tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988973771912568195.post1465535386919129279..comments2023-06-28T06:00:19.147-05:00Comments on Literary Library Life: "up nort'" Homework on VacationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988973771912568195.post-61374412140112141942011-07-16T22:47:47.058-05:002011-07-16T22:47:47.058-05:00"Prepare the child for the path, not the path..."Prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child." <br /><br />I love this quote and it is so true. So many times I see teachers (myself included) taking so much time to prepare something (a place, an idea, a lesson) when I may better ask myself what skills and abilities can I use in the students so that they have to take on more of the preparation for their own journeys rather than lay a clean path at their feet.BumblePuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05625463044526749353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988973771912568195.post-74951854170471848832011-07-16T21:52:08.380-05:002011-07-16T21:52:08.380-05:00Thanks, Faith and Heather. @Pam; it's alread...Thanks, Faith and Heather. @Pam; it's already a problem. The Art Institute of Chicago has a collection of older machines of several types to read the content of collections that are only in now obsolete formats -- and that's just the late 20th century. Archivists have reservations about digital media as well. <br />I'm not saying we shouldn't have ebooks or use digital storage; but I do think we should think about keeping some of the materials (acid free paper, silver nitrate microfilm) that we know will last for several hundred years. Do we need to preserve everything? No. Do we need to think about it? Absolutely.Lakeshore Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17623278596094168942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988973771912568195.post-37930808088272661772011-07-13T08:51:27.841-05:002011-07-13T08:51:27.841-05:00I love your comment about electricity and how to m...I love your comment about electricity and how to might affect ebooks. We already know that we are going to have a serious energy problem in the future unless we can harness Mother Nature. Throwing in the "end of the world as we know it" makes for a gloomy picture. My real fear is that our technology is changing so quickly that we will have all this knowledge and be unable to access it. How many people can play an 8 track tape? Audio-cassette and videocassette players will soon be extinct. Yet, scrolls and printed books are hundreds of years old and can still be used. It reminds me of "The Time Machine" where the people could no longer use the technology their ancestors had because they could not access it.Pam Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15100367022809568771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988973771912568195.post-91024159542505157032011-07-12T19:14:35.295-05:002011-07-12T19:14:35.295-05:00If I were not already your friend, your blog would...If I were not already your friend, your blog would make me want to be. It is intelligent and well expressed.Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01095041757675369251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988973771912568195.post-35346415583604857202011-07-12T13:45:19.327-05:002011-07-12T13:45:19.327-05:00I love the pictures you included in this post; esp...I love the pictures you included in this post; especially the cord (umbilical cord). As I'm replying from home, I have cords running for power, Internet, printer... I think I need to go WIRELESS!!!Heather's Supervision in the LMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622227868956496312noreply@blogger.com