Diigo

Diigo

Diigo is an online tool that allows users to socially bookmark any web content just like Delicious and other social bookmarking tools, but it goes far beyond these other sites with vital tools for consumers of digital media. Diigo was recently put near the top of ALA's AASL Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning. Users can highlight or add annotated "sticky notes" to any webpage (including subscription databases!) to revisit later with the click of a button. Sharing websites and annotations is made simple by collaborating within a shared group or organization. Stuck behind firewalls that won't let you download applications? No problem, Diigo has a tool called Diigolet with slightly fewer functions that you simply add to your favorites within your browser so no download is required. Visit the Diigo homepage for more information at http://www.diigo.com/ or www.diigo.com/tools/diigolet and click the link below for the introduction tutorial from Diigo's homepage:

YALSA blog - 31 days of dollars and sense

If you haven't had a chance to check out YALSA's blog of 31 days of dollars and sense, now is your opportunity. The blog has some fantastic ideas concerning technology, advocacy, summer reading ideas and more.

New YART Chair-Elect

Congratulations to Sarah VanRaden who is the new chair-elect for YART! Sarah is the young adult librarian at the Saddlebrook Branch of the Omaha Public Library. We are thrilled to have her as a board member for YART.

Looking for some great books for young adults?

Recently I was lucky enough to attend a talk given by James Patterson, a well known young adult author. He is very passionate about young adults finding books which will inspire them to be life long readers. He firmly believes that it is the job of all us who have contact with young adults to encourage reading. Now you might be thinking he is an author who just wants to sell his books and of course he is going to encourage reading and in particular his books. As I listened to Mr. Patterson, I was struck by his depth of emotion as he described the importance of reading. Of course, it does not hurt that he has a sixth grade son who really was not a reader until he was given a few books which were just right for him. We all know that there is that so called "perfect book" out there for everyone, but the hard part is sometimes finding it. Mr. Patterson is helping us to find those books for our young adults through his web site readkiddoread which provides a wide selection of recommendations based on age. There is a multitude of great information and book recommendations to be found on the site, take a look and see what you think.