http://smallschools.ischool.washington.edu/news Homepage of the Libraries in Small Schools Project. en http://smallschools.ischool.washington.edu/news/2007/02/17#teentechweek <p>Register for <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teentechweek/ttw.htm" target="_new">Teen Tech Week</a>! Why should you register? Teen Tech Week registrants will be entered into a drawing for a free year’s subscription and every registrant will have one-month free access to Rosen Publishing’s new online database, Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers; and two week’s free access to Tutor.com’s Live Homework Help and Ask A Librarian online services. Librarians will have access to these resources during Teen Tech Week so they can incorporate them into their activities and programming.<br><br> Teen Tech Week will be celebrated for the first time March 4-10, 2007. http://smallschools.ischool.washington.edu/news/2006/11/30#interimreport103106 The Small Schools Interim Report for October 31, 2006 is available in .pdf format on the <a href="http://smallschools.ischool.washington.edu/documents/">documents</a> page.<br><br> <a href="http://smallschools.ischool.washington.edu/documents/20061031report.pdf">View the Interim Report .pdf file</a> http://smallschools.ischool.washington.edu/news/2006/06/06#timesedsup After analyzing data collected on more than 6000 primary schools across the UK, three university researchers have concluded that "spending &#163;100 [$187] per pupil on books has a greater impact on average test scores across English, maths and science than the same amount spent on ICT [Information and Communication Technology] or staffing." <br /> Read the article at <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/2233918">The Times Education Supplement</a>. http://smallschools.ischool.washington.edu/news/2006/05/09#googleandls <p> If you are subscribed to the <a href="http://www.google.com/librariancenter/librarian_newsletter.html">Google Librarian Newsletter</a> (I highlighted it on this page in January) you just received an announcement of the Google Librarian Center and the <a href="http://www.google.com/librariancenter/tipsofthetrade/">Tips of the Trade</a> page, where Google hope to compile some of the "innovative and novel ways you've used Google tools on the job to help your students and patrons find information." </p><p> If you've got a great Google tip you could be featured in a movie that Google will air at the ALA annual conference in New Orleans this June, so send your tip in before May 23rd. </p> http://smallschools.ischool.washington.edu/news/2006/05/05#pbs LISNews.org points out the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/library/marc_archive.shtm">PBS MARC record archive</a>, which offers downloadable MARC record for PBS programming. According to PBS: <blockquote>You may copy or download these records to move the bibliographic data into your own catalog to make it easier for your patrons to find the PBS programs you have taped off-air.</blockquote> View a <a href="http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/library/archive/LC_MARC_nature_vanishing_lions.html">sample MARC record</a> for the program Nature: "The Vanishing Lions"