Technology+Tips+for+Librarians

=Technology Tips for Librarians=

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Have you seen this video? [|Medieval helpdesk with English subtitles] [|Do We Really Know Dewey] Learn the Dewey System. [|Encyclopedia of Life] A site that is documenting the 1.8 million known species on Earth. Copyright Friendly Image Resources [|Houston Public Library Kids' Page]**// This is a great site that reads books aloud on the computer. The readers read with great expression and the screen highlights the sentences being read. [|****//Everything Librarians Need//****] [|****//Everything Librarians Need and a Whole Lot More//****] This is the Spring Branch ISD Library web site. ****//Copyright Friendly Image Resources//**** Get images for free! [|**//**Occupational Outlook Handbook**//**] A great source for researching careers, it tells you the training and education you need, expected salary, what workers do on the job, and the job prospects [|****//CIA World Fact Book//****] Published and regularly updated by the CIA, the World Factbook provides key facts and information about countries all over the world. Each country includes maps, an introduction, and information on its geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. [|****//BBC Country Profiles//****] Produced by the BBC, this site offers a synopsis of current key facts and issues for each country, including video and audio resources. [|****//MIT AP Study Materials//****] Free online resources for AP [|Biology], [|Calculus], and [|Physics]. Each test is subdivided into specific units of study and includes video clips of lectures and demonstrations, audio clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions, all created by MIT professors. [|****//International Children's Library//****] It is a university based project to digitize and translate children's books from around the world. It gives information about the author and the country. [|****//YA Lit - New and Upcoming Releases//****] __[|**http://www.rpi.edu/~fiscap/history_files/hisproj1.htm**]__ History of Baseball- Origins of baseball, first written rules of the game, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." http://www.virtual-egypt.com/newhtml/glyph/glyph.html This site is for translating names into hieroglyphs. http://www.harperchildrens.com/webcontent/activities/pdf/0060542152.pdf This is the Fancy Nancy teacher's guide.