Grants have been awarded to 42 local education agencies in 20 states to establish and expand counseling programs. More: continued here

Twelve grants to charter school management organizations will help replicate and expand high-quality charter schools. More: continued here

ED announced grants for 15 special education Parent Training and Information Centers and 10 Community Parent Resource Centers. More: continued here

Today we held the first meeting of a virtual Information Literacy/ Information Behaviour journal club on Infolit iSchool in Second Life, the virtual world, hosted by the Centre for Information Literacy Research at the University of Sheffield. Pancha Enzyme (SL name) of Edinburgh University proposed the idea, and led the first session, which discussed:Kuhlthau, C. [...]

In Study, Children Cite Appeal of Digital Reading Many children want to read books on digital devices and would read for fun more frequently if they could obtain e-books. But even if they had that access, two-thirds of them would not want to give up their traditional print books. Until you can dog ear and [...]

This American Life: Crybabies This entire show is great but act three is particularly fascinating: The Squeaky Wheelchair Gets the Grease. In California, a kind of crybaby cottage industry has popped up around, of all things, the Americans with Disabilities Act—the federal law that requires all public places to meet a minimum level of accessibility. [...]

Remember – October is National Medical Librarian Month.   It’s a great time to apply to expand your knowledge of medical librarianship and the NN/LM MCR can even help supply funding!The NN/LM MCR still encourages applicants for the Professional Development award and will be awarding approximately 25 Professional Development subsidies (up to $1,500 each) to support [...]

Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian (Rollins College, Florida) Rollins College is looking for a service-oriented librarian eager to help shape a dynamic, forward-looking liberal arts college library through the ongoing organization and support of access to databases and online serials holdings, including knowledgebase maintenance, licensing, and usage analysis. … More: continued here

Information Services Librarian (Ball State University, Indiana) Professional position available immediately. Major responsibilities: provide specialized reference service to the campus and local community through in-person, telephone, online, and virtual chat means; provide individualized research consultation; participate in collection development for print and electronic materials; work collaboratively with colleagues and faculty to develop, promote, and provide library [...]

Finally, Professional Dictation Software for the Mac David Pogue reviews the new Dragon dictation program for Mac OS X. He gives it high marks. This software will be useful for many people who have a hard time with writing for a variety of reasons. More: continued here