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= Links for Teacher Librarians = South Korea's Surprising Stand-Down on Digital Textbooks, Washington Post This goes along with recent research published in Sth Korea Latest research study: Hanho Jeong, (2012) A comparison of the influence of electronic books and paper books on reading comprehension, eye fatigue, and perception, The Electronic Library, 30(3), 390 – 408. • Korean students with high levels of exposure to technology. • General satisfaction with reading ebooks on screen. • Discordance with students’ perceptions of ebooks. • Most grew tired when using ebooks which could affect comprehension • Issues included the screen size, text size and clarity Conclusions: lots of challenges remain such as making ebook content available, enabling improved comprehension and reducing eye fatigue.

ISLM Bookmark Exchange Project for International School Library Month in October - contact Breege O'Brien < rahardagh@gmail.com > to sign up. More info at www.iasl-online.org/events/islm/islm-projects.htm

Bloom's taxonomy with apps. //Teach with your ipad//. Retrieved May 17, 2012. Corio, J. (2009). Rethinking reading assessment in the digital age. //Educational Leadership, 66,// 59-63. Retrieved May 17, 2012.

Department of Education Western Australia. (2012). School library support. Retrieved June 14, 2012.

Jove, A. & Perez, L. (n.d). //Web tools for kids. //Retrieved May 17 2012.

Forsyth, E. (2010). Picturing your community: Flickr use in public libraries. //Library High Tech News//, 27(1), 6-9.

Lance, K.C. & Hofschire, C. (2012). //Change in school librarian staffing linked with change in CSAP reading performance, 2005-2011//. Retrieved May 17, 2012.

O'Connell, J. (2012). //HeyJude: Learning in an online world//. Retrieved May 17, 2012.

Department of Education and Early Childhood development. (2013). //iPads for Learning//, Retrieved April 2014 from []