http://www.robinsharma.com/blog/11/the-rules-for-being-amazing/

thanks go out to robin sharma for creating this inspirational little video....enjoy!
Term 1 has begun with a roar.  It has been really lovely meeting all the new Y7's and showing you all the library. 
The new books are up and waiting to be reserved.  Don't forget, you can access the library webpage anywhere and this blog is linked from it too!

www.hibslibrary.weebly.com

Our Library Video!

http://youtu.be/1X-V8sD8Osc

here is a promotinal video about our library....I used Search Stories which is a Youtube app.  I am thinking about making some more with different genres: a horror one with zombies and vampires....what do you think?

pirate cimema by Cory Doctorow

here is the latest link to my favourite author:
Pirate cinema

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Running away to London, Trent falls in with a group of young, high-tech squatters and anarchists who begin a David vs. Goliath war against the establishment, hoping to free the Net for creative use by the common people. Doctorow, a noted free Internet advocate (and PW columnist), handles his topic with great passion, creating engaging and believably geeky characters who share his fervor for both the Web and the new forms of art and communication it has made possible.

the great big beautiful tomorrow by Cory Doctorow

watch the video trailer of this quite discombobulating novel...http://youtu.be/xo1ZuAE3xew

a creepy science fiction take on the future........be warned and be scared....very scared!

Research tutorial....wait there's more ....

http://clients.kognito.com//rutgers/infolit/

the above link will take you
to a research tutorial which hopefully will help those of you still unsure or who need reminding about techniques and clues in researching including the finicky APA! 

Coraline

Neil Gaiman reads Coraline with some of his friends
http://mousecircus.com/coraline-videos.aspx?VideoID=24

for those of you who just wish to listen to a wonderful story, hearing it as it is meant to be heard by the author!
enjoy.

9/11 Report: Graphic novel

This link is to a very interesting graphic novel version of what exactly happened on September 11 2001 (9/11).
Useful for Social Studies classes.