MAY IN THE LIBRARY
DO YOU KNOW THAT......
The book is not dead
This detail of an infographic suggests that the demand for e-books is plateauing at around 25% of all book sales. Even more interesting, that there is significant growth in the number of independent book shops now in the USA - book shops are a growth market! Yes!
The library provides Introduction sessions for year 7 and 8
Explaining what a fantastic place the library is for information - online and offline - research - interesting books - fiction and nonfiction - magazines - relaxing - and catching up with classmates.....
In the session below we explained the difference between GENRES:
Horror, dystopian, adventure, crime etc.....
The 'team leader' reporting the group's ideas
Each student had to get a fiction book and write down 3 characteristics of the genre it represented
The leader explained the group's comments to us
After the session - which we all enjoyed
Tony Arrol's year 8 class grouped around the genre items. The dystopian sword - working on batteries and flashing red lights - was the most popular
Astronomy
Take a look at Richard Byrne’s post on Free Technology for Teachers about NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System site.
Although you can view it through your browser, a small download is required. As Richard pointed, out the guided tours are probably the easiest way to get started. This is a mesmerizing simulation, with some good tutorials. The best two come from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and TED. Click on the link:
THERE ARE ACADEMIC HAND GESTURES
You’ve definitely seen it at some point. Maybe it was in a lecture in college. Maybe it was in a TED talk you watched recently. Someone is trying to explain some important historical connection, drawing up a grand theory of art or science or human progress, and there it is, as if by reflex: the hand lifts in front of them like an upturned claw........READ MORE
our collection of non fiction contains the latest number 1 titles
The body language advantage / Lillian Glass
Do you want to know what is really going on in someone else's head? Are you looking for answers as to what makes people tick, whether they're lying or telling the truth, or what their real relationship status is?
Find out all this and more with The Body Language Advantage.
What is science all about? / Alex Frith
Alex's adventures in numberland / Alex Bellos
The Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction.
'A mathematical wonder that will leave you hooked on numbers' Daily Telegraph
North Korean dictator revealed as children's author
you can watch 11 movies that are based on poems
Hollywood pushes out a seemingly endless supply of movies based on novels, comic books, or old TV shows. Every so often, however, studios try their hand at adapting poems for the big screen. Here you can find 11 examples.......
news from the APP STORE...
Google has improved image search
Google Image Search has (finally) moved the Usage Rights option up onto the main tool bar. This is incredibly exciting as it now allows us to EASILY search for copyright-free images that we are allowed to reuse.....Read more
there are AT LEAST 16 Reasons why Libraries and Librarians are Extremely Important
OUR LIBRARY is providing the full JSTOR experience
You may be familiar with archival journals in the sciences on JSTOR. But did you know JSTOR has science-related current journals, books, and primary sources too?
Institutions can get access to:
Current issues of journals like The American Naturalist
Millions of botanical resources for the study of biodiversity and the history of science
This Earth Day, help your users make an impact.
Current Journals - Science, Technology & Mathematics Package
Current issues of 13 core science titles, alongside the full back run on JSTOR
Books - Sustainability Collection
Primary Sources - Global Plants Database
A database of 2 million+ type specimens and other primary sources.
And don't forget about the Life Sciences Archive Collection