- Books over 200 pages considered harmful to students:
Lawmakers in the state of California have voted to “to ban school districts from purchasing textbooks longer than 200 pages.” When I first saw the headlines, I was thinking that it was a joke. But then it is actually true because it is listed in ‘California Assembly and Senate Bill’. You can find the actual bill here. If it’s introduced in Singapore, then students will be rejoicing because they don’t have to lug heavy bags to school. But it’ll also mean that dictionaries and encyclopedia will have to reduce their font sizes to fit all the text into the 200 pages limit. The next bill to be introduced might be to have minimum font sizes in the textbooks because the cases of myopic kids have increased dramatically. (via Library Autonomous Zone) - Arizona School Will Not Use Textbook:
Well, this is the other extreme of the previous link. Over in Arizona, a high school has decided to ditch paper textbooks to move into an all-wireless, all-laptop environment. Students will still get the textbooks, except is now in ebook format. And the teachers will supplement the e-textbooks with online articles. Well, in Singapore, a few schools are already testing out such a system with Tablet PCs. I know one of the schools is Crescent Girls Secondary School. Wonder how effective it has been since it’s been about a year since it was implemented. (via Engadget) - Services to Older Adults from WebJunction:
Collection of links on resources on how Connecticut public libraries are providing services to senior citizens. See the first two links. (via LibrarianInBlack) - Resources on the next Space Shuttle Mission:
The space shuttle, Discovery, is scheduled to return to flight on Thursday, 3.51am (Singapore time). After the visit last month to Singapore of NASA astronaut, Cady Coleman, I’m sure quite a lot of people will be interested in this launch, particularly those who attended her session. Update: Launch has been scrubbed and re-scheduled for Saturday. (via Resource Shelf) - Start Your Own Library:
A reporter, Daphne Lee, from The Star visited the New York Public Library and compared it with the library in Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She commented that the collection in the Malaysian library consists of mostly reference and assessment books. And in order to get the latest novels, the people in Kuala Lumpur would have to make a beeline to the nearest rental bookstores. She encouraged those living in Johor to go visit the soon-to-be opened Singapore’s National Library at Victoria Street as the selection of books there would be much better.
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