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from library students to public, academic, and special librarians.
Not exact matches
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students, whilea donation
from the Irving family helped funda new
library facility.
From a practical perspective, a
student writing a paper no longer has to walk to the
library, spend hours digging through reference books, taking copious notes in longhand, then write and type up the essay.
As a Haskayne
student, you'll have access to more than a dozen
student clubs, a state - of - the - art business
library, and an invaluable co-op program, mentorship program, and a dedicated Career Centre that will be available exclusively for you as a Haskayne
student and will provide you with personalized one - on - one help
from dedicated career consultants.
She describes what happened when she entered the
student library: «As I returned some books, a gaggle of girls stared at me
from their revision corner, nudging each other and pretending to study.
While we were visiting the
library, they had cakes on display
from the baking and pastry arts
students that were all literary themed.
Our high - quality
library furniture is designed to facilitate a more enjoyable experience for everyone
from students to librarians to teachers.
I would donate it our school
library so that the
students in our building could all benefit
from the book.
The traditional halls have the advantage of proximity to the lecture halls, which enables
students to walk to lecture halls and
library, whereas most of the private hostels are far
from campus so
students incur additional transportation cost.
More than 17,000 Bronx
students are suffering
from a lack of school
library access, today's Daily News reports.
To the
students in the audience, Peralta shared the story of when he got his first
library card
from the Corona
Library when he was a boy.
A direct affiliation with the Licensee may include, for example, (a) current employees whether on a permanent, temporary, contract, or visiting basis, but excluding employees at a foreign affiliate or constituent university and (b) individuals who are: (1) officially enrolled as a registered
student at the Licensee's institution; (2) authorized to use the
library network
from within the
library premises or
from such other places where such persons work or study (including but not limited to offices and homes, halls of residence, and
student dormitories) and who have been issued by the Licensee with a password or other authentication method for such use of the
library network, but (3) excluding
students at a foreign affiliate or constituent university; or (c) walk - in users who are permitted to use Licensee's
library or information service and permitted to access the
library network but only
from computer terminals within the Licensee's
library premises («Authorized Users»).
Delving deeper, Gopalkrishnan Saroja Seethapathy, a graduate
student in pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Oslo, and colleagues randomly chose 3300 papers by Indian first authors
from 350 journals flagged as predatory by Jeffrey Beall, a
library scientist at the University of Colorado in Denver.
Through the BEN Scholars (BEN is short for BiosciEdNet), AAAS and its partners in the program are training select faculty members in the use of resources
from the BEN Portal digital
library; they bring their new insight not only to
students but also to other faculty at their institutions.
So, thank you to those
students who understand that the expectations in the
library are there for me to enforce to provide an academic place for high school
students, yet as an individual, aside
from my role in the
library, I may be someone to get to know.
Have your say on everything
from student dating to the coolest university
libraries.
As an added push this year, Room to Read has inaugurated the Literacy One Challenge, which invites
students and schools to match a 2007 donation
from Scholastic of 400,000 English - language books sent to Room to Read schools and
libraries in Cambodia.
These are
students who won't or can't go to a store, but who are comfortable enough to go to the local
library, perhaps seeking advice
from the friendly face on the other side of the desk.
Classroom
libraries built
from donations, garage sales, and thrift shops encourage
students to take books for personal reading.
Anderson's
students communicate with her
from libraries and homes all over Utah, with some scattered as far away as Guatemala.
To aid reflection, I borrow a prompt I learned
from d.lab coordinator Patrick Benfield, who has
students test, play with, and push the boundaries of materials as they create material
libraries in their maker journals.
In the year 2006, during the Bush administration, the FBI were investigating the
library at UCLA to see what books
students were checking out, the same year I was placed at the top of the «Dirty Thirty «list of leftist professors by a right - wing group who offered to pay
students one hundred dollars to secretly audiotape my seminars, and 50 dollars to provide notes
from my classes.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra, for instance, houses its education resource center in the academy's
library, where local
students and teachers
from across the state may use it, and interns
from nearby Children's Hospital and Harvard University work with the academy's support - services team.
