“Teen Librarian Toolbox” blogger and SLJTeen Live! panelist Karen Jensen shares some ideas and resources for low-budget maker spaces.
The Chatty Librarians: Podcasting | Field Reports
By on June 27, 2017
Library staff are the folks who love to talk about books. The more people we reach and can inspire, the happier we are. We also love to talk about libraries and their place in our society and share ideas about how to make libraries a better place for our users.
Library Ideas Launches Movie and TV “Hotspots”
By on June 22, 2017
Library Ideas, developer of the Freading ebook and Freegal music solutions for libraries, is launching the GoChip Beam, a new type of device for lending movies and television series. Each GoChip Beam device contains a small Wi-Fi router, rechargeable battery, and solid state storage preloaded with five feature length movies or an entire season of a television series, all enclosed in a 3.5″ x 1″ stick.
Marmot Launches Digital Archive
By on June 19, 2017
Marmot Library Network has developed a Digital Archive and repository solution, enabling its member libraries to showcase digitized collections of images, postcards, books, magazines, videos, recorded oral histories, music, and academic research. Users…
Mortimer Redux | Touch and Go
By on May 18, 2017
Two whimsical story apps by Bo Zaunders were created using OCG’s “Develop-Your-Own” framework, designed by the studio for artists and writers.
Build Your Own Speaker: SLJ Reviews BOSEbuild Speaker Cube
By on May 8, 2017
Teachers and librarians can use the activities to design in-depth lessons on how sound is created, magnets work, and frequency and vibration affect pitch.
What Do a Bat and Kangaroo Have in Common? | Find Out in Tinybop’s “Mammals”
By on April 23, 2017
A new tool to engage kids in the sciences that’s informative, interactive, and easy to navigate.
Impactstory Launches Browser Extension for OA Discovery
By on April 21, 2017
Nonprofit altmetrics pioneer Impactstory has launched Unpaywall, a free extension for Google Chrome and Firefox browsers that helps users obtain free full text copies of open access (OA) research papers.
Tech Tidbits for National Poetry Month
By on March 30, 2017
What better way to celebrate April’s National Poetry Month than to incorporate these wonderful tech tools at teens’ disposal?
Streaming Story Times | Field Reports
By on March 3, 2017
Do you want to web stream your story times? The Youth Services Department at the Fayetteville Public Library, AR, hoped to make these events available to parents and children who couldn’t get to the library, and our patrons’ response has been fantastic!
