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Upcoming LYRASIS classes

Posted by Ada on 20 January, 2010 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes

The following classes will be brought to you soon by LYRASIS, online and around the region. For more information or to register, please visit www.lyrasis.org. Keyword: Classes and Events. Please keep an eye out for our weekly discount codes as part of our educational stimulus program and save when you register for certain classes.
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Literacy & Gaming Grant Opportunities!

Posted by Ada on 2 March, 2009 in Grants

CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Literacy and Outreach Services is seeking applications from public, school and academic libraries interested in developing and implementing innovative literacy gaming services for youth ages 10-18.
This program is part of ALA’s Libraries, Literacy and Gaming initiative funded by Verizon.

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wednesday’s word

Posted by Ada on 18 February, 2009 in wednesday's word

Today’s word is Kindle, Amazon’s home-made device which is set out to change the way we read books. Users will have instant wireless access to all books sold by Amazon, and more, regardless of its format (e.g. text, audio), or viewing tools (e.g. HTML, Microsoft Word, images). While gadgets like ipod [...]

wednesday’s word

Posted by Ada on 15 October, 2008 in wednesday's word

The landscape of gaming has certainly changed. Back in September, Pew Internet & American Life Project published a report with the title “Teens, Video Games and Civics“. Among all the findings of the report, supported by various statistics from every angle you can think of, the essential finding is that game playing is universal among [...]