For the first time ever, The Unquiet Library will host official summer hours! Yes! Whether you want to come check out a book, enjoy your favorite graphic novel in the comfort of our lounge furniture, do a puzzle, get a jump on summer reading, or browse through your favorite magazines, we will be open to you, our students, through June and July.
We will be open from 12:00 PM until 3:00 PM the following dates:
• Tuesday, June 9
• Wednesday, June 17
• Thursday, July 2
• Thursday, July 9
• Thursday, July 16
• Wednesday, July 22
Teachers are also welcome to come and browse our collection, get a jump on decorating their rooms, or collaborate with Mrs. Hamilton for an upcoming project for 2009-10!
We are looking forward to a summer of fun @ The Unquiet Library!
In July we are chatting with the multi-talented Cecil Castellucci and awesome visual artist Jim Rugg. We’ll be discussing their graphic novels, The Plain Janes and Janes in Love. Jump in the mix with your own Art Saves entry. Check out our Art Saves download to jumpstart your art. rgz LIVE! with Cecil and Jim will be held at the blog on July 22 at 6 PM Pacific/9 PM Eastern.
The Opposite of Invisible by Liz Gallagher A Map of the Known World by Lisa Ann Sandell Emiko Superstar by Mariko Tamaki and Steve Rolston North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley Same Difference by Siobhan Vivian Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith
Now you can access podcasts and resources from the Library of Congress at iTunes! Here is what Matt Raymond of the Library of Congress blog has to say about this exciting new Web 2.0 addition for LOC:
Blog. Twitter. YouTube. iTunes. Yeah, we speak Web 2.0.
You nation’s Library has millions of stories to tell, so we’re trying to tell them as many places and to as many people as possible–whether on our own website or elsewhere. And now you can add another biggie to the list: iTunes U.
For those who don’t know, iTunes U is an area of the iTunes Store offering free education audio and video content from many of the world’s top universities and other institutions. (The iTunes application is needed to access iTunes U, and is a free download from www.apple.com/itunes.)
The Library’s iTunes U page launched today with a great deal of content, with much more to come. (Link here, opens in iTunes.) A nice bonus, for those in the know, is that the content is downloadable and even includes materials such as PDFs.
As always, it’s also available in the Library’s own corner of the web.
So as long as people keep finding new ways to get information, we’re going to keep finding ways to get it to you!
Authority is a concept we discuss frequently here in The Unquiet Library. Check out this interview and video from TED Talks with Clay Shirky, who discusses how social media is changing the way news is reported and how social media is becoming a medium for authoritative information!
NYU professor Clay Shirky gave a fantastic talk on new media during our TED@State event earlier this month. He revealed how cellphones, the web, Facebook and Twitter had changed the rules of the game, allowing ordinary citizens extraordinary new powers to impact real-world events. As protests in Iran exploded over the weekend, we decided to rush out his talk, because it could hardly be more relevant. I caught up with Clay this afternoon to get his take on the significance of what is happening. HIs excitement was palpable.
This past Wednesday, “The Future of Education” series hosted by the wonderful Steve Hargadon held a webinar called “The Future of Books and Reading”. This free web event was recorded, and you can watch the broadcast via Elluminate, which you can install/download for free.
You can access the event by going to this link at the Future of Education. Look for the link at the top that says “Full Elluminate Recording”; it will take just a few minutes for you to install and load the Elluminate platform/recording at no charge. Here is how Steve describes the conversation/ panel discussion:
There are dramatic changes taking place that seem likely to change our experiences with books and reading. They include: pre-publication “wikified” collaboration, electronic delivery, open licensing, increased author-reader and reader-reader conversation, shared annotations, and more. Join this amazing panel as we peer into the near and long-term future of the reading experience.
If you are interested in books and reading, then take some time to listen to this thought provoking discussion!
Check out the latest informative and cool tutorial from Commoncraft!!! This video gives you helpful hints on how to search Twitter effectively for news and information. If you are following the situation in Iran, then you will find this video especially timely.
While the mainstream media has been slow to pick up on the coverage of the historic Iran riots in reaction to the latest election results, social networks are brimming with the latest news. Check out my new Netvibes research pathfinder portal to get the latest scoop on the Iran riots, including You Tube videos, Flickr photos, Tweets, delicious bookmarks, and Google News.
Next to December 7, 1941, the most memorable date in the history of World War II is that of June 6, 1944, when Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy. Thanks to German miscalculations, the invasion met much less resistance than thought possible. D-Day marked the beginning of the end of the war in Europe, though it would rage on for another 11 months. Here are stories of men who stormed those beaches, who directed the landings, who sailed or flew in support of the invasion, who parachuted or piloted gliders into France on the night of June 5, and who arrived in the days after June 6 (D-Day Plus 1, etc.) to continue the perilous work of pushing back and defeating the German Army.
