The Reviews Are In! Teach Your Students Information Literacy with ResearchReady

Posted by Caitlyn Selleck on May 15, 2013 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

Last week, Jeff Hastings reviewed our latest platform, ResearchReady, for School Library Journal . You can read that review here.

As fellow “library and information science geeks,” Emily and I were so thrilled and flattered by his enthusiasm, not only for our platform (designed by our awesome developers and product manager), but for the content that we created as well. We feel pretty strongly about the fact that students should know how to do research and do it well (and ethically, of course!) so this review means that much more to us!  And I’m not going to lie – it felt pretty good that he liked our jokes, too.

PSLA 2013: The Modern Librarian

Posted by EasyBib on May 8, 2013 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

Our booth at PSLA 2013

It was with great pleasure that my first PSLA conference was for its Ruby Anniversary (40 years). I was honored to have been there representing EasyBib, as we were mentioned positively in several workshops. As a company that values the impact librarians make, we’re proud to make an impact on the work of the members of this community. However, nothing we do can measure up to the level of work that librarians are involved in.

Librarian Profile: Jo Davis

Posted by Emily G. on May 7, 2013 in Blog Posts, Librarian profile | 1 comment

Jo Davis

Librarian, Chatham High School
Chatham, VA

Photo courtesy of Jo Davis, via Altavista Journal

The latest installment in our ongoing librarian profile series features librarian Jo Davis, who works at Chatham High School in Chatham, VA. In March, she was named Librarian of the Year in the Roanoke Region of the Virginia Association of School Librarians.

Much of Jo’s life has been spent in libraries. Throughout secondary school and college, she worked as a student library assistant (some of her schools didn’t even have a librarian). Initially, she dodged the idea of becoming a librarian; it wasn’t until she was earning her Master’s in Media that she realized the connection between her degree and librarianship, and then it clicked–“Oh, this is what I was supposed to have been doing!”

The Tools Your Students Need

Posted by Stephanie Van Cleave on May 7, 2013 in Blog Posts, Featured Slider Post | 0 comments

I am one of more than 8 million people who call New York City home. With so many people, it is nearly impossible not to meet someone new everyday, and the conversations usually leads to what I do for work. When I mention that I work for EasyBib, they always go, “Wow! I love EasyBib.” With over 40 million users, I’m no longer surprised by just how many people are aware of our product. It is the enthusiasm with which they respond that blows me away; genuine excitement for a research tool, our research tool. These chance encounters have me thinking, “How many students use educational technology to assist in their research and what has been the outcome?”