1. Professional Blog
Joyce Valenza:
http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch
Review by Addie Sullivan

2. • Teacher-librarian and writer
• One of the most well-known experts in the school library
field
• Award-winning blogger:
• Edublog Award, “Lifetime Achievement Award 2011”
• 2011 finalist for the “Best Librarian/Best Library Blog”
Award
Who is Joyce Valenza?

3. To inform school library media specialists about important
news, new professional tools, and current trending topics in
their field.
According to Alice Yucht’s three types of blogs, this is a
“Practical / Purposeful” blog because it includes many links
to useful tools, sites, and professional information.
Purpose

4. • Librarians
• School Library Media Specialists
• Educators
• Readers of School Library Journal
Community

5. • Important new information for library media specialists
• Creative Commons materials
• An online course on how to improve online search skills
• Link to AASL’s “Best Websites for Teaching & Learning”
• Research and news in the field
• Research on technology & multitasking
• Research about importance of libraries & librarians in education
• New technology tools:
• Noodle Tools updates
• Meograph
• Google features
• MentorMob
• Beeclip EDU
• Mightybell
• eduClipper
Content Coverage

6. The archive is extensive and covers ever month from June
2007 through present-day (August 2012). On the right side
of the page, you can click on some of the tags from recent
posts, use the drop-down menu to select a category, or use
the other drop-down menu to select a month/year in the
archives.
Archive

7. Many sources and materials cited, but here are a few…
• Adventure of Library Girl (Jennifer LaGarde):
http://www.librarygirl.net/2012/07/pln-starter-kit.html
• Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and
Less From Each Other, by Sherry Turkle
• The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by
Nicolas Carr
• Adam Bellow: eduTecher
• AASL Forum List: Resolution that School Libraries and
Librarians are Critical to Educational Success
• AASL’s Top 25 Websites for Teacher and Learning
Materials Read & Cited

8. • Professional but conversational tone
• Well-written, engaging, easy-to-understand language
• Well-edited, free of spelling and usage errors
• Hosted on the School Library Journal website
• Objective, bias-free posts
Language & Bias

9. • Meograph (from July 24, 2012 post)
• Digital storytelling tool
• Specially made for stories focusing on time and place
• Allows user to use maps, images, videos, links, a timeline, etc. to
tell a story
• Google Search by Image (July 21, 2012)
• Mentor Mob
• Beeclip
• Mightybell
• eduClipper
• NoodleTools updates
What did I learn?
What will I use?

10. The Never-ending Search is an essential blog for school
library media specialists and any educator interested in
information literacy, technology, reading, and other topics
relating to school libraries.
Valenza’s blog provides practical, useful information to
keep you up-to-date! Read it and share with your fellow
teachers – they will love you for it!
Conclusion