them help map them (so you know what’s out there) have teens help decide library space and programming. Who better to know what their interests are? … Continue reading
New Interactive eBooks w/Crowdsourcing – readers can add permanent content to authors’ works…plus impending launch of the Digital Public Library
New Cloud-Based Social Reading Platform for Web and Mobile From Sumbola And example of what’s not just around the corner, but here now: readers crowdsourcing content to enhance an author’s work… “Readers can opt-in to share their page notes and … Continue reading
