News & Views Dec. 29, 2006

News December 29, 2006
(mp3 file: 5.5 MB, 6:00 min)



Links from Today's podcast:
Proposed Service Responses, from PLA Blog
(Dec. 5 post)
Books reviewed by Marcia in today's podcast:

• Library skills activites kit: puzzles, games, bulletin boards and other interest-rousers for the elementary school library, by Jerry J. Mallett
• Making self-teaching kits for libary skills, by Marian E. Karpisek

SWILSA's Professional Collection

News December 22, 2006

News December 22, 2006 (mp3 file)



Links from today's podcast:
Clifford's game pages
Children's services and programming
Storytelling kits
Die Cuts

News & Views December 15, 2006

News December 15, 2006 (mp3 file; 4:30 min.)




Links from Today's Podcast:
SWILSA Current Announcements
SWILSA Online CE
Survival Spanish from "Spanish in Our Libraries"
"Si, hablo espanol, un poquito! Basic Spanish for Librarians"
WebJunction Course Catalog
CE Videos from the State Library
Teen Tech Week
Library Lover's Month
SWILSA Professional Collection
Review of The Copyright Primer

Books Reviewed by Marcia:
The Copyright Primer: For Librarians and Educators by Janis H. Bruweilheide
Copyright Law: What Every School, College and Public Library by The Association for Information Media and Equipment.

News & Views December 8, 2006

News December 8, 2006 (mp3 file; 6:02 min.)




Links from Today's Podcast:
Reading Rockets
Dover's Children's Book Sampler
Dummies.com -- look for "Sign Up for eTips" at the bottom of the screen
Timberland Regional Library's Great Reads
Chapter-a-Day from DearReader.com
New This Week from Librarians' Internet Index
Neat New Stuff from Marylaine Block
SWILSA Professional Collection

Books Reviewed by Marcia This Week:
Creating the Ergonomically Sound Workplace: Designing the Work Environment for Optimum Performance by Lee T. Ostrom
The Ergonomic PC: Creating a Healthy Computing Environment by Baird Peterson and Richard Patten
Human Aspects of Library Automation by Anne Morris and Hilary Dyer

News & Views December 1, 2006

News December 1, 2006
(mp3 file,4.3 MB 4:35 min)



Links from Today's podcast:
Reading Map for "Jonathan Atrange and Mr. Norell
Library Journal website
Reader's Advisory Links on Iowa Library Service Areas' website