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Welcome to the school’s information watering hole!

8/31/2023

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Here are 11 things I thought were worth sharing: 
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  1. Bookmark our Library’s website so you can check out all of the virtual resources we have for you! 
  2. Decorate your classroom with these wonderful posters from the folks at Amplifier! 
  3. Won’t it be wonderful when we don’t have to have a Banned Books Week?! To support my fellow librarians dealing with these challenges in the trenches, our four BPHS Reads! book clubs will ONLY feature banned books this year. Our first event will be on Monday, October 23rd. Look out for the invitation coming very soon!
  4. Speaking of Banned Books, Ali Velshi of MSNBC has created a great recurring segment entitled the “Ali Velshi Banned Books Club”! Here’s a list of the books that he’s covered, and here is a link to his podcast.
  5. If you don’t already have one, please get yourself a library card from both the NYPL and the BPL! September is Library Card Sign-Up Month!
  6. Our school pays for NYTimes access so you and our students don’t have to! If you are in our building and on our WiFi, it’s accessible!
  7. We also pay for JSTOR (available anywhere/login details here), and do yourself a favor and sign up for JSTOR Daily. It comes out every Thursday, and is always a fascinating deep-dive into the backstories of some of JSTOR’s most interesting topics.
  8. The people at the Stanford History Education Group have plenty of free resources for our Humanities Prospectors!
  9. I don’t teach statistics, but even I was tempted by the fascinating data that Statista shares! I downloaded their new free app & now I’ll be better at Trivia Night! (Get your daily dose of data-driven insights: The new app “Daily Data” by Statista provides you with unique, data-driven insights - giving you a deeper understanding of the world’s most important topics, every day. Download it for free (no in-app purchases) here for iPhone or here for Android.)
  10. Please friend me on Goodreads if you are so inclined, and speaking of Goodreads, here are their 55 most anticipated books of the fall!
  11. If you want to be both well-read and punctual, try this literature clock!
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Summertime = Readingtime!

6/1/2023

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Here are 7 things I thought were worth sharing: 
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Illustration by Bryce Wymer
1. Want to switch up the ambient music you listen to when you chill out or get work done? Try this. (But don’t forget my all-time favorite collection of nature sounds here!)
2. Who likes to learn cool new things for free?
3. If you don’t have one already, get yourself a library card! NYPL, BPL & QPL library card links for you!
4. Want a new and engaging way to teach critical thinking to your students?
5. Please tell your students about this New York Times Summer Reading Contest that begins on June 9th! Their answers might make it into the Gray Lady!
6. A Summer Reading Assignment from Austin Kleon!
7. Here is a non-exhaustive list of summer reading lists for you!:
Publishers Weekly Summer Reads 2023
Summer Reading 2023 (Barnes & Noble)
Summer Reading 2023 (Brooklyn Public Library)
What Book Should You Read Next? (NYTimes)
The Summer Reading Guide 2023 (The Atlantic)
68 of the Best New Books of 2023 So Far (PopSugar)
Award-Winning Books You Need to Read (Oprah Magazine)
Summer 2023 Picks for Adults (NYPL)
Summer Books 2023 (The New York Times)
UC Berkeley Summer Reading List 2023 for incoming students
Here are 19 books our critics are excited for this summer (NPR)
Readers' 54 Most Anticipated Books of Summer (Goodreads)
144 Books Recently Selected by the Big Celebrity Book Clubs
23 Books to Read This Summer (Washington Post)
​​25 New Books You Need to Read This Summer
The 41 Best New Books to Read in Summer 2023 (Elle Magazine)
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Happy Women's History Month, everyone!

3/1/2023

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Here are 10 things I thought were worth sharing:
  1. Happy Women’s History Month, everyone!
  2. Matt Miller has lots of ideas for his fellow teachers to make your classes more fun, impactful & exciting!
  3. Another cool way to choose your next book!
  4. Do you know the subway system as well as THE CITY’s transit reporter? Prove it here and here!
  5. The Open Access Books Collection on loc.gov includes approximately 6,000 contemporary open access e-books covering a wide range of subjects, including history, music, poetry, technology, and works of fiction. All books in this collection were published under open access licenses, meaning the e-books are available to use and reuse according to the terms of the licenses. Users can access the e-books in the Open Access Books Collection by reading directly online in a browser or downloading the book as a PDF or EPUB file.
  6. Over 50 percent of Cambridge University Press research articles are now published open access (OA) and so freely available to read!
  7. Check out the Wonders of Street View for some cool armchair traveling!
  8. Wikipedia is a gold mine of interesting facts, and Sam Enright created The Cabinet of Wikipedian Curiosities to share what he found!
  9. I recently spoke to a research librarian at the World Bank, and she told me that they have an open access research portal perfect for students doing all kinds of research. Dig in!
  10. AI comes in many flavors, and Perplexity is one of them! It’s a powerful search engine/chat tool that answers questions in real time, so let your curiosity run wild!
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Happy New Year & Happy New Information to Explore!

