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Librarians Choose the Best Teachers in Children’s Literature
The New York Public Library recently asked their librarians to share their picks for children’s books with the best teacher characters.
The results can be found here
Most people who work in the tech industry regulate their children’s screen time
Photo credit: Genta Masuda (Flickr)
Even Techies Limit Their Children’s Screen Time
Check out this NPR article on how people who work for big tech companies, like Google or Yahoo, approach screen time with their own children.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/10/06/354102012/even-techies-limit-their-childs-screen-time
BC ADHD Awareness Week Display is up at Education Library
Our new book display related to BC ADHD Awareness Week is up. BC ADHD Awareness Week Awareness Week is Oct 14-20th. The purpose of this campaign is to raise awareness of ADHD in adults and children and to reduce the stigma surrounding it.
Last year BC had 78 libraries and bookstores in 23 BC cities creating ADHD book displays and two ADHD information tables. There were more ADHD Awareness activities here than all provinces in Canada combined, and had multiple media and social media coverage.
CBC Radio this weekend: What’s the future of the library in the age of Google?
Digital technology is changing the way we store information, and how we learn from it.
Does it make sense to stack printed books in costly buildings when virtual libraries are just a mouse-click away?
http://www.cbc.ca/checkup/episode/2014/09/28/whats-the-future-of-the-library-in-the-age-of-google/
CBC’s Cross-Country Checkup is broadcasting this program ‘live’ on Sunday afternoon, September 28 from 4-6pm EST
Books for Me! Book Drive to November 1, 2014
UBC Faculty of Education and Education Library are hosting a book drive to help out the non-profit organization Books for Me!
For many families, buying children’s books just isn’t possible. Books for Me! provides children from these families an opportunity to build a personal library and experience the excitement of book ownership. The program comes to life as children choose their own book to take home and keep.
Please consider dropping off gently used children’s books in the plastic bin at the South West Entrance in the Scarfe Building just outside the library.
Since October 2011 Books for Me!’s volunteers have helped children and families choose over 22,000 books. With your help
we would like to reach even more.
For more information about Books for Me! check out www.booksformevancouver.org