Students may create several exhibit pieces per module; exhibits must include contributions
from each of the core subject areas: language arts, reading, math, and science or social studies plus the related arts teams (art, foreign languages, and
library).
Share with
students some ABC books
from the school or town
library and tell them that they will be working together to create a Back - to - School ABC Book.
In this space,
students benefit
from the co-location of complementary learning and support facilities such as the
library, the Learning and Teaching department, IT and AV support, classrooms and cafeteria.
The school
library now sits proudly within the DJ Hanly Learning Centre and is used by over 1500
students from Year 5 to 12.
During
library time,
students used Quia to create word puzzles that made use of all of the information they had gathered
from their online and offline research.
This project
library serves as a portal to 7,000
student - created Web sites collected over the course of a decade
from the international participants of the Oracle Education Foundation's annual ThinkQuest project competition.
Provide books
from the
library and / or Internet sites that
students can visit to learn about those three planets.
My
students love writing notes on the inside cover of books
from the classroom
library to encourage other
students to read them.
Over the last eight years, the district has spent $ 32 million on the hardware systems necessary to track
student demographic and performance data districtwide, and another $ 2 million on additional computers that allow teachers to access the system; much of this funding has come
from the federal E-Rate program, which has allocated more than $ 10 billion toward Internet infrastructure in K — 12 schools and
libraries since 1996 (see «World Wide Wonder?»
Select an assortment of books
from the
library and either ask the librarian to present these books to your class or discuss each book yourself with the
students, so they have some idea which books might be fascinating to them.
Once
students earn 50 stars, they may choose
from the following rewards: a homework pass, sitting in the beanbag chair during class, listening to music as they work, a class period in the
library for independent study, or a food item (candy or chips).
When Education Policy Management (EPM)
student Michael Dabrieo found himself working on a Navajo Reservation in New Mexico with no Internet or
libraries, 70 miles
from the city and 12 miles
from his mailbox as part of Teach For America (TFA) it could have been the end of his education career.
student - researched
library materials about Noah Webster and the development of dictionaries or printouts
from the online sources listed in the lesson
Then challenge
students to dig through
library (encyclopedias, biographies) and Internet resources to find additional quotes
from women.
Using a valid
library - card number,
students log in
from their home computer or one at the
library.
The activity is made up of a series of questions which the
students can find the answers to all over the
library or
from the librarian.
As a result, the
library will provide a learning environment that enables best practice teaching and learning and prepares
students for tertiary education, with the design informed by input
from the Headmistress, teachers, librarians and
students alike.
In 2010, one principal stated, «When I enter my own school
library I see a social network —
students and teachers doing all manner of things — everything
from reading, promoting, quiet games, social skilling, researching, working on the computers, group planning, the list becomes quite endless.
For the last year and a half I have set up a school
library Prep to Year 12 for a Day school with over 480
students and also a Distance Education school with over 700
students from scratch.
Structure volunteer programs within the school, such as opportunities for
students to help out in life skills classes, read or tutor young children, assist in the computer lab, aid
students in the
library, provide support to
students who are recovering
from an injury or dealing with a medical condition, or gather work for
students who miss school.
(For younger
students, you may want to omit the letters Q, X, and Z.) You might share with
students a few previously published ABC books
from the school
library.
The Giraffe Heroes Web site has a wonderful collection of Giraffe Profiles that is rich in stories of real people who personify good character and would be an ideal
library from which to select tales to share with
students.
Read aloud to
students background information about some of the presidents
from library sources.
A panel of 16 experts in the field reviewed materials
from 165
libraries, which were nominated in 14 program areas, including services to special populations, instruction in literacy, innovative uses of technology, and models for joint
library - teacher involvement in
student learning.
The
library here is a far cry
from the kind of warm, inviting, fully stocked resource center experts say can help build literacy and research skills, raise
student achievement, and foster a love of reading.
Collect a variety of leaves and challenge
students to use a tree guide
from the
library to identify the kind of tree
from which each leaf comes.
The Flip started when these teachers began supplying absent
students with an online lecture they could watch
from home or
from wherever they had access to a computer and the Internet, including school or the local
library.