1/4/2023

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Here are 9 things I thought were worth sharing:
  1. Use the Six Word Memoir magic in your classes!
  2. Want to be able to access Wikipedia even if you have no wifi? Download the Kiwix app and never be without the whole of human knowledge! 
  3. Time to subscribe to Daily Jstor if you don’t already!
  4. What will enter the Public Domain in 2023?
  5. Search in a whole new way!
  6. What books did some of your favorite writers and thinkers read & love last year?
  7. Visit (or revisit) a living library of trees in NYC?
  8. Want to know what advice Ray Bradbury gave for being more creative?
  9. David Byrne’s “The Year in Cheer” is full of good (and often surprising) news from around the world.
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'Tis the season to buy, borrow & read more books!

11/30/2022

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  1. PBS to the rescue with their new and constantly-updated U.S. History Collection!
  2. Wikipedia is great for many things, and one of them is this list of common misconceptions…
  3. For the many of us who loved Anthony Bourdain, here is Bourdain’s World Map so we can see all the places he went to eat!
  4. Read your way through Rome. (And other destinations at the bottom!)
  5. Free amazing artwork for your classroom walls!
  6. How to be a better reader. 
  7. This has nothing to do with books or reading, but everything to do with the beauty of our universe. Check out a new photo each day!
  8. Find a Little Free Library wherever you are by using the new Little Free Library app!
  9. Ken Burns is someone you definitely want in your classroom!
  10. BEST BOOKS OF 2022 LISTS!
30 of the Best Fall Fiction Books of 2022 to Cuddle Up With (And Poetry Too) (Oprah Daily)
Top 10 Books of 2022 (Book Page)
Best Books of 2022 (Goodreads)
Best Books of 2022 (School Library Journal)
The Best Books of 2022 (So Far)—According to Real Simple Editors
​​The Best Books of 2022 So Far (The New Yorker)
100 Notable Books of 2022 (New York Times)
Books We Love (NPR)
Best Books of 2022 (NYPL)
The Best Books of 2022 So Far (Vogue)
The Best Books of 2022 (So Far) (Esquire)
Best Fiction Books of the Year (Kirkus)
The Best Books of 2022 So Far (Book Riot)
The 10 Best Books of 2022 (The New York Times)
​The 100 Must-Read Books of 2022 (Time)
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Knowledge is Power...

8/23/2022

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Here are 18 things I thought were worth sharing:
1. Click here to get your Brooklyn Public Library card, and click here to get your New York Public Library card, and you NEVER need a card to check out one of our books in our school library!
2. If you like logging in all the books that you read (and seeing which books your friends reading), consider creating a free account on Goodreads! A great way to up your Goodreads numbers is to read lots of amazing shorter books (and here, also)…
3. Also, check out Shepherd (currently in Beta) for another angle on how to choose your next book! Want some new book recommendations by thought leaders? Then check out Book Authority!
4. Whenever you have a chance to read a printed book over a digital book, do it!
5. The Brooklyn Book Festival (September 25 - October 3, 2022) is back in-person as well as with online offerings! 
6. The beginning of the school year is the perfect time to find creative ways to get to know your students! Rob Walker, author of The Art of Noticing, freely shares his “Icebreaker of the Week” database that you can contribute to if you have a great one to share! 
7. For all you Digital Natives out there, don’t forget the internet didn’t always exist! Want to check out the first time things were searched for ever? Check out Oldest Search.
8. Information is beautiful, or it can be when showcased in the right way!
9. The Brooklyn Public Library is celebrating their 125th birthday, and they’ve curated a list of 125 essential Brooklyn books. How many have you read?
10. Want to see what people want to know about?
11. Check out this new way to record yourself over a presentation!
12. The National Gallery of Art wants to see if you know your art!
13. Want to capture your tweet & make it look sweet? Try this!
14. Tiny Wow can solve a TON of your online issues! Try it and see!
15. See some of the world’s most interesting places right from your screen & dream about your future travel plans to see them in person!
16. You can now borrow vinyl records from the Brooklyn Public Library!
17. Synesthesia, anyone? Hear your paintings with this addictive software from the folks at Google Arts & Culture!
18. Can’t make it to the National Book Festival in DC this year? You can still watch fascinating conversations featuring the many authors featured at the festival! Click on the name of the program & watch the videos on YouTube!
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Summer Reading is my favorite season of the year!

