We are excited to announce that Elaine Hall, our Board Chair, will be distributing books for World Book Night!   Here's a simple breakdown of how it works: "Each year, 30- 35 books are chosen by an independent panel of librarians and booksellers...After the book titles are announced, members of the public apply to personally hand out 20 copies of a…
Countdown to Success: The Kentucky Public Library School Readiness Task Force Addresses Kindergarten Readiness by R. Lynn Baker As a former preschool and kindergarten teacher, I have been able to apply my passion for early childhood education to my work as youth services specialist at Paul Sawyer Public Library in Frankfort, Kentucky. I am also fortunate to be working on…
Real Life Experience for the Online Student by Brighid Gonzales Like many students in SJSU's SLIS program, library school is my chosen path to a career change. As someone entering graduate school without previous library work experience, I knew that it was imperative that I get as much experience as I could leaving school. The delicate balance of managing full-time…
Plagiarism in the Online Environment: Cautionary Tales by Barnaby Hughes Plagiarism has never been easier to detect nor easier to commit. I learned about plagiarism the hard way. Fortunately, I learned that lesson early in life. It happened in seventh grade. I was asked to write a book review. Much of my review was plagiarized from the publisher’s blurb on…
A New Year: Get Involved with Our Student Research Journal by Adrienne Mathewson New Year’s Day is usually the time for reflecting on the past year’s accomplishments and planning for the new year. In January of 2014, I began my second semester as editor-in-chief of our student governed Student Research Journal (SRJ) with high expectations for our Spring issue. I…