knitting librarian

I don’t think I’ve even mentioned my good news here, but I’m now 22 weeks pregnant—due in April. We found out a few weeks ago that it’s a girl and we’re very excited! (Of course, we would have been excited if it were a boy too!)

I already knit her first baby sweater. I’ll take pictures after I get buttons on it and post them, I promise! It’s darling and I can see that I’ll need to knit more for gifts for others. The sweater took only about 4 days of knitting and is just plain gorgeous. I used the Daisy pattern from Knitty. I used basic Peaches & Creme cotton yarn from bigboxdiscountstore in Winterberry—a varigated blue and plum and did not knit the hood or add any embellishments.

TIME.com: How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century—Dec. 18, 2006—Page 1

One of the pulled quotes in this article is all about ALA’s Information literacy standards even if they’re not quoted directly.

In the media-drenched era of blogs and podcasts, google searches and instant messages, young people need to acquire a new set of literacy skills that allows them to locate information, sort through it quickly and, most important, determine which sources are reliable and which ones aren’t.

So, how do we convey this message to the states and districts which have not adopted information literacy standards for their students?

eSchool News online – Ruling: Schools must archive eMail makes me wonder what MPOW is doing to keep employee emails. I also wonder how many of my colleagues realize that the messages they send and receive are being cataloged for (potential) future use. I am certain that our AUP says that we don’t have any expectation of confidentiality, but I doubt that people really believe it.

What is my obligation in making people aware? I will probably share this article with my co-workers, but I’m still not certain that they’ll really think about its potential impact. Do I have a further obligation to work to impress upon them how to protect themselves?