6/5/2022

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Here are 4 things I thought were worth sharing:
1. Here is a treasure trove of Summer Reading Lists that should keep you busy:
Publishers Weekly Summer Reads 2022
The Best Books of 2022 (So Far)—According to Real Simple Editors
The 14 best books of the year so far 2022
Summer Reading 2022 (Barnes & Noble)
Summer Reading 2022 (Brooklyn Public Library)
The Best Books of 2022 (So Far) (Esquire Magazine)
200+ New Books That Are Must Reads in 2022 (PopSugar)
The Best Books of 2022 So Far (Vogue)
28 of the Best New Books to Welcome Spring (Oprah Daily)
What Should I Read This Summer? (NYTimes)
Summer Reading Guide (The Atlantic)
The 10 Most-Banned Books in America
WHAT’S THE BUZZ: 40 OF THE BEST SUMMER READS FOR 2022 (Book Riot)
The 40 Best New Books of 2022 (So Far) That You Won't Be Able to Put Down (Good Housekeeping)
New York Public Library Summer Reading 2022
Traveling this summer? Here are book picks for all 50 states (and then some) (NPR)
UC Berkeley Summer Reading List 2022 for incoming students
88 Books to Bring Your Summer Alive (NYTimes)
The Best Books of 2022 So Far (Barnes & Noble)

2. How well do you know where you live? Test yourself and find out!

3. Learn from Google’s top Search Expert!

4. Want to fall in love with our planet again and also know what time it is? Try this!

5. Do you know a student who wants to be published in the New York Times? Show them this!
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Fake News, Real War & the Power of Information

2/27/2022

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Here are 8 things I thought were worth sharing:
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  1. It's important for all of us to stay informed and up-to-date on the war in/on Ukraine. There are some resources for you here, here, here and here. It's also important to be aware of the many other real-time conflicts in the world and to always fight disinformation with information.  
  2. Here are 192 ways the world got better in 2021.
  3. Love books & love movies? Then the Netflix Book Club may be for you! A no-pressure online space where readers can talk about the amazing books being made into Netflix series! 
  4. Here’s another paywall buster for you when you come across the perfect full-text article you can’t access.
  5. NYPL’s Center for Educators and Schools recently put together Vibrant Voices: New Books from Authors of Color.
  6. Find your next read via Penguin Random House’s The Year in Books. Graphic Novels are having a great run right now! 
  7. The OneZoom Tree of Life Explorer is “an interactive map of the evolutionary links between all living things known to science.”
  8. Looking back over all of my blog posts to date, here are my favorite things that I’ve shared with you: Language Reactor, Internet Archive, Five Books, By the People, Radio Garden, Project Muse Open Access, Open Textbook Library, and Aporee. 
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"Books may well be the only true magic. -- Alice Hoffman"

1/5/2022

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Here are 10 things I thought were worth sharing:
  1. Do you know what each January bestows on us? Exciting works of art that are now in the public domain!! Feast on all we can now freely access & adapt!
  2. New York is a City of Readers. Enjoy a peek into our city’s past and how reading added to our collective personality.
  3. Bibliotherapy is real & really helpful! Some bright souls even prescribe specific poetry for what ails you and Brooklyn’s own Center for Fiction is now getting into the game!
  4. Time is a precious resource for all of us, so subscribe to “The Marginalian” so that Maria Popova can share her thoughts on amazing books and do some “pre-reading” for you!
  5. We have LOTS of new books in our Library! They each proudly sport a red sticker on their spine, so check them out when you have a chance!
  6. Serious about YA books? Check out Stacked! 
  7. Librarians fight back against push to ban books from schools.
  8. Join Goodreads, feel free to “friend” me & sign up for the Goodreads Reading Challenge! I pledged to read 33 books in 2022, and am on my way! 
  9. If you don’t already, sign up for JSTOR Daily! Here are their most popular stories from 2021.
  10. Since 2014, Tom Whitwell has been compiling a great list full of 52 fascinating facts you didn’t know but might like knowing! Jason Kottke started keeping one, too!
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Happy Reading Season!!

12/9/2021

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1. READ MORE BOOKS!! They are rectangular tickets to internal VR experiences and one of the most effective ways to boost your empathy quotient! Here are some end of year Best Books Lists that I collected for you. Happy Shopping, Happy Reading & Happy 2022 to you all!
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T​he 100 Must-Read Books of 2021 (Time)
NPR’s Book Concierge 2021
100 Notable Books of 2021 (New York Times)
Best Books 2021 (Publishers Weekly) 
Best Books of 2021 (New York Public Library)
Best Books of the Year (So Far) (Amazon)
Best Books 2021 (School Library Journal)
Best Books of 2021 So Far (Book Riot) 
The Best Books of the Year 2021 (Barnes & Noble) ​ 
Best of 2021 (Kirkus Reviews)
The 10 Best Books of 2021 (Washington Post)
Smithsonian Scholars pick their favorite books of 2021
Best Books 2021 (Library Journal)
Our 20 Favorite Books of 2021 (Oprah Daily)
The 50 Best Books of 2021 (Esquire)
Best Books of the Year (The Guardian)
The 2021 Book Releases to Order Now and Thank Yourself Later (Marie Claire)
The Best YA Books of 2021 (Read Brightly)
The Best Books to Read in 2021 (Vogue)
200 Books that Shaped 200 Years of Literature (Center for Fiction)
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