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====What are QR codes and how can they promote literacy? Quick Response codes are appearing in magazines, store windows, and in libraries! Users can scan the codes to view digital content. Learn how to generate and print your own QR codes to promote your favorite books and library program. ====

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====So many books! How do I choose the one that is a good fit for me? At this Mae I. Graham award-winning school, media specialists and teachers collaborate to address this question by providing consistent language, co-teaching of effective reading behaviors, and one-on-one support to at-risk learners. The results are outstanding! ====

** Toward a Union of Fact and Fiction: Incorporating Science Fiction in the Science Curriculum **
====Amanda Waugh – Graduate Research Associate, Information Policy and Access Center, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland College Park ==== ====Mega M. Subramaniam, Ph. D – Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Information Policy and Access Center, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland College Park ====

====Science and science fiction seem like a good combination, but are they? Numerous case studies exist touting the use of science fiction in science classrooms. We correlate popular YA science fiction with concepts in the Maryland State Core Curriculum to encourage collaboration between Science and English teachers and Media Specialists. ====

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====In four years a library can become a home, a library program an identity, and an individual a part of the school’s culture. Hear how one such media specialist strived to change his part of the world by doing the best he could to be himself. (SPOILER ALERT: It worked!) ====